The tools of Owatasumi : Japan's ocean surveillance and coastal defence capabilities / Desmond Ball and Richard Tanter.

Japan is quintessentially by geography a maritime country. Maritime surveillance capabilities - underwater, shore-based and airborne - are critical to its national defence posture. This book describes and assesses these capabilities, with particular respect to the underwater segment, about which the...

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Main Authors: Ball, Desmond (Author), Tanter, Richard (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2015]
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Summary:Japan is quintessentially by geography a maritime country. Maritime surveillance capabilities - underwater, shore-based and airborne - are critical to its national defence posture. This book describes and assesses these capabilities, with particular respect to the underwater segment, about which there is little strategic analysis in publicly available literature.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781925022278
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9781925022261
Language:English.