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2013-06-29 Southeast Asia

US trains Philippines on how to use drones amid China fears

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Posted by Fred 2013-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 See also TOPIX > {People's Daily Online] MANILA MULLING WIDER [military = milbase] ACCESS TO US, JAPAN.

RELATED FREEREPUBLIC = JAPAN VOWS TO HELP PHILIPPINES AMID CHINA SEA ROW, i.e. help the PHIL defend its islands agz China.

* Also from TOPIX > CHINA SETS SUMMIT PRE-CONDITIONS FOR JAPAN: DECLARE "NO-ENTRY ZONE" AROUND SENKAKUS.

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > POSTER THREAD: US WILL NO DOUBT CONSIDER USING TACTICAL NUKES AGZ CHINA IFF ASBMS IS USED, + US Navy CVNS, warships are destroyed or damaged via PLA attack.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Yahoo News] CONFRONTATION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA "DOOMED", CHINA TELLS CLAIMANTS.

* STARS-N-STRIPES > CHINA BUILDING SHIPS FOR BLUE-WATER NAVY.

* SAME > CHINA'S AGGRESSIVE TACTICS ALIENATING ITS NEIGHBORS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-06-29 01:28|| 2013-06-29 01:28|| Front Page Top

#2 OTOH ...

* TOPIX > [Indianapolis Star] US ARMY ANOUNCES 10 BRIGADE COMABT TEAMS TO BE CUT, CHIEF SAYS.

* BREAKING DEFENSE > GENERAL ODIERNO: BUDGET CRUNCH [Sequester] WILL RENDER ARMY UNREADY FOR SYRIA OR HYBRID WAR.

RELATED ...

> US ARMY CUTS TEN COMBAT TEAMS - OR 11?, OR 13? -AND THATS JUST THE BEGINNING.
> US MARINES WILL SACRIFICE EVERYTHING BUT ACV + READINESS TO SEQUESTER, MARINE PERSONNEL CARRIER SCRAPPED.
> TOPIX = US AIR FORCE POSTURE DOES NOT REFLECT SEQUESTER CUTS.

versus

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [IRDW.org] INDIAN NAVY TO GOA: GIVE US ISLAND OR SECURE FLYING PATH.

I have to admit its highly similar to what China wants in ECS + SCS + Gwadar as per "strategic access".

* DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > OBAMA'S "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" SYRIA STRATEGY.

Chasing Wabbits???

* TOPIX > OBAMA'S PUZZLING MIDDLE EAST POLICIES.

* 1ST HEADLINES > [Washington Times] IRAN COMMANDER: SYRIAN CONFLICT WILL END WHEN ISRAEL FALLS.

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > US INTELLIGENCE: CHINA HAS SENT PLA WARSHIPS TO GUAM, HAWAII WATERS WIDOUT PROPER INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATIONS.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRAN CONDUCTS TEST OF NEW ROCKET MOTOR WID ICBM CAPABILITY | WASHINGTON FREE BEACON.

RELATED SAME > IRAN ICBM ADVANCES.

My bad vibes as per China-vs-Japan-vs- Debt/Sequester-ridden-USA continues to steadily intensify in the worse way.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-06-29 01:48|| 2013-06-29 01:48|| Front Page Top

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