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Author Ball, Desmond, author.

Title The tools of Owatasumi : Japan's ocean surveillance and coastal defence capabilities / Desmond Ball and Richard Tanter
Published Canberra ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2015]
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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
Summary 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 there is little strategic analysis in publicly available literature
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Subject Boundary disputes.
Underwater surveillance -- Japan
Territorial waters -- Japan
Territorial waters -- China
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Boundary disputes
Diplomatic relations
Territorial waters
Underwater surveillance
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140113
Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
Subject China
Japan
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Tanter, Richard, author.
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