Russia starts naval exercises in waters of Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk

That's fine but I will expect Russia and China to zip it when the US does the same.

Russia answered to Kishida's provocation. usually country like Japan with debts looks for war as a scapegoat.

Get the life jackets ready!

The fleet of the Baltic Sea also began naval maneuvers..

Well done Mr Putin..

Protect the Mother Land..

That's fine but I will expect Russia and China to zip it when the US does the same.

Ohhh, the pain is unbearable..

LOOOL !!..

That's fine but I will expect Russia and China to zip it when the US does the same.

Yeah like the US would "zip it" if Russia and China conducted military training on the US' doorstep give me a break.

well its their right at least they do in own waters unlike like uncle Sams guys...everywhere they want...

no excitement at all.

rebiata molodci.

Yeah like the US would "zip it" if Russia and China conducted military training on the US' doorstep give me a break.

Did you hear the US complaining about joint Russian and Chinese naval exercises off Alaska last fall or the Russian exercise off Hawaii a year ago? Nope. Unless you read the maritime press where there was mention of these exercises by way of telling seafarers to avoid the exercise areas you saw nothing in the press and no whining from the US State Department. The exercises were conducted in international waters so there was nothing to whine about. The US Coast Guard shadowed the exercises and that was all. No cutters cutting off Chinese destroyers or anything like the Chinese do.

It took more than two decades of Putin funneling Russia's oil profits into the military to bring it to where it is today. The simple truth is that Russia no longer has the economy to maintain the military forces of a world leader. Japan, on the other hand, has a world leading economy, and is capable of building and maintaining a first rate Navy and Air Force, if it so chooses. Given the bellicosity of Japan's neighbors, it needs to choose to do so, for its own self protection. An unfortunate and ugly truth, one that no one wanted, but here we are.

Putin wants to impress the world with his mighty military, but it no longer exists. The Russian navy today is a shadow of what it was during the days of the USSR. Putin's gross mismanagement, incompetence, and corruption will take a long time to fix, and before that can start to happen, Putin and his gang of oligarchs have to get out of the way.

Legrand...

Yeah like the US would "zip it" if Russia and China conducted military training on the US' doorstep give me a break.

I think you will find that the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan is actually on Russia's doorstep.

Did you hear the US complaining about joint Russian and Chinese naval exercises off Alaska last fall 

Here we go again...Russia is actually closer to Alaska (55 miles) than the continental US, which isn't even directly in contact with Alaska geographically.

Here we go again...Russia is actually closer to Alaska (55 miles) than the continental US, which isn't even directly in contact with Alaska geographically

It was a joint Russian and Chinese exercise. Alaska is the US, its largest state in land area. And what about the Russian exercise off Hawaii?

The Soviets used to keep intelligence ships maybe two dozen miles or less from major US naval bases sucking up all the microwave and radio traffic in the region. One used to sit just off La Jolla, an old Balsam class. It was always out there. Our standing orders were to avoid it, do not harass it and never under any circumstances fly over it.

"More than 60 warships and support vessels, about 35 naval aviation aircraft, coastal troops and more than 11,000 military personnel are involved in the exercise of the Pacific Fleet forces grouping," the ministry said" 

This is more fake news. Russian navy is all rusting at the bottom of the sea ( 99% out of action, along with its air force. ) JT experts have said so before.

"That's fine but I will expect Russia and China to zip it when the US does the same."

Except that Sea of Okhotsk & Sea of Japan appears to be Russian backyard and just a tad far from the US. Minor detail.

Holy Toledo 60 Warships that's quite a few

"Warships and support vessels". Russia has a lot of small corvette sized missile boats, ASW craft, and minesweepers that are not ocean going inasmuch as they do not have an on board laundry or the ability to make fresh water. They are tied to shore bases or tenders ( ships designed to serve as a floating base for smaller vessels ) and can conduct short patrols of a few days. The combat ships of their Pacific Fleet consists of one cruiser and six destroyers, a small fraction of Japanese seapower.

No, but I hear the Japanese government complaining any time a foreign navy passes through the international waters of the Tsugaru and Kanmon Straits.

Did you hear the US complaining about joint Russian and Chinese naval exercises off Alaska last fall or the Russian exercise off Hawaii

All Navies conduct training exercises, no news here, expect Japanese Navy busy training too!

If I may, I'd suggest Japanese Navy practice anti drone submarine warfare. Russia's been deploying in Pacific theater, basically giant nuclear bombs = better dealt with offshore.

Didn't hear Russia complain about the Aurora 23 exercise in Sweden. Biggest in 25 years. In that had been held in Russia or China... Shame! Shame!

Sitting ducks

A boondoggle to stay out of the war in Europe.

No, but I hear the Japanese government complaining any time a foreign navy passes through the international waters of the Tsugaru and Kanmon Straits.

Really? These occasions get a lot of press but please show us where any Japanese official has complained. The press has noted these passages and made a big deal out of them but the Japanese government has not said anything about them other than to acknowledge they occurred, if that.

Gwielo the article says -'60 war ships' .

No, 60 warships and support vessels. Most of that 60 are support vessels. The Russian Pacific Fleet only has seven large warships all of which date from the 1980s and a dozen or so subs. The rest are small patrol craft, minesweepers, oilers, and some frigate sized but lightly armed coast guard patrol ships and some similar FSB border guard ships.

Russian navy drills in the Baltic Sea with more than 40 ships.

@Desert Just the first of many results.

Japan has complained to Russia about the ship movements and exercises through diplomatic channels, Matsuno said.

“We protested that we are observing closely with great concern that the Russian military is increasing its activities around our country in the midst of the Ukraine situation,” he said.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-03-15/japan-russia-ukraine-sanctions-warships-hokkaido-military-drills-5350089.html

Maybe Russia can't find harbors for these ships after being locked out of the the Black Sea. Nothing better to do but sail around Japan I guess.

Given the Russian military’s performance in Ukraine, I don’t think Japan has much to worry about.

@Clay

expect Japanese Navy busy training too!

Japan doesn't have a navy. Japan has a self-defense force, which is an armed police organization similar to coast guard.

All members of SDF are civilians who can quit jobs at will if ordered to go to battle, are tried in civilian courts under civilian law if charged with misconducts or crimes.

Japan doesn't have a navy. Japan has a self-defense force, which is an armed police organization similar to coast guard.

Don't let the name fool you. I have cruised with them. They are one of the world's great navies and might be the best ASW navy there is. Few if any navy have ships comparable to the Maya class destroyers or the new Mogami class frigates which many analysts are calling the best frigate made today. From experience, a Japanese submarine is the next best thing to an American or British nuclear sub. They are that good.

Given the Russian military’s performance in Ukraine, I don’t think Japan has much to worry about.

They certainly handled the Russian in 1905.

@Desert Tortoise

Don't let the name fool you. 

Well, can a soldier just quit when ordered to deploy to front line?

An SDF member can at will and have(during the Fukushima melt-down), just like police officers, fire fighters could. Why? Because an SDF member is a civilian, not a military personnel.

Both Russia and China keep testing Japan's responses, hundreds of times a year, by air and by sea. I do not see Japan doing that to either of them.

But if Russia wishes to shoot off a few sub-launched missiles, or gather a rusting fleet, why not? They used to boast of 50,000 troops for these exercises, but 35 aircraft and 11,000 military personnel sounds very small.