As Japan prepares to revise its three strategic security documents, a debate is emerging not over whether the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) must adapt to new forms of warfare, but over how those concepts should be translated into concrete military capabilities.
Many of the recommendations made in a new report from the Washington-based Hudson Institute think tank overlap with revisions expected to feature prominently in the country¡¯s National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy and Defense Buildup Program documents set to be updated later this year.
They both stress the increasing importance of unmanned systems, the threat posed by coordinated drone and missile attacks, and the need for more resilient and dispersed forces to counter China¡¯s growing capabilities.
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