Japan readies fighter capability onboard carrier Kaga off San Diego coast

[@5Ring]

"Zach Laser"- Bro was born to be a fighter pilot.

[@JinKee]

His daughter will marry a Brannigan and then one day his great descendent will be come an officer of the Democratic Order of Planets and Captain of the Earth ship Nimbus, and the Titanic.

[@DeMan59]

@@JinKee 😜

[@politicsuncensored5617]

As a retired US navy man I am glad that the Japanese navy building up and a ally of the US navy.

[@dennis12dec]

They're now called the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, the Japanese Navy has long since disbanded after WW2.

[@politicsuncensored5617]

@@dennis12dec You call it what you want and I will call if what a sailor calls it. A navy.

[@fennoman9241]

@@dennis12decnavy*

[@BeatoricheChannel-yy4gk]

A toast to our friendship

[@dennis12dec]

@@fennoman9241 they're no longer called "Navy" as stated in Article 9 of the Japanese constitution drafted in 1947.

[@cab6273]

Major Laser You can't make that up.

[@ultralaggerREV1]

It ain’t a “Multipurpose Helicopter carrying destroyer” anymore, this is a light aircraft carrier. Welcome back, Japan!

[@ssaraccoii]

Two historic ships, the Kaga and the Essex. Glad they’re on the same side this time!

[@Tube_America]

The IJN Kaga was sunk June 4 1942. The Essex wasn't commissioned until Dec 31, 1942. They never met in battle.

[@alexisesguerra2544]

So weird seeing Japan with a carrier again. Not saying that’s a bad thing. Welcome back to naval aviation, Japan. ❤️

[@goldenpacificmedia]

It's a modified destroyer

[@tsumugikotobuki0131]

They even named it the Kaga, after the one sunk at Midway.

[@B201SGT]

It is a helicopter carrier

[@tokyochannel2020]

Its named after Mount Kaga, same as the WW2 ship, but the spelling in Japanese is different, WW2 ships used kanji 漢字　spelling, modern SDF ships use hiragana ひらがなspelling. ​@@tsumugikotobuki0131

[@scratchy996]

Now Germany needs to build a battleship.

[@AgentXRifle]

…they have a hot tub? Clearly superior!

[@RobGM2]

It's a defensive carrier. That's what they should just went with. You still need to project some air power at Sea in the defense of your homeland. That should have been able to cover it enough to circumvent or go around that constitutional amendment. Or they should just do a constitutional Congress and just remove the constitutional amendment or revise it.

[@worldofdoom995]

Yes or maybe an escort carrier

[@OperationEndGame]

It still a power projection ship.. they probably need to have 6 ospreys to be converted as AEW platform… I expect each Izumo class to carry 12 F-35b + 10 ASW helos as her normal loadout…

[@jeanclaude24]

Wish there were more videos of the landings and launches, especially the night operations.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Great looking platform!

[@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623]

An aircraft carrier is just a large ferry with a control tower. They can just call this a multi-purpose ferry.

[@johannbezuidenhout2976]

Aircraft tender. :)

[@everypitchcounts4875]

It's not a hot tub, it's an interrogation pool.

[@VandalAudi]

Zach Laser... I wonder what's his callsign.

[@HellJumper99]

"Japanese carrier Kaga off the coast of San Diego" Not cool to hear that 80 years ago 😅

[@dranoelarios4788]

Not to worry, Sandy is number 1! 😉

[@KINGCRANK.Topsy-Turvy]

How about Royal Navy set off to North American continent....?

[@angelyanez6658]

No way that marine pilot is MAJOR LASER!!!!

[@michaellacea5097]

Lmfao the most frightening weapon the Jsdf have is a hot tub… their pilots are gonna be so relaxed going into missions

[@Jer_Ch]

Miss Maritza has a smile when talking about a hot tub in a warship, it sounds like the Japanese make the damn thing right isn't it?

