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2017-11-08 China-Japan-Koreas

South Korea in talks with US to buy nuclear-powered submarines

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Posted by Fred 2017-11-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Beijing would undoubtedly be infuriated by any such acquisition by Seoul.

Just tell those nice fellas in Beijing that none of it has to happen if Kim Il Fatty slips in the shower one afternoon and whoever takes over asks us to pick up the nukes, no questions asked.

So simple, yet so tough for Beijing.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-11-08 04:48|| 2017-11-08 04:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Chinese, and probably the rest of us, will be so sorry when Japan rearms.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-11-08 06:14|| 2017-11-08 06:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm assuming we're talking about used nuke boats; Giving them a brand new current tech boat would place the classified stuff out of reach where anybody might look at it.
I don't know why they wouldn't prefer diesel electrics or AIP, unless the SK's are gaming the notion of shooting up the South China Sea in case of a war. Diesels and AIPs are essentially portable mine fields in an open conflict; they have to be prepositioned for area denial. If they try to run far at speed they'll show up on somebody's sonar net, leading to a hunter attack.
A nuke boat's chief asset is the ability to run long, hard, and deep to reach a far target at speed. Unless you're talking about boomers circling in deep water (and that implies SK ICBM's or cruise missiles), I can't see the utility, unless you're thinking about having a shootout with China (or possibly Japan).

Posted by ed in texas 2017-11-08 09:45|| 2017-11-08 09:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Just tell those nice fellas in Beijing that none of it has to happen if Kim Il Fatty slips in the shower one afternoon and whoever takes over asks us to pick up the nukes, no questions asked.

But they love their little dog.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-11-08 11:17|| 2017-11-08 11:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Just tell those nice fellas in Beijing that none of it has to happen if Kim Il Fatty slips in the shower one afternoon and whoever takes over asks us to pick up the nukes, no questions asked.

This is the value proposition that Trump is selling. Deal with Pudge's nukes one way or another. Otherwise, we help SKor and Japan upgrade their war-making abilities.

Posted by SteveS 2017-11-08 18:59|| 2017-11-08 18:59|| Front Page Top

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