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MDAA Alert:
It's for Real with Japan
November 18, 2019
Riki Ellison at the Air Defense Command Headquarters at Yokota Air Base, Japan on
November 14, 2019.
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Dear Members and Friends,
Japan - the length of the Eastern United States, with an extension of its territory
into the middle of the East China Sea - is a geographical and political buttress
that parallels China, Russia, and North Korea. The three most capable and threatening
nations to the status quo of the world order and to the national security of the
United States of America. Japan is an absolute ally, that is all in with the United
States as it relies solely on U.S. offensive forces to include nuclear for the defense
of its territory and status quo in the Asia region. Japan constitutionally [[link removed]]
is not permitted to have military projection of power regional and strategic offensive
force and strike capabilities.

China's aggressiveness and it's One Belt, One Road policy [[link removed]]
openly declare its intent to be the dominate power of the world puts tremendous
pressure on Japan and its long term self-interests. Russia following with aggressive
behavior in the region and teaming up with China on airspace intrusions and supply
of its Iskander missiles and ballistic missile technology to North Korea who have
recently tested them [[link removed]].
North Korea increasingly threatens Japan and is now a regional nuclear power that
has launched successful ballistic missiles tests over Japan and its territories
[[link removed]].
The accumulation of all these demonstrated actions, that started with the Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Japan on missile defense with President
Reagan in 1984 and the 1998 North Korean space launch vehicle test [[link removed]]
over Japan, has driven Japan to be one of the most capable missile defense nations
with the most capacity, the most investment, and a significant integrated partnership
with the United States on development and deployment of missile defense systems
across its Navy, Army, and Air Force in and around its territories.

Strategic messaging speaks loudly as last Thursday in Tokyo, Japan the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the United States, General Mark Milley on his first
overseas trip stated [[link removed]]
"It [the Pacific] is the number 1 regional priority for the United States military."
A shift of U.S. military power projection priority that matches the 2018 National
Defense Strategy [[link removed]]
laid out by former Secretary of Defense, James Mattis.

General Koji Yamazaki, Japan's Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, and
General Mark Milley, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at an Honor Guard
Ceremony at the Japanese Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan on November 12, 2019.
(Photo by: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

With the advent of strategic and regional Chinese Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGVs),
a Chinese capacity overmatch of regional ballistic missiles, an overmatch of maneuverable
and over the horizon cruise missiles, numerous platforms to launch from in several
domains, and the deployment of strike missiles on its artificial islands in the
South China Sea creates an impeding complex power projection to control this region
of the Pacific. A situation that Japan, the United States, and regional allies in
the Pacific must confront, invest, and change with efficient offensive and defensive
technologies that enable joint and integrated multi-domain systems to force divestment
of the Chinese offensive forces to maintain the status quo.

Japan invests today 0.85% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), way below 2% for
its defense, and pays an addition of around $2.5 billion a year to the United States
for U.S. Forces in Japan. The cost to the United States for its forces in Japan
annually is around $12 to $13 billion a year, a significant shortfall that U.S.
taxpayers pay for and continue to pay for. Similar to Germany, they both have booming
economies and are top ten economies of the world that represent a tremendous success
of U.S. policy of World War II reconstruction of two nations that were completely
destroyed and are now leaders of Western capitalism and great examples of Western
democracies. Japan and Germany must contribute more to their defenses and be more
integrated with the United States.

The buttress of assured deterrence for this region by the United States is its ability
first and foremost to defend the United States homeland and its strategic capabilities,
which includes the current missile defense of the United States from ballistic missiles,
cruise missiles, and future HGVs. This must be mixed with offensive strike capabilities
to change the investment and power projection of China, Russia, and North Korea.
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Respectfully,
Riki Ellison
Chairman and Founder
Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
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