Unidentified sub enters deep into western Japan territorial waters

Monday 15th September, 04:06 AM JST

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reddragonguy at 03:21 PM JST - 16th September

The government issued the order in the 2004 incident as the second such case

Does the MSDF dared to use live torpedoes? I wonder why the Japanese govt was so foolish when they met hostility.....
reddragonguy at 03:27 PM JST - 16th September

The MSDF does not know how long this submarine has stayed inside the Japanese water...that was really scary!
dennis0bauer at 03:28 PM JST - 16th September

Maybe a lost german U-boat? "hee rudie kan we tank here? nein the prices are to high!"
reddragonguy at 04:18 PM JST - 16th September

I hope if that unidentified submarine entering Japan they should have done something rather than just sneaking away...it was a waste of oppurtunity!
ariffshah at 05:35 PM JST - 16th September

It was a Russian submarine testing the Japanese army military response. Russia did the same thing for several months before it attack Georgia.
reddragonguy at 08:22 PM JST - 16th September

I think those hawkish senators will blashing the PM and DM in the congress about this....
usaexpat at 11:56 PM JST - 16th September

How can the sub be unidentified? Every countries subs have certain characteristics that should make it recognizable. Are we thinking Chinese sub maybe or Russian? If it wasn't American those would be the only 2 likely options.
OgieDoggie at 02:09 AM JST - 17th September

Iran got two subs from Russia about 8 years ago. I have a hard time believeing that Iranians could work a submarine but this maybe proof and since their still learning how to navigate at sea this could explain why no one knows who's sub it is.
reddragonguy at 11:12 AM JST - 17th September

Japan should be fair...if US submarine can sailing freely by their own in Japanese water why not those submarines from other nationalities?
reddragonguy at 11:30 AM JST - 17th September

The Atago chased the submarine and the MSDF deployed a P-3C patrol airplane, two helicopters and three other destroyers to track it down.

What a shame..even with state of the art ASW technologies can done nothing!
Philosophy187 at 01:43 PM JST - 17th September

USNinJapan2, in reply to: Your post above made about as much sense as a Dr. Seuss rhyme. Some actually sensible content would be helpful to this thread... Obviously, you need to put down the fiction and understand that sense has nothing to do with reality.
elbudamexicano at 06:17 PM JST - 17th September

Nobody is sure where this submarine is from, but I think it is a good idea to ask the Russins,Chinese, Koreans (both North and South) if they are messing around with subs near Japan.
NuckinFutz at 07:49 AM JST - 19th September

A periscope-like object? Could it have been a periscope? Ya-think? I'll bet the guys in the sub are laughing (all the way back to China!)
rjdsr at 03:52 AM JST - 20th September

OssanINSECURE,

"t's up to Japan to fix that constitution and build a more offense-capable military"

That's what we're doing. And when we're done, you will be working at a convenience store.
ka_chan at 06:29 AM JST - 20th September

What happen to the DEFENSE part of MSDF? If they need to get permission to raise or sink a ship, especially a sub, then you do not need a MSDF. What was the famous or infamous comment by a US watch commander at Pearl Harbor when a sub was sighted just before 7am on Dec. 7th, 1941; "Confirmation". Maybe the third time they will get their confirmation. Seems that the MSDF is a shark with no teeth. And all you smugglers and NK kidnappers, come over. We can not stop you if by a remote change we see you in the act.