#2 Fear notteth, NOKOR says they remain technically in a "state of nuclear war" wid the US. Also, the Chinese PLAN took over from the CMS-SOA in violating Japan's territorial waters near the Senkakus.
I suspect KJU + First Babe + Baby Pudgy are relaxing in a sauna somewhere.
Meanwhile ...
* WORLD NEWS > "STOP ENCROACHING ON OUR TERRITORY", CHINA [again] WARNS JAPAN.
Beijing unhappy wid Tokyo's new bbilateral fishing agreement wid Taiwan in disputed Senkakus/Diaoyus + Japan EEZ, as IIUC the new agreement effectively Japan's + Taiwan's EEZ to the other [ + by extens also their Military-specific areas of responsibility, security espec Nippon's].
* SAME, TOPIX > CHINA CRITICIZES US MILITARY PRESENCE, BUILDUP IN ASIA.
PRC Defence Ministry would once again like the World to know that CHINA HAS NO OVERSEAS MILBASES.
Y-E-T.
* WORLD NEWS > [Stars-N-Stripes] PHILIPPINES: US BASES TO RETURN ONLY IN CASE OF WAR OR EMERGENCY.
When talking about the Cold War USSR/CPSU + now China, that may be a bit too little, too late for Macalanang.
* TOPIX > [WaPo] NORTH KOREA WANTS WITHDRAWAL OF SANCTIONS, [guaranteed/absolute] END TO US-SOUTH KOREA MILITARY DRILLS AS PRE-CONDITIONS FOR [Nuclear] TALKS.
* SAME > KERRY: NORTH KOREA WILL COLLAPSE WIDOUT CHINESE SUPPORT.
Nothing gets by US SecState Jaaawhn "I was in Cambodia - You know, Laos" Kerry, does it???
* DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND > [SMH = Aussie Strategic Policy Institute] US STRATEGY ["AirSea Battle] COULD RESULT IN NUCLEAR WAR (wid China), which could possib involve Australia as a US Ally.
* RIAN.RU, TOPIX > NORTH KOREA WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO "NUCLEAR CLUB": UN CHIEF.
* SAME > KOREAN WAR UNLIKELY. BUT RISKS REMAIN FOR RUSSIA.
Most realistic threat in Moscow's mind is NOT full-scale DPRK military attack or war agz the ROK, but 5-6 ROK NucPlants = New/Mini-CHERNOBYLS going boom in the night thanks to wily sneaky DPRK Commando-Saboteur actions in peacetime.
* SAME > RUSSIA TO BASE FRENCH-MADE ASSAULT SHIPS ["Mistral"-class] IN [2 ea.]FAR EAST PORTS, i.e. Vladivostok + Petropavlovsk-Khamchitsy, albeit one may end up being transferred over to the Northern Fleet in time.
* SPACE WAR > CHINA FACES THREATS BUT WILL DEFEND ITSELF: GOVERNMENT.
Thats what I thought.
versus
* TOPIX > [US Senate Armed Services Cmte] REPORT:US FOSTERING GREATER BILL FOR OVERSEAS BASES, in Germany, Japan, + SOKOR.
Going down since Monday, my bad vibes on China-vs-Japan-vs-Debt/Sequester-ridden-USA just went up again.
* SAME > DEMPSEY: US MUST DESTROY NORTH KOREA MISSLE BASES, NOT JUST SHOOTDOWN MISSLES | US WARNS OF ATTACKS ON ENEMY MISSLE BASES [North Korea]. |
North Korea on Wednesday barred a delegation of South Korean businessmen from delivering food and supplies to 200 of their staff inside the closed Kaesong joint industrial zone.