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2011-01-20 China-Japan-Koreas

Defector Offers Insights into Nork Arms Buildup

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Posted by Steve White 2011-01-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 See also PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > [StrategyPage] SOUTH KOREA'S [new]SECRET SOSUS SYSTEM, to detect DPRK Submarines.

IMO ARTIC also read, MORE "ACCESS DENIAL" HEADACHES IN NE ASIA + EAST CHINA SEA FOR CHINA + PLAN.

* SAME > TAIWAN'S UNSATISFYING BALLISTIC MISSLE TEST.

Could be a de facto test failure, but IMO could also be TAIWAN = NORTH KOREA = does not desire to appear as being "TOO SUCCESSFUL" in China's eyes at this critical, potentially decisive time period/juncture in NE Asia.

* TOPIX/BHARAT RAKSHAK/PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > SOUTH KOREA WANTS OBAMA TO GET SERIOUS. US = POTUS BAMMER needs to talk tough, be tough on North Korea's behavior, as oppos to current ROK-perceived OBAMA "HOT AIR" = SWEET NUTHINS agz same.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-01-20 02:07|| 2011-01-20 02:07|| Front Page Top

#2 The Japanese probably feel like total idiots now, but then again they don't seem to have much problem with selling sensitive technology to thugs. Unless they get caught, that is.

After Kim junior was appointed as successor, security officers reportedly raided the homes of high-ranking officials and dug out vast stashes of dollars, and many proteges of Kim Jong-il's brother-in-law Jang Song-taek and O Kuk-ryol, a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, are believed to have been arrested.

Go ahead, finish the sentence . . . .

Regarding North Korea's attack against the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan, the defector said it was "probably the result of years of preparation" after naval clashes on the West Sea in 1999 and 2002. He said the skirmish in 1999 killed around 20 North Korean sailors, wounded around 70, sank one vessel and destroyed seven more.

Suggests to me that the only role Li'l Kim may well have played in this incident was to receive recognition for it.

So who would have been crucified had it gone wrong?

Posted by gorb 2011-01-20 02:11|| 2011-01-20 02:11|| Front Page Top

#3 WMF > DEFENSEWATCH: JAPAN TO DEPLOY PATRIOT-III'S ON OKINAWA.

and

* SAME > JAPANESE DEFENSE MINSTER: JAPAN'S SECURITY SITUATION IS BECOMING VERY TENSE, JSDF MILITARY EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE RE-CONQUEST OF SOUTHWEST ISLANDS IS GOOD FOR JSDF TROOPS' MORALE + PSYCHOLOGICAL READINESS AS PER CHANGES IN MILITARY MISSIONS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-01-20 02:21|| 2011-01-20 02:21|| Front Page Top

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