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| Japan authorizes plans to strike North Korean missile |
| 2009-03-28 |
| Japan gave its military the green light on Friday to shoot down any incoming North Korean rocket, with tensions high ahead of a planned launch that the US and allies say will be an illegal missile test. Japanese and US warships have already deployed ahead of the April 4-8 window, when the North has said it would launch a communications satellite. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 WTF where'z Miz Rice? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2009-03-28 14:27 |
| #8 Sell the Japanese the "Kitty Hawk" when she's decommissioned later this year. We might also drop a few hints on how to build, operate, and deploy a carrier battle group. I'm sure the Japanese can "upgrade" the "Kitty Hawk" to something that would give the Chinese leadership heartburn from nose to toes, plus would probably build a couple of additional carriers for a nuclear strike force. Who knows, we might even want to sell them some of our decommissioned nuke subs. Kimmie may be bat-sh$$ crazy, but he's not stupid. I doubt he'd want to take on a nuclearized Japan any time soon. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-03-28 14:17 |
| #7 I'm not really sure how much influence China actually has these days. Some, certainly, but Kimmie is batshit crazy, so what they can do is limited. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-03-28 12:29 |
| #6 A rearmed Japan would put a serious dent in the plans China has for dominating the region. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-03-28 11:23 |
| #5 And will really piss off their Chinese patrons. Who also only have themselves to blame for playing the 'game' they way they have for over a decade. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-03-28 10:44 |
| #4 If the Norks provoke the Japanese to go nuclear & rearm, they will finally have done something incredibly stupid & dangerous. And will really piss off their Chinese patrons. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-03-28 10:13 |
| #3 If the Norks provoke the Japanese to go nuclear & rearm, they will finally have done something incredibly stupid & dangerous. Kim should not reawaken the Bushido; he would learn who the tough guys really are. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-03-28 02:48 |
| #2 BHARAT RAKSHAK [India Forums]> JAPAN TO GO NUCLEAR IFF UNIFIED KOREAS ARE NUKE-ARMED; + CHINA DROPS ANCHOR ON INDIA'S BACKYARD [Asia Times-old]/THE "H FACTOR" AND THE EVIL WITHIN [CHINA, Sri Lanka, + new Hambantanota FreePort dev project agz INDIA]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-28 02:04 |
| #1 STARS-N-STRIPES > Report confirms CHINA HAS A NEW SUB BASE [Attack, Boomer Subs] on HAINAN ISLAND, reportedly to help expand its reach to anywhere in the SOUTH CHINA SEA + INDIAN OCEAN. *INDIA = War scenario with CHINA includes possibility of MYANMAR + BANGLADESH aligning wid PRC. * WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC CHINA CONTINUES TO DESIRE, WORK FOR STRATEGIC RAPPROCHEMENT WITH JAPAN AND ASIA AGZ USA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-28 01:40 |