Ehh, the degree to which both the US and the Japanese government maintained the idea of "self defense force" is extremely fictional. Their helicopter destroyer

Ehh, the degree to which both the US and the Japanese government maintained the idea of "self defense force" is extremely fictional. Their helicopter destroyers can and do launch jets. A lot of realpolitik here that doesn't quite fit into the typical narratives people from a Western viewpoint want to use to drive their ideological point