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2009-03-28 China-Japan-Koreas

Japan authorizes plans to strike North Korean missile

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Posted by Fred 2009-03-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 STARS-N-STRIPES > Report confirms CHINA HAS A NEW SUB BASE [Attack, Boomer Subs] on HAINAN ISLAND, reportedly to help expand its reach to anywhere in the SOUTH CHINA SEA + INDIAN OCEAN.

*INDIA = War scenario with CHINA includes possibility of MYANMAR + BANGLADESH aligning wid PRC.

* WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC CHINA CONTINUES TO DESIRE, WORK FOR STRATEGIC RAPPROCHEMENT WITH JAPAN AND ASIA AGZ USA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-03-28 01:40|| 2009-03-28 01:40|| Front Page Top

#2 BHARAT RAKSHAK [India Forums]> JAPAN TO GO NUCLEAR IFF UNIFIED KOREAS ARE NUKE-ARMED; + CHINA DROPS ANCHOR ON INDIA'S BACKYARD [Asia Times-old]/THE "H FACTOR" AND THE EVIL WITHIN [CHINA, Sri Lanka, + new Hambantanota FreePort dev project agz INDIA].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-03-28 02:04|| 2009-03-28 02:04|| Front Page Top

#3 If the Norks provoke the Japanese to go nuclear & rearm, they will finally have done something incredibly stupid & dangerous. Kim should not reawaken the Bushido; he would learn who the tough guys really are.

Posted by whatadeal 2009-03-28 02:48|| 2009-03-28 02:48|| Front Page Top

#4 If the Norks provoke the Japanese to go nuclear & rearm, they will finally have done something incredibly stupid & dangerous.

And will really piss off their Chinese patrons.

Posted by DMFD 2009-03-28 10:13|| 2009-03-28 10:13|| Front Page Top

#5 And will really piss off their Chinese patrons.

Who also only have themselves to blame for playing the 'game' they way they have for over a decade.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-03-28 10:44|| 2009-03-28 10:44|| Front Page Top

#6 A rearmed Japan would put a serious dent in the plans China has for dominating the region.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-03-28 11:23|| 2009-03-28 11:23|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm not really sure how much influence China actually has these days. Some, certainly, but Kimmie is batshit crazy, so what they can do is limited.

Posted by gromky 2009-03-28 12:29|| 2009-03-28 12:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Sell the Japanese the "Kitty Hawk" when she's decommissioned later this year. We might also drop a few hints on how to build, operate, and deploy a carrier battle group. I'm sure the Japanese can "upgrade" the "Kitty Hawk" to something that would give the Chinese leadership heartburn from nose to toes, plus would probably build a couple of additional carriers for a nuclear strike force. Who knows, we might even want to sell them some of our decommissioned nuke subs. Kimmie may be bat-sh$$ crazy, but he's not stupid. I doubt he'd want to take on a nuclearized Japan any time soon.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-03-28 14:17|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-03-28 14:17|| Front Page Top

#9 WTF where'z Miz Rice?

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