Japan has always been a country with very strong ambitions. Although World War II was a defeated country, with the subsequent economic development and the current world situation, some of Japan's hearts began to grow bigger and bigger, which is also a fact that everyone can see!
Especially in terms of military equipment, Japan is now ambitious. In the field of advanced fighter jets, they once wanted to develop the fifth-generation fighter jet , which is the so-called Xinshen fighter jet! Although Japan does have many world-class production factories, after World War II, Japan's economic development and related technologies were actually greatly restricted, so this Xinshen fighter finally ended and failed to become Japan's totem!
However, Japan looked around and especially noticed that the Chinese Air Force is becoming increasingly powerful, including the fifth-generation fighter jet, has now emerged. Looking at the F15J in its hands, the flight time alone has reached more than 7,000 hours. Using such fighter jets to deal with the Chinese Air Force's J11 and J16, there is no chance of winning at all! Not to mention the J-20, so under this premise, Japan urgently needs a very advanced fighter jet! The United States brought a group of younger brothers to jointly develop and produce f35 naturally entered the Japanese's sight! In the eyes of the Japanese, as long as you have this fifth-generation fighter, you can fight against the increasingly powerful Chinese Air Force to a certain extent!
So in a sense, the Japanese had high expectations for this fighter to get the F35, and the F35 became the "ambition" of dealing with the Chinese Air Force J-20!
So in 2011, Japan had already expressed its intention to buy 42 F35 fighter first, only four were produced in the United States, and 38 were built by the Japanese in their own country! The Americans also agreed to this plan at that time, so it seemed that the Japanese had gained an advantage. On the one hand, they could own fifth-generation fighter jets themselves, and on the other hand, their own production companies could also quickly obtain production technologies related to fifth-generation fighter jets. So is this the reality?
In fact, Americans are not stupid. There is nothing better than Americans who are thinking about over the years. Although Americans agree that they can produce f35 in the Mitsubishi factory in Japan, the core technology is all controlled by Americans. Americans requires that the Japanese companies that can participate in the fighter jets produced in Japan can participate in the fighter jets that can be subcontractors of American companies to participate. Moreover, Americans have the right to control costs and sales prices throughout the process. Even the right and wrong work carried out after the fighter jets are offline must be completed by American pilots. Japanese people cannot touch them!
In fact, Americans have already controlled the technology, and secondly, in terms of production costs. We know that the cost of F35 produced in the United States is about 70 million to 80 million US dollars. Although it has increased due to the impact of the epidemic in the past two years, the increase is not fast!
has the same cost, and it is impossible to produce it in Japan. When Japan was finalized to buy the F35 in 2012, the original price of $10 billion rose to 20 billion. The reason given by the Americans was technical maintenance and the increase in production costs. By December 2017, Japan produced the first F35 fighter. We were surprised to find that the single-machine F35 produced in Japan reached $139 million, and the Japanese had to spend $273 million to build a dedicated database and later installation and maintenance. Overall, the F35 fighter produced in Japan was about 70% higher than that produced in the United States!
And among them, Americans make a lot of money. In terms of technology, maintenance, and even in the supply of some raw materials and components, Americans want to make a difference! This also led to the fact that Japan's defense budget increased by 5% from 2013 to 2018, because the f35 project is really too expensive!
Although the Japanese also understand that they have been "slaughtered" by the Americans, there is no way to stop now. On the one hand, Japan does need the fifth-generation fighter jets, and Japan can no longer drive old fighter jets into the sky. On the other hand, many of the Americans' demands recently have that the Japanese must obey unconditionally. After all, Japan is just a defeated country. The United States is a victorious country, and there are also troops and bases in Japan! In a word, what Americans want the Japanese to do, the Japanese have to do it obediently!
So we see that Japan is planning to need another 100 f35s. On the road to pursuing the fifth-generation machine, the Japanese will not stop! Because the Japanese are very clear that although the Americans are indeed making a lot of money, the addition of the fifth-generation fighter jets can indeed enhance their air combat power. More importantly, through this cooperation with the Americans, Americans will be likely to acquiesce to Japan's more actions in the future, including the f35b fighter , which is obviously prepared by Japan for the future aircraft carrier . In these situations, as long as the Americans have money to make money and profitable, they turn a blind eye. This cooperation between the two sides has become more and more tacit in the past decade!
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