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2007-11-30 China-Japan-Koreas

Japan builds second missile defence shield

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Posted by Fred 2007-11-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 It will be interesting to see how this plays out if NorK folds - assuming it folds into somthing more neighborly.

Posted by gorb 2007-11-30 02:40|| 2007-11-30 02:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't the Japanese know that defending yourself against attack only makes misunderstood progressive neighbors justifiably angry!

/the left

Posted by Excalibur 2007-11-30 09:28|| 2007-11-30 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Japan should simply call these anti-Kaiju missiles. They've tried fighting Godzilla and others with the best masers money could buy and no success. Something else is called for.

Such a proclaimation would (a) make the west laugh (b) make the North Koreans worry someone is as unstable as their Dear Leader.

Of course nobody can bluff in the West, or joke for that matter without the opposition party (who rarely has a sense of humor) saying there are no giant monsters so it probably wouldn't work.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-11-30 11:22|| 2007-11-30 11:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Lest we fergit, JAPAN is one of several pro-democratic/Western or "moderate"Asian nations that has asked to be part of US GMD in Asia-Pacific - TMK, my reading of Japn medias is that Japan for now is engaging in Govt = "National" evaluation of local/Japan-only DEFENSIVE BMD-GMD. FULL INTEGRATION with US GMD is under high debate at present.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-30 17:27|| 2007-11-30 17:27|| Front Page Top

#5 WMF > CPC/CCCC = CHINA planning to deploy missle, new air defenses around Beijing and key cities.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-30 20:01|| 2007-11-30 20:01|| Front Page Top

#6 TOPIX > USA > NORTH KOREA MUST END N-PROGRAMME BY 2008. ENvoy says US has said NK must hand over any and all Plutonium and give true/proper accounting of Uranium-based or other nucmats.

ION, also from TOPIX > SOUTH KOREA > has transferred naval opers HQ to BUSAN [US-SK wartime fallback base]; + WAFF.com > SOUTH KOREA HAS SUCCESSFULLY TESTED TILT-ROTOR UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-30 21:30|| 2007-11-30 21:30|| Front Page Top

#7 TOPIX > US-CHINA RELATIONS SOUR. IMO, the USDOD should plan for a NORTH KOREA = NK-TAIWAN conflict at roughly the same time as a "decisive battle" by Islamists for Iraq + US-Iran conflict, espec wid Dubya reportedly planning a new tour of Asia soon.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-30 21:50|| 2007-11-30 21:50|| Front Page Top

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