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2008-12-26 China-Japan-Koreas

Three Chinese navy ships leave for Somalia

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Posted by Steve White 2008-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Will the Chinese navy capture pirates, confiscate their weapons, and then release them, like the Germans?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-12-26 08:32|| 2008-12-26 08:32|| Front Page Top

#2 The three vessels - two destroyers and a supply ship - may increase worries about growing Chinese military power. The mission will also challenge China's ability to cooperate with other naval forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's busiest sea lanes. The Chinese ships will sail from a base in Sanya on the southern island province of Hainan. China announced it was joining the anti-piracy mission Tuesday after the U.N. Security Council authorized nations to conduct land and air attacks on pirate bases.

Not a terribly large sortie.

China has some skin in this game because of their trade relations with the Sudan and other African nations. The Indian Ocean is their petroleum supply route.

Posted by badanov 2008-12-26 12:20|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2008-12-26 12:20|| Front Page Top

#3 REDDIT > ditto for JAPAN whom is also consdiering to send a naval force???

Also, WAFF > CHINESE MARINES FOR AFRICA [training].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-12-26 19:15|| 2008-12-26 19:15|| Front Page Top

#4 WORLD MIL FORUM [paraph=GOOGLE Chinglish translation] > ANALYSIS: US HAS EFFECTIVELY COMPLETED ITS ENCIRCLEMENT/SIEGE OF CHINA [Central Asian Bases] - US CAN NOW STRIKE ANYPLACE IN CHINA WITHIN 15 MINUTES!?; + GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS: US NAVY IS STILL STEADILY SHRINKING DUE TO MAJOR ADVANCEMENTS IN NAVAL TECHNOLOGIES AND FIREPOWER. US ACCESSION TO PROPOSED "1000-SHIP" GLOBAL TASK FORCE PLAN COULD MEAN USA MAY ALLOW CHINA's PLA NAVY TO HAVE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCAL COMMAND IN AMERICA's PLACE???

Also from WMF > THE NEXT COMING MONTHS AFTER BUSH WILL MAKE US HISTORY - THE USA AS AN IDEA AND A WORKING ECONOMY, ETC. NEEDS TO UNIVERSALLY RE-BOOTED AND RE-DEFINED???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-12-26 20:52|| 2008-12-26 20:52|| Front Page Top

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