#2 WMF > CHINA is willing to suppor certain serious UNO Sanctions agz NORTH KOREA iff the USA will suppor a PEACEFUL SOLUTION to the NOKOR Nuc Crisis. SOUTH KOREA > believes raise in HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOM EXHCANGES BWTN NOKOR + CHIN PROVES CHIN'S UNHAPPINESS = "ANNOYANCE" WID PYONGYANG, espec after NOKOR's 2ND NUCTEST???
ION SAME > US MEDIAS: US ASIA-PACIFIC FORWARD BASES [Okinawa = USAFFE Kadena AFB] are vulnerable to destruction by CHIN PLA MISSLE BARRAGE, eg DONGFENG-15 BMS. USAFFE = KADENA may lose up to 75% of its warplanes. YEAR 2016-2020 > the USAF, whilst likely still combat-dominant, will find it increasingly difficullt to keep or maintain AIR SUPREMACY IN EAST ASIA. US forced to retool various MILPOLECON INITIATIVES-AGENDAS wid VARIOUS REGIONAL COUNTRIES, + also "spread out/redistribute" or retrench its milfors in strategic fallback bases such as GUAM, + seek access to new + former milbases [Cold War] such as in the PHILIPPINES [Clark AFB, Subic NB], + even VIETNAM [Cam Ranh Bay]. |