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2006-07-13 China-Japan-Koreas
Japan Has the Right To a Preemptive Strike
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Posted by DanNY 2006-07-13 09:17|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I'm gonna watch my "Tora, Tora, Tora" DVD today.
Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-07-13 09:48|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]  2006-07-13 09:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Dang it, the picture links worked when I wrote it and they did't work from StrategyPages own page...

Go Here for the first one.

Right click on the picture, select properties and copy the address. Paste the adress in the address line of your browser and then increment the numbers pearlharbor_1 to 2, 3, 4... up to 17 to see the pictures.
Posted by DanNY 2006-07-13 09:54||   2006-07-13 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 See what you done Kimmie? Ya pissed Japan off. You gotta be a real asshole to piss off a pacifist nation.
Posted by DarthVader 2006-07-13 10:48||   2006-07-13 10:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Kimmie didn't do it, Hu did. And Hu will pay for it when Japan goes nuke.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-13 11:36||   2006-07-13 11:36|| Front Page Top

#5 A href='http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4482304512442455760'> Great JSDF PR Video


Posted by john 2006-07-13 14:36||   2006-07-13 14:36|| Front Page Top

#6 That should be
Link
Posted by john 2006-07-13 14:39||   2006-07-13 14:39|| Front Page Top

#7 That was a cool video - do they buy *all* their gear from the US? If I hadn't seen the red circle of Japan on the fighters I would have sworn it was a US promo vid!
Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-07-13 15:05||   2006-07-13 15:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Not simply 'buy', Tony. The F-15J has japanese avionics and some other systems of their own design, or at least did when I was in the defense business in the late 80s, when the F15-J avionics upgrade was in progress.
Posted by lotp 2006-07-13 15:16||   2006-07-13 15:16|| Front Page Top

#9 The impressive H-2A Launch Vehicle

Major Specifications of the H-IIA launch vehicle
Posted by john 2006-07-13 15:18||   2006-07-13 15:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Ah thanks for that lotp - very interesting.
Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-07-13 16:29||   2006-07-13 16:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Remember also that the USs "military industrial complex" has been turning out high-tech gear for over 50 years now. Some parts of the system are "tired", for want of a better word. However, Japan is still fresh as a daisy, and if it went on a serious military build-up, it would be a sight to behold.

Think the Reagan build-up times 10. The stimulus to their economy returned to creating more weapons systems instead of spent on socialistic social programs could have them armed to the teeth in short order.

They could have one HELL of an army.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-13 17:28||   2006-07-13 17:28|| Front Page Top

#12 
"They could have one HELL of an army."

Yeah, and that is exactly what worries me. A militarily resurgent Japan could be something we all regret someday. Especially if they acquire WMD's.

-M
Posted by Manolo 2006-07-13 20:49||   2006-07-13 20:49|| Front Page Top

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