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Originally Posted by Adm.Lee
Something MORE catastrophic than World War III?
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Again I come back to the Japanese constitution and the near ousting of the government just a couple of years ago due to a military
medical team being sent abroad... Just imagine what would happen if they sent actual combat troops, even if it was ostensibly to ensure resources security.
Oh, wait, wasn't Japan's aggression in the 1930's all about resources security...?
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Originally Posted by BYB
Japan: The war with the Soviets over Sakhalin Island and the Kuriles brough Japan under nuclear attack in late 1997. Japanese industry was heavily damaged, and Tokyo all but destroyed. Martial law was never formally proclaimed, but most areas are governed by military officers who hold both civil and military positions. Each community counts as insular or independant, although they are all nominally under central control. The large cities are devastated, mostly from the civil unrest which followed the breakdown of the world economy and cessation of foreign imports.
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I think that effectively puts Japan out of the running for post nuke tank production, and places about 95%+ of their naval capability on the sea floor. Japan's not projecting their power anywhere for any reason for quite some years to come.
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Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull
Brazil and South Africa come to mind as arms exporters.
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Originally Posted by BYB
Argentina/Brazil: The Argentinians attempted to reoccupy the Falklands/Malvinas after 1996, and the British were unable to spare more than a token force for the islands defence. Argentina itself withdrew when war broke out with Brazil in 1998, and a small scale exchange of low yield nuclear weapons between the two countries completed their slide into chaos. Central government in both countries has broken down, and both are now divided into semifeudal territories ruled by military juntas or local community governments.
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Hmm, no, I don't see Brazil sparing a single military vehicle at any time in the late 90's and once Argentina and Brazil throw nukes at each other, they won't even be able to supply their own shattered forces.
South Africa on the other hand appears to have escaped the war fairly well, but has suffered significant civil upheaval. There is a chance they may have retained the relatively minor armour production capability they had in the 90's, but are unlikely to be in a position to be exporting anything.