China could probably whip all those countries if the US stayed out of it. That is the problem, we have pretty much funded their military through borrowing.
Do NOT count the Japanese out.
A few years ago, the defense minister, (I’m sorry, I cannot remember his name or the year, it was recent.) declared that. “If on Monday, Japan decides to build an atomic bomb, we would have it by Friday.”
The only people who caught that were the chinese, who went ballistic.
Truth is Japan has all the INGREDIENTS at their disposal, they are just labeled under “civilian peaceful purposes.” They have hidden behind Article 9 for years as a ruse.
The chinese know that truth. Its why it upset them so badly.
If china moves on Japanese space militarily, Article 9 will be swept aside in half a day, and Japan will harness its “parallel” technology in a heartbeat.
Japanese militarism isn’t that far beneath the surface, count on it.