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2012-08-31 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve White 2012-08-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Kim visited a women-only coastal artillery battery on the eastern coast...The extended stay on the eastern frontline is being linked to ~~annual~~ joint ~~South Korea-U.S. military~~ exercises that began last week.

Posted by Goober Snemble9225 2012-08-31 02:28|| 2012-08-31 02:28|| Front Page Top

#2 ION TOPIX > [Dong-A = ROK] MILITARY PROPOSES "STRATEGIC MOBILE FLEET" [Dokdo-Ieodo Fleet] TO PROTECT TERRITORY.

Fleet propos to be comprised of six AEGIS + three Amphibs.

* CHINA DAILY > [Defence Ministry Spox Geng Yansheng]CHINA VOWS TO DEFEND ISLANDS, i.e. the Chin Daoyutai = Japan Senkakus.

Beijing + PLA closely watching Japan's moves + decisions.

* TOPIX > TAIPEI: ULTRA-NATIONALIST ISHIHARA PROVOKES JAPAN'S NEIGHBORS.

ARTIC = indics that Nippon plans to garrison a number of JSDFS Troops + Assets there to prevent more diplomatically-troublesome "activist landings".

* SAME > [Philippines] DFA: CHINA KEEPS [Naval] PRESENCE AT SCARBOROUGH, PNoy STILL HASN'T ORDERED [PHIL Navy andor CG] SHIPS TO RETURN NEAR DISPUTED SHOAL.

3 ea. Chinese Maritime Surveillance ships still there.

* SAME > [Real Clear Politics] ITS UNWISE FOR THE US TO CONTAIN CHINA.

* SAME > CHINA PREPARED FOR ANY ESCALATION IN ISLANDS' STANDOFF.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA [has] LANDED AT [Pakistan's] GWADAR PORT.

Singapore-based company has pulled out of its 40-year lease, Chin State company has repor taken over.

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > IFF THIS PATROL BOAT [LCS-esque Indonesian FPMV Stealth Trimaran] CAN CARRY ACCURATE MISSLES, ITS GOING TO BE DEADLY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-08-31 02:35|| 2012-08-31 02:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Kim visited a women-only coastal artillery battery on the eastern coast.

Camel Towed or Self Propelled ?

Posted by Besoeker 2012-08-31 07:48|| 2012-08-31 07:48|| Front Page Top

#4 ION KOGURO TOPIX > NORTH KOREA SAYS/ADMITS IT HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > NEW BOOK CLAIMS THAT DURING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, NORTH KOREA'S KIM IL-SUNG EXPLOITED THE GROWING CHAOS INSIDE MAO ZEDONG/TSE-TUNG-LED RED CHINA AND DEMANDED THE RETURN OF A LARGE PART OF CHINA'S NORTHEAST, CITING THEM AS ANCIENT KOREAN TERRITORY. CHINA'S REFUSAL LED NORTH KOREA ALL BUT ABANDONING RED CHINA AND TO SEEK ANTI-CHINESE DIPLOMATIC FAVOR WID RED CHINA'S IDEOLOGICAL COMPETITOR [nemesis] THE SOVIET UNION.

versus

* TOPIX > MANILA: US HELPS FORTIFY DEFENCE IN
WEST [Phil] SEA.

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > JAPANESE SCHOLARS: CHINA'S DESIRED "BLUE-WATER" NAVY WILL MOST LIKELY NOT FOLLOW IN THE "OFFENSIVE" OR "AGGRESSIVE" FOOTSTEPS OF THE COLD WAR-ERA SOVIET NAVY WHICH INTIMIDATED THE US NAVY THROUGHOUT ASIA-PACIFIC AND ELSEWHERE. PLAN'S CENTER-OF-GRAVITY REMAINS THE YELLOW SEA, EAST CHINA SEA, AND SOUTH CHINA SEA DESPITE ITS ON-GOING DEVELOPMENT OF EXTRA-REGIONAL EXPEDITIONARY CAPABILITIES. PLAN IS "REGIONALLY OFFENSIVE", NOT "GLOBALLY OFFENSIVE".

* SAME > CHINA SHOULD BUILD NEW MILBASES ON HAINAN ISLAND IN SUPPORT OF ITS THREE NEW
"SASHIS" [Offshore "Sansha" City-Province] + TO CONSOLIDATE ITS SOVEREIGN CONTROL OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AREA. HAINAN-NANSHAS TO BE CHINA'S EQUIVALENT OF THE US' HAWAII-GUAM LINE OF DEFENSE AND MARITIME, GEOPOL SECURITY. FOR-PROFIT TOURISM TERTIARY TO MILITARY AND GEOPOL REQUIREMENTS IN EAST ASIA INCLUDING SE ASIA.

Lest we fergit, NET > China sees TAIWAN, HAINAN, SRI LANKA, + SINGAPORE [iff it can get it] as its major offshore linchpins for the PLA in its "First Island Chain" Offensive-Defensive strategy, espec Taiwan.

* SAME > US "STRATEGYPAGE" WEBSITE: CHINA'S LARGE "BOHAI FAI PEARL" CLASS OF DUAL-USE, RO-RO-CAPABLE AUTOMOBILE AND PASSENGER SHIPS CAN QUICKLY CARRY ONE PLA ARMORED OR ONE MECHANIZED COMBAT BRIGADE IN AMPHIBIOUS CAMPAIGN AGZ TAIWAN.

* SAME > RUSSIA SAYS CHINA'S DF-41 MIRV ICBM CLOSELY RESEMBLES ITS "TOPOL-M" MIRV STRATEGIC MISSLE. RUSSIAN ANGST AT THE HIGH VULNERABILITY OF MOSCOW AND OTHER MAJOR RUSSIAN CITIES, MILBASES AND RUSSIAN FAR EAST TO DF-41 ATTACK.

FYI CHINA DAILY FORUM > US PENTAGON RELEASES STATEMENT SAYING CHINA HAS ONLY TEN (10) DF-41 MRIV ICBMS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-08-31 23:39|| 2012-08-31 23:39|| Front Page Top

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