Which country possesses the most capable naval forces—excluding submarines—among China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea?
Let's go over this: the North Koreans have massive amounts of old, rusting submarines, so they are out.
The Russians have mostly old, obsolete ships from the Cold War era.
China has a decent amount of new ships, and they are made in China, so they are considered Chinese junk.
The South Koreans have decent ships but not in large numbers.
The Japanese Navy has been ramping up its navy big time in the past few years and even has a few carriers.
They are smaller carriers that they label helicopter destroyers and lack catapults.
They do have the the f-35b.
they got tech and can dance.
