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| Japan to supply Philippines with military equipment | |
| 2016-03-01 | |
Japan will sign an accord with the Philippines to allow Tokyo to supply military equipment to Manila, the first such Japanese defense pact in a region where both have expressed alarm over China's island-building and other aggressive acts in disputed waters.
The Asian allies began stepping up defense cooperation "even before the disagreement in the West Philippine Sea," Gazmin said, using the name the Philippine government has adopted for the disputed South China Sea, where its territorial conflict with Beijing has flared in recent years. "It's not directed against any country," he said in what appeared to be an effort to avoid provoking any hostile Chinese reaction. The Asian neighbors have openly brought their security and political ties to new levels, including by holding joint naval search and rescue drills near the disputed South China Sea last year that angered Beijing. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have exchanged visits and vowed to intensify defense cooperation, sparking talks about a possible security pact that will allow Japanese forces to hold larger drills with Filipino troops in the Philippines. The Philippines has signed such visiting forces accords with the United States and Japan. | |
| Posted by:Abu Uluque |
| #5 This sunny Post-Super-Tuesday Guam AM, aka Wednesday AM ... * BREITBART > PLA GENERAL [Wang Jiaocheng]: WE[China-PLA] WILL USE FORCE TO PROTECT CHINA'S SOVEREIGNTY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA | WORLD WAR 3: MILITARY WILL HANDLE THREATS TO CHINA'S SOVEREIGNTY IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. * REUTERS > FILIPINO FISHERMEN SAY CHINESE BLOCKING ACCESS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA ATOLL [PH-claimed Jackson Atoll aka Quirino Shoal-Atoll off Palawan]: MEDIA. RELATED THE DIPLOMAT > REPORT: CHINESE COAST GUARD VESSEL TAKES SPRATLY ISLAND FEATURE FROM PHILIPPINES. Circa Five Chinese CG andor PLAN? armed ships seen at anchor in the atoll's lagoon. PH BLOGGERS-NETTERS ARE GOING BALLISTIC, at forced loss to China/Beijing of 2nd PH island = sovereign PH territory. * Also from REUTERS > PARACELS IS TOUGH NEW FRONT IN US BATTLE TO REIN IN CHINA'S SOUTH CHINA SEA AMBITIONS. Whatever proactive Media, Diplmatically-correct wafflism or ambivalence the US perceives from China vee the Spratly island group likely WON'T BE SEEN by the US in China ala THE TOO-CLOSE-TO-PLA-BASES-ON-HAINAN PARACELS??? * THE WEKLY STANDARD > CHINA PUNCTURES OBAMA'S ASIA PIVOT WID SOUTH CHINA SEA PROVOCATIONS. * WORLD NEWS > [SCMP = PLA Daily] THREE IN FOUR PERSONS ON WOODY ISLAND [in Paracels] IN DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA WILL BE MILITARY. IOW, China is indirectly giving the US + its Regional Allies "the Finger/Bird/Eagle" + daring same to try to forcibly kick China out of the islands. * BUSINESS INSIDER > [USDOD Chief] ASH CARTER: CHINA'S MILITARIZATION OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WILL HAVE "SPECIFIC CONSEQUENCES", CHINA MUST NOT MILITARIZE THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. China's "specific actions will have specific consequences". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-03-01 23:49 |
| #4 Historical poetic irony at play here. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2016-03-01 17:06 |
| #3 Unfortunately, it's probably like giving [those who will be unnamed] equipment that is quickly unmaintained and abandoned at the drop of the hat for the same reasons of corruption and incompetence. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-03-01 08:30 |
| #2 It does seem as if we have most of our eggs in just a few baskets in the western Pacific -- Guam, Okinawa and Yokosuka. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2016-03-01 07:59 |
| #1 As per DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS, JAPAN is repor also in negotiations wid Manila = PH Govt. to use PH-controlled bases for purposes of refueling + resupply of soon-to-be-visiting, training JMSDF naval vessels [warships]. * FYI CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [National Interest.org] CHINA'S MILITARY BUILDUP IN THE PACIFIC COULD REQUIRE US [military] RESPONSE. Review and amendment of current US Rebalance or Realignment of Forces in the Pacific. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > ENTER THE RISING SUN: MANILA, TOKYO TO START TALKS ON LETTING JAPAN USE PHILIPPINE MILITARY BASES. * YAHOO NEWS > [Next Big Future] US WOULD NEED MASSIVE MILITARY BASES IN THE PHILIPPINES TO ALTER SOUTH CHINA SEA EQUATION [agz Up-N-Coming China]. ALso works or goes the other way for China, as China needs LR ASBM Missle Bases + Other outside of the SCS per se in order to deter or defeat any US intervention forces coming in from WESTPAC + CENTPAC, i.e. Guam + Hawaii-West Coast. * WORLD MILITARY FORUM > RAND CORPORATION STUDY REVEALS THAT CHINA COULD DEVASTATE US BASES ON GUAM WITH LONG-RANGE DONGFENG MISSLE STRIKES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-03-01 01:52 |