https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/japanese-marines/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 20:49:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/japanese-marines/comment-page-1/#comment-1143796 Bob Sykes Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:54:05 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34416#comment-1143796 As the US continues to downsize its military, it would be better to transfer some of the equipment to Japan rather than mothball or junk it. E.g., while the conversion of the Ohio and three other SSBN’s to special forces/tomahawk missile platforms was useful, four fully loaded SSBNs in the Japanese navy would have solved a whole bunch of problems.

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