User blog comment:Harmonmj13/V-J Day, 70 Years Later/@comment-26482266-20150906181534/@comment-12494172-20150907010744

It's lack of harpoon missiles does not give it a ban on tanks and artillery. Meanwhile Japan's navy is prohibited from firing Tomahawks, they could easily do so just by applying it. China's is set to defend her own back door. Now do remember while China's army is big, not very much of their equipment is modern. "But their military budget is massive!" Actually China's army gets a tiny fraction of the GDP pie, though it keeps on getting bigger. China is very polite outside of it's "house", but quite aggressive in her own backyard. Her goal is not to operate outside of her house and her backyard. Japan could very quickly switch to offensive actions. China not so much.