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| Japan Frets Over Coming Absence of US Aircraft Carriers |
| 2014-11-04 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #8 As a reminder, ... * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PHILIPPINES [+ in lessor Vietnam, ASEAN?] MORE TEMPTING TARGET FOR CHINA IN SOUTH CHINA SEA SHOWDOWN | PHIL STAR. "Tempting target" also read, LIMITED MIL CAPABILITY = EASY = ALL-BUT-DEFENCELESS, ETC. AGZ CHINA + PLA. Iff Beijing + PLA think attacking GUAM may be too difficult a nut to crack, theres always the CNMI??? * SAME > BEIJING FINISHES RUNWAY ON SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLAND, that is also claimed by Vietnam. Vietnam, PHIL, + Indonesia soon to say bye-bye to respective desired FTZS-EEZS. * MANILA TIMES > [Chinese] COMMUNIST PARTY COMMANDS THE GUN - XI. PLA-SPECIFIC INTERNAL DEBATE, CONTROVERSY ala PLA-LOYALTY-TO-THE-STATE [China]-VS-PLA-LOYALTY-TO-THE-PARTY [CCCC = now CPC]. XI JINPING = USAF GENERAL EUGENE BUSH = "THATS RIDICULOUS ... ... THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA COMMANDS THE GUN". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-11-04 22:51 |
| #7 "Budget restrictions ... ... will mean not a single Aircraft Carrier will be deployed to East Asia in the coming year". FEWER NUMBERS IN FLEET CUTBACKS, + FEWER DEPLOYMENTS OVERSEAS FROM CONUS. Advantage to RISING CHINA [+ Russia + Iran, etc.], + NUCLEAR ISLAM INCLUD GLOBAL [Nuclear?] JIHAD. History says Weakness increases the likelihood of MilPol Confrontation + ultimately War, NOT "PEACE", + REGARDLESS OF THE MERITS. The good news for Americans + Amerika is they may look forward to MASSIVE BUDGET, DEFICIT-BUSTING GOVT. SPENDING = "QE(S?)/BUDGET STIMULUS 2015" TO SAVE THE DAY??? IMO just another reason why the DemoLeft + aligned Special Interests are avoiding talking about the Year 2015 = The-Year-that-must-Not-be-Named/Mentioned. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-11-04 21:11 |
| #6 Maybe the free-ride is coming to an end. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-11-04 15:31 |
| #5 Nice to keep our shipyards in business though. Perhaps if we've got a carrier almost done we could sell it to Japan and use the cash to replace it for our own fleet. They can then copy the plans. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-11-04 14:35 |
| #4 Better they build their own, the KH is a worn out wreck. Or not build them as they choose, they building a pretty advanced class of semi-conventional submarines |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-11-04 14:13 |
| #3 Just one more reason to sell the USS Kitty Hawk to Japan. Especially if they promise to name it the IJN Hello Kitty. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-11-04 12:22 |
| #2 Just one more reason to sell the USS Kitty Hawk to Japan. I'm sure they'd be able to develop a carrier battle group rather quickly - probably faster than China. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2014-11-04 12:03 |
| #1 I would think Taiwan would be more concerned. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-11-04 11:54 |