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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Ball, Desmond (Author), Tanter, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Boundary disputes.
Underwater surveillance > Japan.
Territorial waters > Japan.
Territorial waters > China.
Litiges de frontière.
Surveillance sous-marine > Japon.
Eaux territoriales > Japon.
Eaux territoriales > Chine.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Diplomatic relations.
Territorial waters.
Underwater surveillance.
United States > Foreign relations > Japan.
Japan > Foreign relations > United States.
Japon > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
China.
Japan.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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