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China-Japan-Koreas
Kimmie Demands Fighter Jets from China
2010-06-17
North Korea asked China to provide it with the latest J-10 fighter jets and other hardware but was rejected, it emerged Wednesday.
First apologize for killing those three Chinese border guards.
According to a high-ranking source in the North, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il made the request to Chinese President Hu Jintao when he visited China in early May. But Hu apparently told Kim that China will protect and support him if attacked.

Observers guess this is the reason why Kim left a day earlier than scheduled.

One North Korean defector who used to be a high-ranking official said, "Kim is increasingly afraid of an attack by South Korean and U.S. forces" following the North's sinking of the South Korean Navy corvette in March. The North Korean leader therefore wanted to get his hands on the latest Chinese fighter jets to counter South Korea's F-15 and F-16 fighter planes.
The J-10 is not exactly a 'counter' ...
"Kim wouldn't have visited China with such a large entourage if he merely wanted economic assistance," the defector said. Another North Korean defector and former soldier said Pyongyang may have bolstered its so-called asymmetric warfare capabilities by strengthening special forces "but still lags behind South Korea in terms of naval and air force capabilities and feels threatened."

There is speculation that North Korea is forced to lean on China because it does not have the money to buy expensive Sukhoi fighters from Russia.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  The J-10 might be a 'counter', as in,

"One little, two little, three little J-10s...ten little J-10s smoked.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-06-17 10:06  

#1  WMF > CHINA'S POLICIES ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA IS A [historical] BAROMETER OF CHINESE NATIONAL POWER AND SECURITY. US-CHINA MIL CONFLICT IN THE YELLOW SEA [ "USS George Washinton" CVN] + KOREAN PENINSULA WILL SPREAD BEYOND THE KOREAS + SEA OF JAPAN.

* SAME > EXPERT: PLA MUST LEARN TO FIGHT "GLOBAL WAR" | PLA REMAINS MOSTLY ISOLATED OR LIMITED WITHIN THE CONTEXT/SCOPE OF THE GLOBALIZATION OF HUMAN-STATE WARFARE.

Gotta "long way to go, + a short time to get there" [SMOKEY & THE BANDIT theme song].

SHERIFF BUFORD T. JUSTICE > D *** NG IT, THE G*** D *** GERMANS HAVE GOT NUTHIN TO DO WID ANYTHING!

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* ION WMF > NUCLEAR "END OF THE WORLD" IN 1979? COMPUTER SCREEN, EQUIPMENT FAILURES/GLITCHES IN THE US NORAD COMPLEX ON CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN DEPIECTED 2200 SOVIET LR MISSLES FALSELY ATTACKING THE US IN FIRST STRIKE. THEN-POTUS JIMMY CARTER ONLY HAD SEVEN MINUTES TO CONFIRM SOVIET ATTACK AND ORDER A FULL-SCALE US RETALIATORY RESPONSE [US ICBM, FBM nuclear Counter-strike].

Basis for the US cult movie "WAR GAMES" starring Matthew Broderick.

* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > US VPOTUS JOE BIDEN WANTS THE US TO BE "TOP DOG" OVER CHINA, INDIA.

* MARIANAS VARIETY > [Palau/Belau News]UIGHURS APPEAL FOR PERMANENT HOME. Uighur Muslims like to move to AUSTRALIA but recognize it may take a long while to get there from PALAU; + GLOBAL WARMING AND RISING SEAS COULD BE DISASTROUS FOR PALAU. Many of Palau's favorite indigenous Veggies + Fruits are located in low-lying = sea-level areas, + effect on MARINE RESERVES = LOCAL FISHING.

ARTIC > IIUC HOW CAN PALAU EFFEC PLAN FOR CHANGES WROUGHT BY GLOBAL WARMING + RISING PACIFIC SEA LEVELS WHEN IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A FORMAL PLAN YET TO DEAL WID REGULAR TYPHOONS???

Again, UIGURS IN PALAU > irregardless of their backgrounds or struggles, THEIR COMING TO PALAU BROADLY SYMBOLIZES THE SPREAD OF RADICAL ISLAMISM + ISLAMIC/ISLAM-LED SEPARATISM INTO THE DEEP PACIFIC.

It started wid a LONG-AGO, 1990's BOMB THREAT AGZ THEN-POTUS CLINTON ON GUAM STOP, + PHILIPPINES + INDONESIA, + hasn't abated since then.

BATTLE FOR GUAM + MARIANAS/WESTPAC > US vs. CHINA vs. RADICAL ISLAM??? Iff CHINA doesn't take over GUAM-WESTPAC from the US, its probably becuz [Nukulaar?]RADICAL ISLAM TOOK OVER CHINA + ASIA [or large enclaves therefrom]???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-06-17 00:40  

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