The tools of Owatasumi : Japan's ocean surveillance and coastal defence capabilities /

Ball, Desmond,

The tools of Owatasumi : Japan's ocean surveillance and coastal defence capabilities / Desmond Ball and Richard Tanter. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Post-Cold War intrusions into Japanese waters -- The JMSDF's ocean surveillance architecture -- The Japanese ground self-defense force (JGSDF) -- The organization of the JMSDF: the high command, fleet bases and regional districts -- Japanese undersea surveillance systems, 1920-45 -- Technical developments since 1945 -- US SOSUS stations -- JMSDF ELINT/undersea surveillance stations -- Airborne ocean surveillance -- JMSDF SIGINT collection and ocean surveillance ships -- The US Ocean Surveillance Information System (OSIS) -- The Maritime Safety Agency (MSA)/Japan Coast Guard (JCG) -- Assessment of Japan's ocean surveillance capabilities.

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.


English.

9781925022278 1925022277 1925022269 9781925022261

22573/ctt1355gjr JSTOR


Boundary disputes.
Underwater surveillance--Japan.
Territorial waters--Japan.
Territorial waters--China.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science.
Boundary disputes.
Diplomatic relations.
Territorial waters.
Underwater surveillance.


United States--Foreign relations--Japan.
Japan--Foreign relations--United States.
China.
Japan.
United States.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

KZ3684.5.J3 / B35 2015eb

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