Country could double spending and acquire ‘first-strike’ capability in shift away from defensive postwar posture
Weeks after he became Japan’s prime minister last year,pulled on a dark green bomber jacket, the hinomaru flag emblazoned on his sleeve, and climbed into a tank.
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