Why is it said that Japan is a naval power, and the Japanese Navy has several fleets

A naval power cannot be created only by relying on advanced forces, it must accumulate considerable experience in maritime operations and ocean-going supply, and only those with ocean-going combat capabilities can be regarded as a maritime power.

Now let's count the countries that have had experience in ocean naval warfare with our fingers (not to mention in ancient times, those experiences have not been passed down to the present, since modern times) It seems that Britain, the United States, Japan, and Germany, then count what are the real naval powers, Britain counts one, the United States counts one, Russia (inherited the former Soviet Union) will count it as one (the Soviet Union still confronted the United States several times at sea before, and almost did it) The German navy never left the port in World War I, The same surface ships in World War II couldn't get out, so the submarines went out, so I have reservations about the combat effectiveness of the German sea ** boats, Japan still worked with the United States in the Pacific Ocean for several years in World War II, and almost wiped out the US Pacific Fleet at once (sneak attack on Pearl Harbor), this is of course a naval power.

A naval power must have the capability of ocean-going naval warfare, and China cannot be regarded as a naval power if it has aircraft carriers, so another significance of escorting ships in Somalia now is to accumulate experience in ocean-going replenishment.

**It's just a kind of equipment, the key is to look at the people, anyway, even if the Indian Navy has an aircraft carrier, so far it has only fought pirates, if you really encounter an experienced navy, the equipment will not win, but the inexperienced side is likely to follow the textbook step by step.

First of all, according to what you said, only with **, submarines, and aircraft carriers can it become a naval power, although Japan does not have an aircraft carrier in name, but the Osumi, Shimokita, including the newly launched one (that is, the super-large frigate), is no different from an aircraft carrier, and it can be used as an aircraft carrier with a little modification.

Although India has aircraft carriers, those aircraft carriers are basically unable to form combat effectiveness. An aircraft carrier formation needs the cooperation of frigates, cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and so on, and a single aircraft carrier cannot do anything.

Secondly, the pure ** fleet encountering the aircraft carrier fleet does not necessarily mean that the entire army is annihilated, not to mention, India cannot build a qualified aircraft carrier fleet.

Third, in modern warfare, the Japanese Navy far surpassed the Indian Navy in combat experience, as evidenced by the Pacific War in World War II, when the Japanese Navy was able to compete with the U.S. Navy. And the Indian Navy has little experience.

Finally, I am not biased against Japan, but if the Japanese Navy fights with the Indian Navy, India will lose a lot.

Whether it is a naval power or not is not only the content and scale of the first equipment, but also its comprehensive combat capability. For example, there is not much difference in tonnage between a cruiser and a several search and destroyers, but there is a difference in combat power. A combat ship should not only look at how advanced it is carried, but also look at its self-sufficiency, endurance, survivability, etc.

At present, Japan's 88 Fleet should have strong combat capabilities, both in terms of equipment and tactical literacy in terms of training. To say that there are many naval powers does not mean that he is a strong country, this is comparatively speaking. If you are interested, you can learn more about the problems of the 88 fleet.

I'm about the same upstairs as I want to say, I'm adding. Japan's maritime power can be said to be the first in Asia, because Japan is surrounded by seas on all sides, and he attaches great importance to the development of maritime military strength, and the world's first aircraft carrier was born in Japan. You don't have to take India seriously at all, and you don't even want to give that broken aircraft carrier to China.

The presence of aircraft carriers does not prove a country's military strength at sea, it is necessary to look at it comprehensively. India is at a standoff with China over the issue of southern Tibet.

Japan does not have an aircraft carrier because Japan estimates that it will not build it now for political reasons, there is no technical problem, India is too weak, and there is no combat power even if it has a dilapidated aircraft carrier, if India is a naval power, most countries on the planet can be a naval power. For nearly 100 years in Japan's history, it has been a powerful country in terms of naval equipment performance and combat capability.

Japan now has the world's second-largest maritime fleet and maritime patrol aircraft force, and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force already has the combat power of an "oceanic navy."

It is reported that the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force currently has 45,842 personnel and 152 major combat vessels, including four of the world's most advanced Aegis warships and 54 frigates (destroyers and submarines). Although the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ranks fifth in the world in terms of size, it is among the world's best in anti-submarine warfare, maritime minesweeping, and replenishment at sea. In terms of aviation power, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has more than 200 aircraft of various types, including 99 P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft, 7 US-1A large maritime rescue aircraft, 97 anti-submarine aircraft, and 10 large maritime minesweepers.

When Junichiro Koizumi was prime minister of Japan, Congressman Shigeru Ishiba, who served as the director general of Japan's Defense Agency (now promoted to the Ministry of Defense), commented on the strength of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force: "On a sea like the Indian Ocean, Japan and Britain seem to be the only countries that can provide both powerful escort capabilities such as Aegis warships and refueling support for U.S. warships." ”

There were two main fleets: the Standing Fleet (or West Sea Fleet) and the Garrison Fleet, which together became known as the Combined Japanese Fleet.

Summary. The current Chinese Navy is quite capable of crushing the Japanese Navy.

Can the Chinese Navy win against the Japan Sea now?

The current Chinese Navy is quite capable of crushing the Japanese Navy.

The Sea of Japan has been powerless in the face of the Chinese Navy, and in order to improve its disadvantage in terms of the number of ships and combat effectiveness, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has accelerated the construction of frigates. Even so, the gap between China and Japan in maritime power will not narrow, but will continue to widen. Once the Japanese Navy had an overwhelming superiority over the Chinese Navy, now the Chinese Navy surpasses Japan in numbers.

There are only 41 ocean-going warships in the Sea of Japan, while the Chinese Navy has completely counterattacked, twice as many as Japan.

At the beginning of the 21st century, there is still a gap between China's navy and the Sea of Japan, but after 20 years of catching up, by 2019, the Chinese navy has more than 300 surface ships of all sizes, with a total tonnage of more than 1.5 million tons.

This is the self-confidence of the Chinese Navy.