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Chapter 655 - 655 286 War Preparations_3

?Chapter 655: Chapter 286 War Preparations_3 Chapter 655: Chapter 286 War Preparations_3 Since the 1980s, Japan began to re-propose the concept of the “Eight-Eight Fleet” and implement it. The so-called “Eight-Eight Fleet” mainly focuses on submarine escort missions and emphasizes on anti-submarine warfare capabilities, consisting of 8 destroyers and 8 ship-borne helicopters. It includes 1 helicopter destroyer (Shirane-class or Haruna-class), 2 anti-aircraft destroyers (1 Kong?-class + 1 Kizuna-class or Tachikaze-class destroyer), and 5 general-purpose destroyers (currently usually 2 Murasame-class + 3 Asagiri or Hatsuyuki-class destroyers).

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s “Nine-Ten Fleet” is based on the original “Eight-Eight Fleet,” with the addition of newly constructed Aegis anti-aircraft missile destroyers and multi-purpose destroyers (carrying 1 helicopter) each, forming a fleet with 10 destroyers and 9 ship-borne helicopters, hence its name.

In order to gain more benefits after the war and create a good impression on The United States, Japan displayed its powerful naval strength to the world, hoping that The United States would take them along in future overseas military operations. Thus, they deployed their elite forces this time, and aside from not dispatching a few helicopter aircraft carriers, they essentially sent out the bulk of Japan’s naval forces.