[@JinKee]

Good job you didn't melt the deck.

[@h.cappuccino2522]

such an ironic scene.. after 70 years of life or death battle in the Pacific between the two countries..

[@wallgreat113]

最後かっこよすぎ

[@zeroinfinity9189]

I can imagine the pilot getting the briefing before the interview, "Remember it's called a "DESTROYER" not a aircraft carrier." lol

[@georgeofhamilton]

Aw, shoot, here we go again…

[@edcruz32]

HEY HAVE A HOT TUB !!!!!!!!

[@pallen49]

I wonder what the Italians have on their military ships?...Roman Baths? lol

[@anonymous_skrub]

yeah and the Brits have pubs on their Queen Elizabeth-class carriers US carriers do be kinda lacking /jk

[@Gottfried_Frickenberger]

Helicopter destroyer moment

[@jamalbaguan8386]

This is not a distroyer anymore. The Rising Sun has back Light aircraft carrier KAGA was born.

[@softwaresignals]

Wait just one dang minute, the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga was sunk during the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. The Kaga was severely damaged by dive bombers from the USS Enterprise and USS Yorktown, and was scuttled by Japanese destroyers to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

[@kristoffermangila]

Like all navies, Japan recycled historic names for their ships.

[@darnit1944]

Just like how the US used M1 armored car before WW2. And somehow it gets revived as M1 Abrams.

[@Dutch-McLarenJk82-]

IJN Kaga sunk this is the JSDF Kaga

[@nickthenuker7916]

@@darnit1944M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, etc., or the M3 Lee/Grant, M3 Grease Gun, etc.

[@darnit1944]

@@nickthenuker7916 M1 helmet too 🪖

[@JustSumGuy01]

Zach Laser. That's a Gundam pilot's name

[@kawakei-y6p]

日本も本格的な空母を持てたらいいのにな…

[@ak-akira7239]

名前は赤城で！

[@marc9080]

Pourquoi un pilote américain et pas un japonais?

[@ak-akira7239]

@@marc9080 Japan is training with the USA F-35 pilot in San Diego.

[@westvillage321]

ローテーション考えて、どれだけの打撃群を持つ必要があるのか理解してる？ 予算を考えなよ

[@arsenie19]

​@@westvillage321どういうこと？

[@spiky8211]

One of the first major steps of Japan and the U.S. becoming stout allies in military cooperation following WW2, and this Seaman tells us they have ‘different’ food and hot tubs on their ship.

[@niconice6683]

In 1922, Japan built the world's first aircraft carrier [Housho]. But now…, COME ON JAPAN !!

[@mattcat83]

They get a hot tub?

[@martindavis9930]

I'm was sure we sunk the Kaga at Midway?

[@kirameira425]

やっと此処まで戻って来たよ！

[@Samsanite1]

Friends 🇺🇸❤🇯🇵

[@SRW-v1g]

Truly an enemies to lovers trope

[@richardma6526]

Last time aircraft carriers Kaga was at Pearl Harbor in 1941

[@4catsnow]

Yep,, but now at Midway...

[@ZironTheDerg]

"they have a hot tub" glad to know the american military has good priorities ❤

[@331SVTCobra]

Kaga is a fine ship. Too bad some Japanese pilots didn't get to test drive the Lightnings. That would have been cool.

[@adamferguson8781]

U.S. Marines can you please talk the Australian Government into converting their Helicopter Assault Ships into light carriers to carry the F-35’s??

[@Dog.soldier1950]

‘’Naval aviator’’

[@UAL320]

Despite what they want to label it as, they not only have an aircraft carrier but they have chosen to name it after one of the carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor and Midway 😂

[@arsenie19]

Kaga is the old name of Kanazawa.　Japan has a tradition of giving ancient country names to its ships.

[@kristoffermangila]

​@@arsenie19heck, their first Aegis equipped destroyer class is named the Kongo.

