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| Defense secretary visits former U.S. base in Vietnam |
| 2012-06-03 |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 More ... * DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > [Fox News]PANETTA URGES MORE US NAVAL ACCESS TO VIETNAM HARBOR. POSTERS = remind that the US had major bases throughoutthe former South Vietnam of which Cam Ranh Bay is only one, e.g. Da Nang + around Saigon. PHIL, VIETNAM US BASES + RUSSIA, INDIA, JAPAN, ISLAMIC NATIONS' PRESENCE = CHINA WILL ALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ITS CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS; CHINA MUST EITHER GIVE UP ITS CLAIMS, OR ELSE WAGE WAR. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PANETTA IS FIRST TOP US OFFICIAL SINCE WAR IN CAM RANH BAY. * SAME > THE NEW GUAM DOCTRINE. Bammer/US-favored "Concert of Powers in Asia-Pacific". ARTIC > denotes that for AUSTRALIA, EVERY AUS = OZ DEFENCE WHITE PAPER SINCE 1976, + prior 1969 NIXON/GUAM CONFERENCE, HAS BEEN A "POST-GUAM CONFERENCE" DOCUMENT. * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > US WIL BE BACK IN CAM RANH BAY, VIETNAM. POSTER = opined that besides all of the US Navy's conventional force assets, e.f. Surface Warships, Aircraft Carriers, + Subs, THE OTHER MAJOR US THREAT TO THE REGION + CHINA WILL BE ALL OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS THE US WILL HAVE ON USN SHIPS ANDOR STORED IN ALLIED LAND BASES IN HOST COUNTRIES. OTHER POSTER = opined that that is clear the US INTENDS TO CLAIM THE BASES ARE ONLY FOR RR/MWR PURPOSES BUT IN REALITY WILL BE USED TO MONITOR + "AMBUSH" PLAN SHIPS MANEUVERING/OPERAT IN THE SCS IN TIMES OF CONFRONTATION OR WAR. * SAME >[Inquirer Global Nation = Global Filipino] "GREATER NUMBER" OF US WARSHIPS TO VISIT PHILIPPINES. PHIL Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario. Also from INQUIRER GLOBAL NATION > US "PIVOT" MAY STIR ASIAN SENSITIVITIES; + ... > SINGAPORE REVIEWS [Canada] LOGISTICS FACILTY PLAN IN SUPPORT OF US SHIFT. The Mackenzies are coming, the Mackenzies are coming!? > CHINA WON'T BE ALLOWED TO CONQUER SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, SAYS [Philippine]MILITARY OFFICIAL. > "WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER COLD WAR IN ASIA". Ex-PHIL Speaker Albert Venecia. * CHINESE MIL FORUM > MANCHURIAN INDEPENDENCE GROUP SETS UP IN FACEBOOK. * DAILY TIMES.PK > CHINA SAYS TO STEP VIGILANCE [but NOT Hard = Mil Retaliate] AFTER US NAVY SHIFT. * TOPIX > [English Dong-A] SOUTH KOREA SHOULD GET NUCLEAR WEAPONS: REP. CHUNG. * SAME > [News Kerala] IS TO IMPROVE TIES WID CHINA WHILE "REBALANCING" TOWARDS ASIA-PACIFIC. * SAME > PANETTA: US OPEN TO DEFENCE TIES WID MYANMAR. versus * SAME > NO US BASE IN CHITTAGONG. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-03 23:07 |
| #2 Looks like a US showdown wid China is looming SOONER THAN LATER ... To wit, * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > VIETNAM FRUSTRATED AS INDIA CHICKENS OUT |[Deccan Herald = Indjuh] BEATING A RETREAT. Failed bilateral/joint Indo-Viet energy venture that has larger strategic = MilPol implications for Vietnam as per the disputed SCS??? * WORLD MIL FORUM > YIN ZHAO: US BUILDUP OF BASES IN ASIA-PACIFIC INCREASES LIKELIHOOD THAT CHINA WILL USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN WAR. * SAME > JAPANESE MEDIA > CHINESE SHIPS [PLAN] HAVE NEVER NETURED THIS FAR/DEEP INTO THE PACIFIC [700-kms east of Okinotori Reef-Atoll close to waters of the US CNMI]. * SAME > EXPERTS: SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES CAUSING CHINA TO STEADILY ALTER PLA'S STRATEGIC WAR DOCTRINE + US-CHINA-WAR SCENARIO OER TAIWAN FROM "ACTIVE DEFENSE" TO "DEEP OFFENSIVE/ STRIKE". TAIWAN WAR SCENARIO TO CHANGE INTO FULL-SCALE AIR, SEA, SPACE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF THE OKINAWA-TAIWAN-PHILIPPINE TRIANGLE ["Dragon Triangle"]. NEW DOCTRINE ENVISIONS OFFENSIVE CHINA BLITZ AGZ TAIWAN PHILIPPINES, + EAST-SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS. PREEMPTIVE OR FIRST-STRIKE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO SINK THE US NUCLEAR CARRIER + AGZ JAPAN. HHHHMMM, HMMMMM, wehell, IIRC from the History Channel time back, the so-called "Dragon Triangle" [Asia's "Bermuda Triangle"] stemmed from Okinawa to PHIL to Guam-CNMI??? * TOPIX > [PHIL Star] > PHILIPPINE NAVY NEEDS P$5000BILYUHN TO UPGRADE War CAPABILITIES. * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [Japan Times] ISHIHARA [intentionally?]RATTLES US SABRE AGZ CHINA. ARTIC > ISHIHARA = claims that JAPAN IS WEAK IN NEARLY EVERY FIELD, INCLUDING THE ECON + DEFENSE. * SAME > CHINA'S EXPANDING CORE ["Core/Strategic Interests"] IS WORRYING ITS ASIAN NEIGHBORS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-03 19:57 |
| #1 From eternity, 58.267 brave men and women ask why? Feckless, trouble making politicians, I despise them all! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-06-03 08:00 |