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Update of the Chokai.

IJN heavy cruiser "Chokai".
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Source: 重巡洋艦『高雄型』 Takao-class Heavy cruiser. : MONOCHROME SPECTER

JMSDF DDG-176 "Chokai".
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Source: MaritimeQuest - Chokai DDG-176
 
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Dream of Japanese aircraft designers during the ww2.
Kunitake Kiyohara (1910- ), Chief-designer of the Kyusyu J7W Shinden, describes it in an alumni magazine of Nana-ko high school (present Kagoshima university) like this.

"I was looking forward to the plane flying with the turbine rocket engine (present turbo jet engine) as J7W2 but it was not in time for the war. I had no more chance to do with it but am really glad to see many rockets are being launched from our land Kagoshima today."

Kiyohara. 2nd from the left.
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Source: http://www.sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/do...23-rakuyou_joutou/index-23-rakuyou_joutou.htm

JAXA Uchinoura in Kagoshima.
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Source: イプシロンロケット試験機、打ち上げ成功! | ファン!ファン!JAXA!
 
The 302nd fighter squadron aka "302Ku" then and now.

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Source: 日本海軍戦闘機も素晴らしい【画像多】 : ミリタリー ジャンク

Not joke.
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Source: #302飛行隊 hashtag on Twitter
 
Kawasaki Aircraft then and now.

Kawasaki Ki-48.
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Source: https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1857/44297702041_0e2219c483_b.jpg

Catching up Mitsubishi with the C-2.
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Source: 美保基地航空祭2017に行ってきた : ぷらノート
 
loving these comparisons Shinpachi

Have to whole heartily agree.:salute:
 

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