Japan faces a quandary. The nation must deter aggression and intimidation by developing the potential to strike any foe. But it must also stay within constitutional rules that allow only defense of the homeland. The ban on preemptive planning extends even into the world of electronic and network attack. As a result, some critical questions remain unresolved. It's a military axiom that the best way to prevent ballistic or cruise missile attacks of Japan is to strike before they are launched. But does defense allow strikes-kinetic or electronic-on enemy facilities for any reason? Are they wed only to retaliation? The following articles take a look at how the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) walks that razor's edge. Maj. Gen. Hidetoshi Hirata isat the heart of a technologically ambitious modernization effort to introduce stealth, strike capabilities, precision weaponry, advanced sensors and networking to the JASDF. But it's also an endeavor that will have to function within a defense budget that's predicted to be flat, perhaps even shrinking, for the foreseeable future. The interview was conducted at the defense ministry in Tokyo by Senior Military Editor David A. Fulghum.
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机译：日本面临困境。国家必须通过发展打击任何敌人的潜力来制止侵略和恐吓。但是，它也必须遵守只能捍卫祖国的宪法规定。抢先计划的禁令甚至延伸到电子和网络攻击的世界。结果，一些关键问题仍未解决。预防日本的弹道或巡航导弹袭击的最佳方法是在发动攻击之前，这是军事上的公理。但是，国防部出于某种原因是否允许动能或电子攻击敌方设施？他们只是为了报复而结婚吗？以下文章介绍了日本空中自卫队（JASDF）如何走到剃须刀的边缘。平田秀敏少将是技术雄心勃勃的现代化工作的核心，旨在为JASDF引入隐身，打击能力，精密武器，先进传感器和网络。但这也是一项努力，必须在可预见的未来国防预算中发挥作用，而国防预算预计将持平，甚至可能缩减。采访是由东京的国防部高级军事编辑大卫·富勒格（David A. Fulghum）进行的。
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