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China-Japan-Koreas
Pudgy Inspects the Troops
2012-08-31
North Korean leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un inspected the 318th military unit on the eastern frontline "in tempestuous rains," the North's official KCNA news agency reported Tuesday. Earlier on Aug. 23 it said Kim visited a women-only coastal artillery battery on the eastern coast.

Kim did not return to Pyongyang last Saturday, when the regime marked the 52nd anniversary of former leader Kim Jong-il's "military-first revolutionary leadership." Instead he attended a commemorative concert given by the Morangong troupe at an unidentified location on the eastern frontline. The Central Military Commission and the National Defense Commission also threw a banquet marking the anniversary on the eastern frontline.
So he went where the buffet was...
He did not even attend a massive event in Pyongyang celebrating August 28 Youth Day, which he himself had launched.

The extended stay on the eastern frontline is being linked to annual joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises that began last week.
Only cheaper...
"Suet Face Kim Jong-un has been inspecting frontline units since he visited a defense detachment on Mudo Island in the West Sea and made threats against the South each time," a South Korean military source said. "This seems to be his way of responding" to the joint drill.

But a South Korean security official disagreed. "It seems Kim Jong-un is enjoying a summer vacation at a guest house in Wonsan and visits nearby military units to mollify the military elite, who have been on edge since Army chief Ri Yong-ho was purged."
Wonder if he plays rounds of golf in-between appearances...
Other experts speculate that floods are preventing Kim's return to Pyongyang. A Unification Ministry official said, "Given the bad road conditions there, it's likely that roads and railways crossing the Taebaek Mountains east to west have been washed away by recent heavy rains. It's possible that he is waiting there until they're restored."
So like his daddy he has a fear of flying...
Posted by:Steve White

#4  ION KOGURO TOPIX > NORTH KOREA SAYS/ADMITS IT HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > NEW BOOK CLAIMS THAT DURING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, NORTH KOREA'S KIM IL-SUNG EXPLOITED THE GROWING CHAOS INSIDE MAO ZEDONG/TSE-TUNG-LED RED CHINA AND DEMANDED THE RETURN OF A LARGE PART OF CHINA'S NORTHEAST, CITING THEM AS ANCIENT KOREAN TERRITORY. CHINA'S REFUSAL LED NORTH KOREA ALL BUT ABANDONING RED CHINA AND TO SEEK ANTI-CHINESE DIPLOMATIC FAVOR WID RED CHINA'S IDEOLOGICAL COMPETITOR [nemesis] THE SOVIET UNION.

versus

* TOPIX > MANILA: US HELPS FORTIFY DEFENCE IN
WEST [Phil] SEA.

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > JAPANESE SCHOLARS: CHINA'S DESIRED "BLUE-WATER" NAVY WILL MOST LIKELY NOT FOLLOW IN THE "OFFENSIVE" OR "AGGRESSIVE" FOOTSTEPS OF THE COLD WAR-ERA SOVIET NAVY WHICH INTIMIDATED THE US NAVY THROUGHOUT ASIA-PACIFIC AND ELSEWHERE. PLAN'S CENTER-OF-GRAVITY REMAINS THE YELLOW SEA, EAST CHINA SEA, AND SOUTH CHINA SEA DESPITE ITS ON-GOING DEVELOPMENT OF EXTRA-REGIONAL EXPEDITIONARY CAPABILITIES. PLAN IS "REGIONALLY OFFENSIVE", NOT "GLOBALLY OFFENSIVE".

* SAME > CHINA SHOULD BUILD NEW MILBASES ON HAINAN ISLAND IN SUPPORT OF ITS THREE NEW
"SASHIS" [Offshore "Sansha" City-Province] + TO CONSOLIDATE ITS SOVEREIGN CONTROL OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AREA. HAINAN-NANSHAS TO BE CHINA'S EQUIVALENT OF THE US' HAWAII-GUAM LINE OF DEFENSE AND MARITIME, GEOPOL SECURITY. FOR-PROFIT TOURISM TERTIARY TO MILITARY AND GEOPOL REQUIREMENTS IN EAST ASIA INCLUDING SE ASIA.

Lest we fergit, NET > China sees TAIWAN, HAINAN, SRI LANKA, + SINGAPORE [iff it can get it] as its major offshore linchpins for the PLA in its "First Island Chain" Offensive-Defensive strategy, espec Taiwan.

* SAME > US "STRATEGYPAGE" WEBSITE: CHINA'S LARGE "BOHAI FAI PEARL" CLASS OF DUAL-USE, RO-RO-CAPABLE AUTOMOBILE AND PASSENGER SHIPS CAN QUICKLY CARRY ONE PLA ARMORED OR ONE MECHANIZED COMBAT BRIGADE IN AMPHIBIOUS CAMPAIGN AGZ TAIWAN.

* SAME > RUSSIA SAYS CHINA'S DF-41 MIRV ICBM CLOSELY RESEMBLES ITS "TOPOL-M" MIRV STRATEGIC MISSLE. RUSSIAN ANGST AT THE HIGH VULNERABILITY OF MOSCOW AND OTHER MAJOR RUSSIAN CITIES, MILBASES AND RUSSIAN FAR EAST TO DF-41 ATTACK.

FYI CHINA DAILY FORUM > US PENTAGON RELEASES STATEMENT SAYING CHINA HAS ONLY TEN (10) DF-41 MRIV ICBMS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-08-31 23:39  

#3  Kim visited a women-only coastal artillery battery on the eastern coast.

Camel Towed or Self Propelled ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-08-31 07:48  

#2  ION TOPIX > [Dong-A = ROK] MILITARY PROPOSES "STRATEGIC MOBILE FLEET" [Dokdo-Ieodo Fleet] TO PROTECT TERRITORY.

Fleet propos to be comprised of six AEGIS + three Amphibs.

* CHINA DAILY > [Defence Ministry Spox Geng Yansheng]CHINA VOWS TO DEFEND ISLANDS, i.e. the Chin Daoyutai = Japan Senkakus.

Beijing + PLA closely watching Japan's moves + decisions.

* TOPIX > TAIPEI: ULTRA-NATIONALIST ISHIHARA PROVOKES JAPAN'S NEIGHBORS.

ARTIC = indics that Nippon plans to garrison a number of JSDFS Troops + Assets there to prevent more diplomatically-troublesome "activist landings".

* SAME > [Philippines] DFA: CHINA KEEPS [Naval] PRESENCE AT SCARBOROUGH, PNoy STILL HASN'T ORDERED [PHIL Navy andor CG] SHIPS TO RETURN NEAR DISPUTED SHOAL.

3 ea. Chinese Maritime Surveillance ships still there.

* SAME > [Real Clear Politics] ITS UNWISE FOR THE US TO CONTAIN CHINA.

* SAME > CHINA PREPARED FOR ANY ESCALATION IN ISLANDS' STANDOFF.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA [has] LANDED AT [Pakistan's] GWADAR PORT.

Singapore-based company has pulled out of its 40-year lease, Chin State company has repor taken over.

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > IFF THIS PATROL BOAT [LCS-esque Indonesian FPMV Stealth Trimaran] CAN CARRY ACCURATE MISSLES, ITS GOING TO BE DEADLY.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-08-31 02:35  

#1  Kim visited a women-only coastal artillery battery on the eastern coast...The extended stay on the eastern frontline is being linked to annual joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises that began last week.
Posted by: Goober Snemble9225   2012-08-31 02:28  

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