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2017-05-01 China-Japan-Koreas

Japan sends Izumo warship to protect US supply vessel

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-01 02:56|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#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|| 2017-05-01 07:48|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2017-05-01 14:48|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2017-05-01 18:10|| Front Page Top

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