When We Dropped The Atomic Bombs…..

[grampahol]

A lot of naysayers think the US is doomed to failure and a war with China will spell doom for us all, but the same naysayers never acknowledge the fact that the US was the only power after WWII to emerge intact.  We would have no globalization if not for the war. European armies were decimated as were their navies..Japan was in tatters and the Soviets were as well, but the Soviet Union had one trick up its sleeve and they still use it to great effect to this day,  maskirovka, deception and trying to convince everyone they're far stronger than they actually are. China still uses it as well, but China has a real tell..They go way overboard with deception to the point nobody really believes anything they put out anymore. They have a couple of aircraft carriers, but none are nuclear powered and their construction methods and materials are garbage. They have a green water navy so sailing around the world to project power  like a blue water navy can? Not happening.. Their J-20 and J-15s are direct ripoffs of our systems and they don't have the infrastructure to properly train pilots in combat.. Nobody in the Chinese system has experienced war beyond the borders with India..They definitely don't have the expertise to maintain the technology they have long term. As far as Russia goes..they've been exposed by the war in Ukraine. 
The US has by far the biggest advantage no nation on earth has, the greatest geography any nation in the history of the world with two GIANT motes, a near unlimited war chest and the most advanced technology the world has ever known..ever. 
Anyway, the rest of the world has been playing catch up since before WWII while we've spent like drunken sailors ever since on defense. 
What's any of this have to do with Japan?  They threw in their lot with two consecutive administrations to become lifetime allies with us and we've had military bases in Japan since the war..Most of the Japanese population has moved on from the bombings.Now Japan is building back up their military as US allies..
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming..