The Japanese defense ministry has brought forward a proposal to construct at least one large amphibious assault ship that will enlarge the country’s naval aviation capability. The program may also enhance sales prospects for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey.

Entry into service for the ship is now targeted for the fiscal year from March 2019; previous plans implied it would be commissioned in the early 2020s, if at all. The ministry will request funding for studies of the ship for the budget year beginning April 1, 2015, Jiji news agency reports.

Missions include rapid reinforcement of the defenses of Japan’s remote islands, with those actively disputed by China—the Senkaku, or Diaoyu, islands—probably a spur. Tokyo must also consider its claim to the Liancourt Rocks, over which North and South Korea also assert sovereignty.

=======================================

드디어 올것이 왔군요. 마라도함은 2020년에 취역인데, 일본 강습함은 2019년 취역이라.

무슨 일본이 LHA를 만들어 F-35B를 올리니, 한국도 마라도함에 F-35B를 올려야 한다는 소리는 아예 꺼내지도 마십시오.

일본이 LHA에 F-35B를 올리면, 한국은 F-35킬러를 정규항모에 올려야 독도를 지킬수 있는 겁니다.