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| Chinese Unhappy with ROK Plans for THAAD Deployment |
| 2016-01-30 |
| China urged South Korea Friday to rethink the sensitive issue of bringing in an advanced U.S. missile defense system. "The Chinese government hopes the related nation (South Korea) will handle the matter prudently," Hua Chunying, spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry, told Yonhap News Agency. She stressed that Beijing's position is firm that all countries should consider the national interests of other nations in taking their own security into account. China's message came in response to reports that South Korea is moving to allow American forces to deploy the THAAD system on the peninsula in order to strengthen the shield against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #12 This was also about spacewar, China. Remember that satellite you blew up? Meet THAAD 2. |
| Posted by: newc 2016-01-30 22:56 |
| #11 For certain values of "funny" of course. Shame I lost the use of "ironic" a while back. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2016-01-30 18:18 |
| #10 Wouldn't it be funny if they all got Chinese designs via AQ Khan and the Paks? |
| Posted by: Grunter 2016-01-30 18:07 |
| #9 Mike -- so do the SKor. China, not providing firmer control of NKor, may have nuclearized the entire area around it. I expect Japan to do some serious renegotiating of its constitution in the near future, since what they have was forced upon them by McNamara. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2016-01-30 17:07 |
| #8 "...OTOH, I strongly suspect there are some interesting "spare parts" on a shelf in a (very secure!) warehouse somewhere. Made with all the care and precision that Japan can bring to bear." ...Tom Clancy, of all people, laid out a thoroughly compelling and believable scenario on how the Japanese could do this in Debt of Honor. You gotta believe the Chinese believe that scenario to be completely plausible...especially as the Taiwanese have the same abilities. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-01-30 11:12 |
| #7 You believe Nihons are not nuclear now? In the strict technical sense of not actually having assembled warheads ready to put on/in delivery vehicles, yes the Nips have no nukes. OTOH, I strongly suspect there are some interesting "spare parts" on a shelf in a (very secure!) warehouse somewhere. Made with all the care and precision that Japan can bring to bear. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2016-01-30 10:23 |
| #6 This in exchange for the island. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-01-30 10:10 |
| #5 You believe Nihons are not nuclear now? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-01-30 10:04 |
| #4 Wait till Japan and ROK go nuke. And your management of the Norks is primarily responsible. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-01-30 09:10 |
| #3 ROK is unhappy with Chinse support for Pudgy's nuclear ambitions. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-01-30 02:04 |
| #2 The US should expect China to behave increasingly assertive + belligerent, as China begins to recognize that military conflict = MilPol "aggressionism" agz US-Allies may be the only way to achieve its agenda in the near-term instead of Year 2050 or beyond. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-01-30 01:13 |
| #1 China + CPC/CCP is likely not a happy camper at this point in time, at due to seeing both recovery + reunification wid Taiwan, + getting the US out of East Asia + 1/2 of the Pacific/WESTPAC seemingly increasingly stalled or becom problematic. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-01-30 01:08 |