China publicly criticized Japan's decisions to arm submarine drones with long-range missiles and to test hypersonic weapons in Australia. The Chinese Ministry of Defense considered that these plans have a "remarkable resemblance" to Japanese militarization before World War II.
The analysts cited in the article state that these decisions could threaten the amphibious groups and surface combat ships of the People's Liberation Army of China.
This is not the first time China has attacked Tokyo's military expansion, as Beijing has been regularly criticizing Japanese initiatives in the Defense domain recently.
