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The tools of Owatasumi : Japan's ocean surveillance and coastal defence 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 the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Ball, Desmond (Autor), Tanter, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.