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2007-10-01 India-Pakistan

Japanese energy security is dependent on the Indian Navy

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Posted by john frum 2007-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 ION, MVARIETY > FIVE EARTHQUAKES struck Guam + Marianas. Sub-ION, [future] PROMISED LAND seen in the sky.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-01 01:16|| 2007-10-01 01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 ION, FREEREPUBLIC > Canadians > Powerful Volcanic eruption in Red Sea off Yemen. *Yet another Oliver Stone production of NOT a Gwen "Look at my B*** rack" Stefani film, not starring Lindsay Lohan [Darth Vader breathing here].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-01 01:27|| 2007-10-01 01:27|| Front Page Top

#3 An important corollary to this is that the Japanese can no longer rely on the United States - let alone the poor old Royal Navy - to guarantee the security of the high seas.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-10-01 09:56|| 2007-10-01 09:56|| Front Page Top

#4 The Royal Navy has been absent East of Aden since the mid sixties or so.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-01 10:06|| 2007-10-01 10:06|| Front Page Top

#5 There are a couple reasons for the US navy to encourage Indian patrol of the oceans there. One is that we can't be everywhere and anti-piracy is better within Indian capabilities than, say, blockading the Iranians.

The second is that our presence in places like the straits off Indonesia, which are critical to shipping, is pretty provocative and is resisted by the local governments. For the moment, India is more welcome. And since those straits are pretty narrow, it's better if we don't take large US ships into them, thereby avoiding an incident in which we strayed a couple yards from the main channels into national waters.

Of course, part of what's going on is that Japan wants in on the tech industry capabilities growing in India.

Posted by lotp 2007-10-01 13:50|| 2007-10-01 13:50|| Front Page Top

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