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2006-10-11 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve 2006-10-11 09:41|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds about right.

Posted by RWV 2006-10-11 10:18|| 2006-10-11 10:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Bottom line: Do you really want to piss off a country that can build lots of deadly things as quickly and as well as the Japanese can? China would do well to put down its rabid dog before the Japanese get the weapons assembly lines cranked up...

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2006-10-11 10:19|| 2006-10-11 10:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Many contemp WESTERN DD + Frigate warship classes would be called/labeled CRUISERS during the Cold War.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-10-11 10:33|| 2006-10-11 10:33|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't think the memories are fresh. In fact, I think all these fools have forgotten how ruthless and deadly efficient the Japanese military can be. No one should have greater trepidation than Koreans and Chinese, yet they do everything they can to taunt the Japanese in the most tranquil period of their history.

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-10-11 11:18|| 2006-10-11 11:18|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm with you, SpecOp35, why should they remember back to 1945, when the west can't remember the Cold War ?

Posted by wxjames 2006-10-11 11:51|| 2006-10-11 11:51|| Front Page Top

#6 I read that America can't supply the forces of it army if it were to attack N.Korea because of the wars in Afganistan and Iraq earlier on. So we have a new taker, the US asks japan nicely if they could spend a bit more time on there military and I think the US, Japan, and South Korea, (possibly British forces) could make easy work of N. Korea with minimal losses. and what about China, well even if they won't help attack the North Koreans, do they really want to piss off the Japanese, and is that in there best intrests if they want to defend communism?

Posted by Tom 2006-10-11 11:55|| 2006-10-11 11:55|| Front Page Top

#7 As with Iran, there is no need for an army because there is no desire to occupy after attacking. I don't think we would attack though -- it's a potential disaster for South Korea. No, just blockade them and let them stew in their own juices (or juche in this case).

Posted by Darrell 2006-10-11 12:23|| 2006-10-11 12:23|| Front Page Top

#8 If NK doesn't want nuclear Bukkake, they'd better stop now.

Posted by Jesing Ebbease3087 2006-10-11 13:04|| 2006-10-11 13:04|| Front Page Top

#9 I think most Americans would feel that South Korea is not worth our fighting for. I can't imagine that we'd be willing to shed blood for them. What could possibly be the benefit to us, now that Kim has nukes anyway? Seems to me that the South is own their own. I wish them well.

Posted by anon 2006-10-11 13:14|| 2006-10-11 13:14|| Front Page Top

#10 well anon you're better than them i guess. seeing as i doubt they would wish any of us well

Posted by sinse 2006-10-11 13:25|| 2006-10-11 13:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Japan should up military spending from 1% to 3%. It would still be pretty small chunk of GDP, might spur some growth to get the economy chugging again, and would scare the living crap out of their neighbors.

The money can be spent on (a) a true coast guard, peaceful but freeing up the naval (b) Raises all around to increase prestige of the military (c) new weapons systems, most notably the anti-missile type stuff (d) psy-ops that would come up with plans for power-projection projects such as carriers and troop transports that the Japanese would have no intention of buying but which would freak the neighbors out even more.

Then sit back and watch the fun and racism.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-10-11 13:46|| 2006-10-11 13:46|| Front Page Top

#12 Video is on the mark!!!

Posted by 3dc 2006-10-11 14:45|| 2006-10-11 14:45|| Front Page Top

#13 China, in particular, doesn't want to see Japan start a buildup, because they will not be able to keep up.

Yet, of course, the communist Mandarins are so obsessed with offsetting American regional dominance that they just can't resist letting Kim piss in the punchbowl.

One simple question clears everything right up:

Who would you trust, a rearmed democratic Japan or communist China?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-11 15:00|| 2006-10-11 15:00|| Front Page Top

#14 In addition to the JSDF fixed wing assets, they have several H-60 variants that are top shelf ASW platforms. That would put a dent in the NKors sub fleet, and torpedos can also be launched against surface combantants.

Posted by USN, ret. 2006-10-11 15:06|| 2006-10-11 15:06|| Front Page Top

#15 Hmmm... A rising sun flag on a Japanese carrier crusing around in the sea of Japan might be a reminder.

That and an alliance (or agreement) between Japan and Taiwan.

Might be worth it to see Kimmie-boy piss himself.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-10-11 17:39|| 2006-10-11 17:39|| Front Page Top

#16 Well they all hate each other in the region, we are truely outsiders. Whatever Japan does it better start having lots more children, males in particular.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-10-11 19:19|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-10-11 19:19|| Front Page Top

#17 Or, in the alternative, invest much more heavily in the robotic warrior fields than we have, SPOD. We have only started scratching the surface of UAVs as combat aircraft, unmanned boats/subs as naval fighters, and robots as fighting vehicles/tanks. The Japanese are world leaders in robotics and miniturization, and blend in their advances in fibre optics and secure wireless, and you have an economy built to produce the first true remote access robotic strike force.
Besides which, no one cries when a robot goes out like a kamikazee.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-10-11 20:24|| 2006-10-11 20:24|| Front Page Top

#18 phil_b - Where art thou? :-)

Posted by .com 2006-10-11 20:29|| 2006-10-11 20:29|| Front Page Top

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