Being aware that he must think on being able to survive not having US backing, Abe is saying that Japan needs to have preemptive first strike capability.
My grandparents would sh_t biscuits to hear me say this, but yes, with the kind of regional neighborhood Japan is living in, I want them to have every kind of weapon known to mankind. I want that island to clank when the wind blows, and to look like a pin-cushion with SM3 missiles sticking out of every square foot of ground that isn't being used as a rice paddy, orange orchard, or tea-field.
Then, once Raytheon/Boeing/Lockheed have filled that FMS order...do the same for S. Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
And tell them all that if they fire a missile...we will give them half-price refills, no questions asked.
India is holding naval drills with Japan.
Golly, reckon they're going to share defense, nuclear weapons and delivery technologies?