Basically yes. They’ve reserved the option to quickly scale a military again if needed by having long lead time items available, including stopping just short of assembling nuclear warheads. WWII Japan was the result of a military coup, and as such the military is intentionally a shadow of what it would be in any similarly wealthy economy.
Basically yes. They’ve reserved the option to quickly scale a military again if needed by having long lead time items available, including stopping just short of assembling nuclear warheads. WWII Japan was the result of a military coup, and as such the military is intentionally a shadow of what it would be in any similarly wealthy economy.