Video of Japanese Navy (JMSDF) Carrier, DDH-184 Kaga with a flight wing of Japanese F-35B 5th generation stealth strike fighters, V-22 Ospreys (ASW and AEW) and CH-101 helicopters (ASW). It is a Izumo class carrier.
The Japanese announced in early 2020 that they would be purchasing between 42 and 46 F-35Bs for use on the Izumo Class carriers and converting the vessels for F-35B use. Initially they indicated the ships would receive strengthened flight decks, heat treated landing and take off areas, and a ski-jump. The Izumo is currently undergoing the initial conversion, though there is now some doubt as to whether the ski jump will be installed now or at a later date.
Two US Navy Wasp class and two US Navy America class vessels will also be upgraded to allow for a wing of 20-24 F-35Bs so that they will operate as escort carriers similar to how the Izumo vessels will operate.
The Kaga was sold to me without an air wing and numerous sensors by Quality Models. As you can see, they have done a GREAT job, and the main outer wood is Mahogany, with Pine internal structural support.
With the Japanese, the Koreans, the Italians, the Spanish, the British, and potentially the Australians and Indians all seeking to use the F-35B on the STVL carriers, not to mention the US Navy with its STVVL carriers (4 of them) and its 11 nuclear carriers), adversaries like the Chinese have no hope of catching up or matching that level of production.
However, one last thing a very critical issue that all individuals who hold the US military and particularly the US Navy in high esteem and look to her and her allies to defend freedom on the seas, and liberty in general. Please realize the the so-called "New Green Deal" proposed by numerous leaders in the DNC will render the US military basically useless. With no fossil fuels, how will ships be fueled and operate, how will any aircraft be fueled and operate, or armor, or vehicles, bombers, fighters,...in essence all of the equipment operated at sea, on land, or in the air? The answer is that they will not...and that is one of the principle aims of these individuals...among others. Do you or any of them expect the Chinese, Russians, or any other potential enemy of the US to follow suite? If you believe so, you are deluding yourself.
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