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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| Japan eyes nationwide missile defence |
| 2010-12-12 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Japan may deploy Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missiles at air bases nationwide, Kyodo news said on Saturday, as part of a new five-year defence plan to be released later this month. The Japanese Self-Defence Forces also plan to increase the number of submarines patrolling the seas off Okinawa in southern Japan, where is it locked in a territorial dispute with China. The move to deploy missile interceptors comes amid heightened regional tensions following North Korea's deadly artillery shelling of the South last month. The PAC-3 missile system is designed to shoot down an incoming missile from the ground before it lands. It will be deployed on ships as well as air bases, Kyodo cited government and defence officials as saying. Japan will announce the National Defence Programme Guideline (NDPG) covering the period from fiscal 2011/2012 starting in April laying out defence priorities. It will be the first review in six years and also the first under the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government, which swept to power last year. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 OOOPSIES, looks like our NET-scanning OWG SKYNET-MATRIX did not change the above last Title in time to say "..NOT ONLY RECALIBRATES...". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-12 22:15 |
| #2 China could also get the willies from ... To wit, * TOPIX > FOREIGN MINISTER: NORTH KOREA NEEDS NUCLEAR DEFENSE TO DETER US, SOUTH KOREA. [DIMITRI "NEW-KURILES-BASES-ARE-GOOD-FOR- KEEPING-JAPAN-OUT-YOU-KNOW-CHINA" MEDVEDEV here]. Speaking of DIMITRI, RUSSIA > is considering to base MAJOR STRIKE FORCES, INCLUDING TACTICAL + HEAVY NUC BOMBERS, SUBS + MISSLE UNITS, ON PROPOSED BASES IN FORMER JAPANESE KURILES. * PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > JAPAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. ARTIC = Although Japan does not possess any NucWeaps at present, TOKYO'S NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY + JSDFS HAD ALWAYS PLANNED + TRAINED BOTH FOR PEACETIME NUC DISASTERS, NUC TERROR INCIDENTS, AS WELL AS WARTIME HANDLING + DEPLOYMENT OF JAPAN-PRODUCED MILNUKES ["just-in-case"]. JAPAN HAS ENOUGH NUCMATS = PLUTONIUM STOCKPILES SUCH THAT IT WOULD ONLY NEED ONE YEAR TO BEGIN PRODUCING A STEADY LINE OF ADVANCED = THERMONUCLEAR NUCWEAPS [including Reliable LRBMS, Personnel, etc]. Once Tokyo Pols + Govtcritters make up their collective minds + give the Official Order(s). * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > JAPANESE PM [Nato Kan] PROPOSES SENDING SDF TROOPS INTO NORTH KOREA IN CASE OF SECOND KOREAN WAR. RELATED: WMF > KOREAN MEDIAS ASK JAPANESE PM NATO KAN TO SEND MILITARY TROOPS INTO NORTH KOREA DURING WARTIME TO RESCUE JAPANESE CITIZENS-NATIONALS. ARTIC = IOW, once any major DPRK-ROK war begins, FOREIGN CITIZENS-NATIONALS, i.e. US-ROK-JAPAN and OTHER ALLIED, MAY FACE MILITARY-, POLICE-LED ABUSE, TORTURE, IMPRISONMENT, OR EVEN DEATH AT THE HANDS OF THE DPRK, PERHAPS EVEN HELD HOSTAGE FOR FUTURE OPTIONS. Dat sound you're hearing is Beijing going "AARRGGHHH"! + twiddling its fingers again both in fear + anger, as it + many other World States do, did before in Histoire', when TALK TURNS OR BEGINS TO MENTION GRUNT TROOPS. * PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > WHERE WILL JAPAN'S DEFENSE POLICY HEAD FOR? | JAPAN'S NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE [seemingly]DOES NOT RECALIBRATES ITS [historical] "GUN MUZZLE" POLICY AGZ CHINA, BUT WILL POSE A THREAT TO THE REGIONAL PEACE + STABILITY. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-12 22:11 |
| #1 pssst: a nuke deterrent would be the cherry on that and give China the willies |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-12-12 13:14 |