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Armies of the world. Japan

Population: 127014 thousand people. The military budget is 40,4 billion dollars (2001). The regular forces are 239 800 people (including 10 200 women). The reserve - 47 400 people. Militarized formations: the department of sea guard - 12 250 people. Recruitment for the army is voluntary. Mobilization resources - 30,7 million people, including 26,4 million able-bodied men.

Land forces: 148 700 people, 5 headquarters of armies, 1 tank and 10 infantry divisions, 17 brigades (2 infantry, 2 mixed, 1 airborne, 1 artillery, 2 anti-aircraft artillery, 5 engineer, 1 helicopter, 4 training), 5 battalions of army-co-operation aviation, 2 artillery groups, 3 groups of air defence.

Arms: up to 90 tactical rocket systems, 1 050 tanks (including 210 Type-90), 90 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, 60 infantry fighting vehicles, 850 armored troop carriers, 480 pieces of towed ordnance and 290 self-propelled (including 90 203 mm self-propelled guns M110A2), 1 280 mortars, 110 MLRS, 680 antitank missile systems, 80 antiaircraft guns, 540 portable surface-to-air missile systems, 200 surface-to-air guided missile systems Hawk, 10 planes LR-1 and about 450 army-co-operation helicopters (of them about 90 combat AH-1S).

Air force: 45 400 people, 297 war-planes, combat helicopters are not available. Tactical units and elements: 7 wings, 1 SAR wing, 2 fighter and bomber air squadrons, 10 air defence fighter squadrons, 1 reconnaissance air squadron, 1 electronic warfare air squadron, 4 transport air squadrons, 1 intercommunication air squadron, 1 training air squadron. Planes and helicopters: 40 F-1, 160 F-15 (J and DJ), 70 F-4EJ, 20 RF-4 (E and EJ), 10 E-2C, EC-1, 4 Boeing E-767 (AWACS), 10 YS-11E, 20 H-1, 10 C-130H, 11 MU-2, 10 U-125, 10 U-125-800, 10T-1A, 40 T-2, 40 T-3, 40 T-4, 10 T-400, 5 BO-65, 10 T-33, 90 T-4, 2 U-4, 10 CH-47J, 20 KV-107, 10 UH-60J. Air defence: 120 surface-to-air guided missile systems.

Naval forces: 44 200 people (including 9 800 in aircraft and 1 800 women), fleet, 5 naval districts. Navy: Commands of the escort forces (4 flotillas), the submarine forces (2 flotillas), the aviation command, the training command. Ships: 17 submarines (4 Oyasio, 7 Harusio, 6 Usio), 4 destroyers - helicopter carriers (2 Sirane, 2 Haruna), 38 destroyers (4 Congo, 2 Hatakadze, 3 Tatikadze, 7 Murasame, 8 Asagiri, 11 Hatsuyuki, 2 Takatsuki, Yamagumo), 10 frigates with guided missiles (6 Abakuma, Ishikari, 2 Ubari), 3 missile boats Sparviero, 1 landing helicopter carrier Osumi, 2 tank landing ships (Miura, Atsumi), 4 small storm-boats (2 Yura, 2 Yusotey), 11 storm-boats, 2 air cushion storm-boats LCAC, 27 minesweepers (11 Hatsusima, 9 Uvadzhima, 3 Yaeyama, 4 Sugasima), 2 minesweepers Uraga, 26 support vessels (including mother ships, rescue ships, 3 training ships, 4 hydrographic vessels, 2 experimental vessels), 20 towboats. Naval aircraft: 7 wings, 31 air squadrons (planes - 10 patrol air squadrons, 1 transport air squadron, 1 SAR squadron, 3 training air squadrons; helicopters - anti-submarine helicopters, 4 light multi-purpose helicopter squadrons, 2 SAR squadrons 5 EP-3J, UP-3/30), helicopters - 96 (56 SH-60J, 30 HSS-2B, 10 MH-53E).

The department of sea guard: 12 250 people. Services: patrol, hydrographic, navigation; 11 districts of sea protection; 99 patrol ships (53 big and 46 middle), 245 patrol boats, 12 hydrographic vessels, more than 100 vessels; planes - 26 (19 Super King R, 5 YS-11A, 2 Falcon-900), helicopters - 41 (4 AS-332L, 33 Bell 212, 4 3-76H).





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