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Japan's weaknesses today are exactly the same as during WW2. Nothing has changed.

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Turning off the Tap: Bombing Japan's Oil Refineries and Storage Centers

By Bob Hackett

By 1944, as outlined in my preceding six Special Features, American air attacks on Southeast Asian oil refineries and storage facilities under Japanese control, combined with air and submarine predation on shipping, had effectively cut off the flow of crude oil to the home islands.

The Imperial Navy (IJN) was Japan’s largest consumer of fuel oil. In July 1944, the situation had become so desperate that the oiled-starved navy was forced to take such measures as cutting a hole in the bottom of sunken battleship MUTSU’s hulk and pumping out 580-tons of fuel oil for use by their ships in Operation Take ("Bamboo"). In the latter part of 1944, the IJN's naval aviation fuel situation had become so desperate that it began investigating the possibility of extracting aviation fuel from pine roots.

By 1945, most of Japan's naval and merchant fleet was rusting on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; nevertheless, Japan stubbornly soldiered on. Now, her urgent need was for aviation gasoline for fighter aircraft to defend against increasing raids by American Boeing B-29 “Superfortress” heavy bombers that in March 1945 had fire-bombed and destroyed most of Tokyo and threatened the Emperor in his Imperial Palace. Aviation gasoline was also needed to power Japan’s final weapon, their “kamikaze” suicide planes.

Japan's Oil Refineries and Storage Centers, Bob Hackett
 
China 5th and 6th new type052D out in JiangNan shipyard

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The premise of realizing that is that Japan has advantage of abundance of that toys, but the reality is that the advantage is on the side of China.

The premise is that Japan has enough to inflict damage on China's navy and trading at the seas. Remember that the British sending two submarines is enough to hold the whole entire Argentinean Navy at bay.
 
The premise is that Japan has enough to inflict damage on China's navy and trading at the seas. Remember that the British sending two submarines is enough to hold the whole entire Argentinean Navy at bay.
How many ships Argentinean Navy have ? How many ships PLAN ? Which one have the most missiles hit to enemy's land ? :rofl:

CY-1 is similar to the US RUM-139 VL-ASROC. It uses a rocket motor to propel a homing torpedo into the water at high-speeds and at long ranges. Cool, but nothing spectacular.

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China type054A FFG's VLS cells already install Yu-8 "China ASROC", not CY-1 .... Yu-8 is the standard VLS-launched anti-sub rocket-boosted torpedo for PLAN ships.

News photos to prove PLAN VLS-launched anti-sub rocket-boosted torpedo: Yu-8 "China ASROC"
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Source: Leio's PLA military photos (kinds of military equipments) | Page 69
 
The premise is that Japan has enough to inflict damage on China's navy and trading at the seas. Remember that the British sending two submarines is enough to hold the whole entire Argentinean Navy at bay.
Sorry, the submarines Brits had were nuclear subs that Japanese don't have. China have over 15 nuclear subs(accurate number no one know, we just know the number was added at least one per year), China also have over 70 conventionally-powered submarines.
 
The premise is that Japan has enough to inflict damage on China's navy and trading at the seas. Remember that the British sending two submarines is enough to hold the whole entire Argentinean Navy at bay.
Trying to compare argentina navy to PLAN is simply a joke. Somalia navy is compare to USN. Happy? :lol:
 
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