(August 6, 2016 at 12:29 am)Minimalist Wrote: In 2015 the Japanese launched what they call a "helicopter destroyer," the Izumo.
Looks like a carrier to me.
http://cimsec.org/japans-izumo-class-hel...uise/24130
Quote:Japan’s Izumo-class Helicopter Destroyer: An Aircraft Carrier in Disguise?
Carriers are offensive but "helicopter-destroyers" are defensive!
Quote:What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.
Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Sc. 2
Indeed, and it's a very capable ship. The Japanese also have some of the best conventional submarines in the world.
