zalzon wrote:
Beyond the F-2, isn't there anything they have
planned? I would have
thought the F-2 project was a springboard for
a plane of their own.

I did not know they had a stake in the JSF.
It would make sense in light
of the carriers ... oppz i mean destroyers-carrying-planes
they have
planned.


Yes, as aircraft carriers are still a touchy subject in Japan-too many
ghosts. They do have the plans for the Invincible-class CVHs, though. One
could call them "helicopter cruisers" but everyone would know that they would
be carriers in everything but name.

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