The participation of personnel from Japan's Ground Self-Defence Force (pictured) in the Australia-US drill comes amid high tensions in the Asia-Pacific region. (US Military, file photo)
ABC News (Australia): South China Sea dispute: Japan to participate in Australia-US Talisman Sabre military drill for first time
Japanese troops will take part in a major US-Australian military exercise for the first time in July, as Washington looks to bolster links among its allies in the face of an increasingly assertive China.
Japan's Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF) — its army — will send 40 personnel to participate in Talisman Sabre, a two-yearly drill that begins on July 7 which will involve around 27,000 servicemen, a spokesman told AFP.
"We will participate in joint exercises with the US Marines rather than operating directly with the Australian military," he said.
But the participation was seen as part of efforts to strengthen defence ties between Japan and Australia, he added.
The drill, which takes place in Australia, is intended to "improve tactical expertise in amphibian operations and to strengthen Japan-US interoperability", an army statement said.
More News On Japan, Australia, And The U.S. Launching Joint War Games In July
Japan to join U.S., Australia war games amid growing China tensions - Reuters
Japan to participate in US-Australia military exercise in South China Sea amid tensions -- IBTimes
Japan joins US-Australian military exercise in July for first time -- The Guardian
A First: Japan to Join US-Australia Military Exercise -- Ankit Panda, The Diplomat
5 comments:
Given the impact of global warming and sea levels every country with a shoreline should be building it up, and out.
fill a glass 2/3rds full of water and add three ice cubes. mark the water line, and allow melting to take place. do you see the difference?
Scott .... don't get me going about global warming. I live in Montreal and we broke cold records this winter.
WNU Editor,
"Climate Change" doesn't mean initially that every place get's warmer.
Nome , Alaska hit 90F today while Miami was only 87F, and the subsequent flooding took out the Dempster Highway, because it was designed to deal with permafrost and extreme cold, not floods.
I grow peaches in my garden now, where when we first moved here, I couldn't get zone 3 apple trees to survive the winter.
We used to get 8 feet of snow, now in a good year, we get 2, (it's our summer water). This year we got two feet, but it al melted out in the end of January. now we are on extreme Forest Fire watch, with 17 major forest fires burning, 8 out of control. We didn't used to get forest fires until August.
Mean while, 70km away, Cache Creek got a "super cell" and extreme flooding, the first time since the Cretacious, when the temps were "globally" 20C higher than now.
Might want to look this:
http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/85000/85932/lst_neo_2015137-2015144_lrg.jpg
Blue is cold, red is hot and it shows how much "climate" has changed.
When the Atlantic Conveyor shuts down in a few years, if Montreal is still habitable, you will probably have go to Inuvik to play golf.
The best eye-opening experience that I had in being educated on how much climate has changed over the centuries is when I went to the Battle of Thermopylae between Sparta and the Persians at the 'Hot Gates'. Where the waterline was 2500 years ago .... it is now a kilometer (if not more) away. I have always been fascinated on the history of geology/geography/climate .... and how drastic changes in climate and water levels can occur in just a few centuries. I am also interested on how the development of an agricultural society coupled with deforestation altered Europe's climate .... but the same development in China did not. As to the China of today .... from my own experience everything started to change in the mid-1980s. Massive deforestation, massive use of coal, massive industrialization .... this all has had an impact on their climate .... and I would venture on us. When I was living in China in the mid-1980s .... during monsoon season I loved to be outside when the warm rains fell .... today .... the acid rain would burn your skin.
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