German Navy is effectively locked in dry dock. Funding cuts and parts shortages mean most of it is essentially ineffective. And what is available to sortie can’t stray far from Germany without months of preparations and stashing equipment and supplies.
South Korea is not liable to dispatch Forces beyond the Pacific. Not until the question of ‘Best Korea’ and China is answered. Especially after parts of U.S Missile Defensive batteries were stripped to replace equipment losses in the Middle East
The Japanese can’t legally under the Constitution MacArthur wrote for them deploy Forces Offensively. A case of Decisions that seemed genius to strategic planners 75+ years ago. Shooting the U.S in the foot 75 years later. While the Right-Wing in Japan has the numbers to rewrite the Constitution.
It’s still a Legislative Body. And those generally don’t move particularly quickly unless their personal safety is directly threatened.
Not completely true regarding Japan. In 2014, Shinzo Abe’s cabinet reinterpreted Article 9 to allow the Japan self defense forces to engage in combat to defend allies. That reinterpretation is still active, so they absolutely could come to help their US allies if they wanted to. They don't. It puts Abe's assassination into a new light.
German Navy is effectively locked in dry dock. Funding cuts and parts shortages mean most of it is essentially ineffective. And what is available to sortie can’t stray far from Germany without months of preparations and stashing equipment and supplies.
South Korea is not liable to dispatch Forces beyond the Pacific. Not until the question of ‘Best Korea’ and China is answered. Especially after parts of U.S Missile Defensive batteries were stripped to replace equipment losses in the Middle East
The Japanese can’t legally under the Constitution MacArthur wrote for them deploy Forces Offensively. A case of Decisions that seemed genius to strategic planners 75+ years ago. Shooting the U.S in the foot 75 years later. While the Right-Wing in Japan has the numbers to rewrite the Constitution.
It’s still a Legislative Body. And those generally don’t move particularly quickly unless their personal safety is directly threatened.
Not completely true regarding Japan. In 2014, Shinzo Abe’s cabinet reinterpreted Article 9 to allow the Japan self defense forces to engage in combat to defend allies. That reinterpretation is still active, so they absolutely could come to help their US allies if they wanted to. They don't. It puts Abe's assassination into a new light.