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| China may take over Japan's refueling mission |
| 2010-01-18 |
| The Chinese Navy is considering taking over the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean that ended Friday, according to government sources. If it does take over the mission, China will increase its presence in the key sea-lane, where Japan is transporting crude oil from the Middle East, a development that is likely to draw criticism of the administration of Prime Minister Yukio Hato-yama, which decided to terminate the mission. According to the government sources, a confidential Chinese government document states that the navy is undergoing training in preparation for a refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. The sources also said that when the MSDF's refueling mission was suspended in November 2007, a party connected to the Chinese Navy unofficially sounded out the U.S. government on taking over the mission. However, the United States did not accept the proposal at that time. I kinda get the feeling this report is motivated more by Japan's internal politics than any external reality. Then again, who knows? |
| Posted by:Pstanley |
| #3 ...not to mention melamine, USN, Ret. They seem to put it in everything else. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-01-18 23:14 |
| #2 I'd be careful of any fuel from them; it will probably have lead in it..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2010-01-18 22:01 |
| #1 ION CATHAY PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > CHINA'S ROADS AND ATTACK HELICOPTERS IN AFRICA. Also, WMF > NOT "HOT WAR" NOR "COLD WAR": US-CHINA TO ENTER A PERIOD OF "WARM WAR" GEOPOLITICAL COMPETITION AND ANTAGONISMS, as induced or driven by China's economic, mil modernization + pervasive or endurng US econ problems. * SAME WMF > CHINA MUST BUILD [strong]PLA AIRBASES IN THE DISPUTED DAOYU ISLANDS TO BREAK THE US-JAPAN CHAIN AGZ CHIN ACCESS INTO NORTH ASIA AND PACIFIC; + BEIJING SHOCKED: HONG KONG CATHOLIC DIOCESE SUPPORTS VOTING REFERENDUM ON ANTI-BEIJING/CPC, PRO-REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY RADICALIST PLATFORMS. Chin pro-democracy adherents are "radicals/extremists"??? ** SAME WMF > DO NOT DOUBT: A MAJOR US-CHINA WAR WILL BE THE GREATEST, LONGEST CONVENTIONAL-NUCLEAR CONFLICT IN WORLD HISTORY [ditto "People's War = Guerilla War]. ------------------------------------ CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > CHINA SHOULD SAY "NO" TO NATO USE OF THE [Chin-strategic]WACHAN CORRISDO [ aka Wahan/Wakkan Corridor]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-01-18 20:54 |