[@zeedub8560]

Battleships, like Kaga was before being converted, were named for old provinces. In the JDF, this is now applied to their helicopter ships. Others are Ise and Hyuga, which were also battleship names (that were converted to half-carriers). Battlecruisers were named for mountains, so they probably wouldn't have named one of these "destroyers" Akagi even if that weren't already the name of a cute little patrol boat. Soryu and Hiryu are attack subs, along with other 'ryu boats. Those are types of dragons. We'll know they've thrown their constitutional restrictions aside if they start building more of these totally-not-carriers and start naming them for cranes. Nobody is going to buy ships named Shokaku and Zuikaku are for defense only. 😉

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

@@kristoffermangila They don't make BB's anymore. We usually name nuclear subs after states nowadays.

[@ChronicAndIronic]

Destroyer. it’s a “”””destroyer”””

[@pallen49]

I think we should make some amendments to their Constitution and allowed them to unleash their ingenuity and quality regarding to building military planes, tec and weaponry ..After all, they are our greatest ally in that part of the world..

[@userEzo]

It would be best to stop trying to control the constitutions of countries you call allies.

[@sanjayapushpakumara]

❤❤❤❤❤❤😂❤❤😂🎉🎉❤❤🎉🎉❤

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

Not the real IJN Kaga. We sank that one at Midway.

[@SRDPS2]

It's respawn 💀

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

@@SRDPS2 A much smaller version. Sadly it's not a real Fleet Carrier.

[@piscessoedroen]

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 ultimately they don't need a full blown carrier because US pacific fleet have a home in the japanese port and the japanese can just scramble F-15 from the various islands they have

[@Kaga184]

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Actually, the Izumo class is by specifications, almost the same length, and just slightly wider than the Kaga. The fighters carried may not be of the same amount as that of the IJN Kaga, and its scale of operations aren't supposed to be the same as that of the IJN Kaga either. It suits what our self defence force needs, and that's all that matters.

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

@@Kaga184 It's not a Fleet Carrier. Aircraft amount is much, much lower than that of IJN Kaga. You know this. This is a support ship.

[@丸山亨-r7g]

💪🇺🇸KAGA😠👊💥

[@brentsrx7]

Just so you know. The United States and Japan are not Democracies, they are Constitutional Republics. Democracies require a king or dictator, as that form of government was designed to legitimize his position as arbiter of the people. There is a massive difference. If Japan really does want to adopt democracy, they will be effectively re-instating the emperor as head of state.

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

The US at least is a Plutocracy, plain and simple.

[@FLASHkor]

전범국이 어디서

[@Ulysses1994XF04]

American naval jets from a ship called Essex, doing training operations with a Japanese ship called Kaga. Imagine that.

[@seraph045]

May the Emperor live ten thousand years!

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

It didn't quite make it did he>? Ahhh.

[@MrSomethingdark]

Japan a democracy?! I don't think so

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

Japan is whatever we let it be.

[@marc9080]

La soute à arme est vide et le carburant 33%! a Joke

[@wingmay8571]

Chinese people never forget World War 2. They have 3 aircraft carriers. Two more super carriers with nuclear power are under construction. J-35 vs F-35. J-35 is not a copy of F-35 but made for beats F-35. It flying faster, M2.2 vs M1.6. With longer range, better radar and better missiles.

[@PPAP-x2z]

南京事件は民間人に偽装した武装集団を日本兵は戦っただけです。 虐殺ではありません。 民間人に偽装するのは国際法違反であり、便意兵を攻撃する事は許可されてました

[@natami7223]

Estás hablando del J35 que aparecen en los radares como Cessna.? Y los radares de cazas chinos pudieron detectar los F2 que son de 4,5 generación.? Jajah

[@AA-xo9uw]

Be quiet wumao.

[@marc9080]

@@natami7223 Vos sources please?

[@marc9080]

@@natami7223 Même un Cessna est une belle cible! facile à abattre!