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| Japan sends Izumo warship to protect US supply vessel |
| 2017-05-01 |
| [BBC] Japan has dispatched its biggest warship, in the first such operation since it passed controversial laws expanding the role of its military. The helicopter carrier Izumo is escorting a US supply vessel within Japanese waters. The US ship is heading to refuel the naval fleet in the region, including the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group. North Korea has threatened to sink the Carl Vinson and a US submarine, amid rising tensions in the region. It also carried out a failed missile test on Sunday, despite repeated warnings from the US and others to stop its nuclear and missile activity. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Link goes to a story about a Korean man who died after eating a toad. Unless its a really, really, really large toad.... Hopefully permanent link |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-05-01 18:10 |
| #2 Stephen Green's take: Today’s mission shows that Japan’s attitude towards the military has moved far away from its postwar constitutionally mandated pacifism, and towards something more assertive. What the report left unsaid is that while the Izumo and her sister ship Kaga are classed as “helicopter destroyers,” they could conceivably carry and launch F-35B VTOL fighters — which would put Japan back in the power-projection business for the first time since 1945. Only this time, hand-in-hand with the U.S. Navy. Beijing, which had previously protested that the Izumo is an “aircraft-carrier in disguise,” is on notice. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-05-01 14:48 |
| #1 North Korea has threatened to sink the Carl Vinson and a US submarine So they are down to one missile and one torpedo? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2017-05-01 07:48 |