Japan’s Defence Minister Taro Kono. Photo: Reuters
SCMP/Reuters: Japan indicates China is bigger threat than North Korea in latest defence review
* For the first time, Japan’s Defence White Paper had a section on China right after the US, pushing North Korea into third position. Russia was fourth.
* China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative was identified as an emerging strategic threat, with suggestions China could use this to push its army into the Indian and Pacific Oceans
China’s growing military might has replaced North Korean belligerence as the main security threat to Japan, Tokyo’s annual defence review indicated on Thursday, despite signs that Pyongyang could have nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles.
The document’s security assessment on China comes after a section on Japan’s ally, the US, the first time Beijing has achieved second place in the Defence White Paper and pushing North Korea into third position.
Russia, deemed by Japan as its primary threat during the cold war, was in fourth place.
“It is a reflection of the fact that only United States and China can project their influence globally,” a Ministry of Defence official told a news briefing.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 27, 2019
Japan ranks China a bigger threat than nuclear-armed North Korea -- ABC News Online
Exclusive: As North Korea expands arsenal, Japan's missile defense shield faces unforeseen costs - sources -- Reuters
Japan Frets ‘Belt and Road’ Could Give Cover to China’s Military -- Bloomberg
Japan downgrades South Korea in annual defense report -- Nikkei Asian Review
South Korea summons Japanese diplomat over defense white paper -- UPI
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Did China just accidentally show off its new supersonic cruise missile? -- SCMP
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Senate confirms Trump's Army secretary nominee -- The Hill
Pentagon official in charge of F-35 operating costs and privatized military housing resigns -- Task & Purpose
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The National Guard’s suicide rate has surpassed the other military components -- Military Times
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Opinion | How the Climate Kids Are Short-Circuiting Right-Wing Media
NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Finds : NPR
Trump has been doing this for two years. This is not news.
ReplyDeleteWhen Democrats and Deep state plant spy after spy in his campaign and administration what do you expect?
Rush just covered this today. Other hosts and pundits have as well. Rush reaches 30+ million people. How many do you reach? Most of the people laugh at you. You are having a 180 effect to what you intend.
Ever since the Clinton Regime Democrats have been saying everything they want to do is for the children. This is a tired play form the liberal playbook.
Here is a hint. If you are going to use a young woman to carry a lying message at least make her photogenic. With Thunberg you cannot get mush headed liberals hoi poloi to sign on.
It will be fun watching Thunberg crash and burn over the next decade. Her parents, NGOs liberal pols have set up a well engineered train wreck.
Holocene
ReplyDeleteThe Holocene is the current inter-glacial period. The end of the last glacial period (“glacial maximum”) began around 20,000 years ago. Temperatures and sea levels rose rapidly at the start of the Holocene, and during the Holocene Optimum (around 6-7,000 years ago), sea levels were about 2-3m above today’s sea levels.
The Holocene itself, including the supposedly threatening and supposedly man-made climate of today, is not at all unprecedented. The Holocene is just one of an irregular series of inter-glacial periods in the current ice age. The current ice age, the Quaternary or Pleistocene, has lasted for a bit over 2.5m years. The last inter-glacial period, the Eemian, occurred a bit over 100,000 years ago. It was 2-3 degrees warmer than today, sea levels were 4-6m higher, and it had greater rates of temperature change.
Mike Pence just landed in the center of Donald Trump's Ukraine treason scandal
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The Trump-Ukraine Call Affair: What You Need To Know, What's Coming Next : NPR
Mike Pence just landed in the center of Donald Trump's Ukraine treason scandal
Everyone piles on after Rudy Giuliani tweets proof that he and Donald Trump are guilty
The Trump-Ukraine Call Affair: What You Need To Know, What's Coming Next : NPR
Mike Pence just landed in the center of Donald Trump's Ukraine treason scandal
Everyone piles on after Rudy Giuliani tweets proof that he and Donald Trump are guilty
The Trump-Ukraine Call Affair: What You Need To Know, What's Coming Next : NPR
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ReplyDeletegood stuff on the history of our planet before Man was here. How do you *(we ) know about what was prior to man? SCIENCE TELLS US
What then, does science tell us NOW??? about the present in climate things?
There you go again. Your reading comprehension is low.
ReplyDeleteTemperature has been higher. Temperature swings have been wilder and yet you believe Michael Mann.
I am remember of a scientist called Stoneking. He and other were pushing the out of Africa 100,000 years ago theory. They had science. They explained their science. Stoneking made the cover of Time magazine on 2000. The media was all onboard. It was part of their "We're all one big human family; can't we all get along." As if we need Stoneking and Time magazine to get along, but that is liberal horseshit and hubris for you.
Stoneking and the journalist all poo-pooed the multi-regional theory, which turned out to be correct. It was proven by the Max Planck Institute.
You don't hear much about Stoneking anymore do you?
But it took over a decade to break that freaking narrative.
To break the AGW lies will take over a decade. There is more than a narrative at stake here. There is lots of money at stake.
But none of this will convince.
- Failed predictions do not convince you.
- Multiple failed predictions do not convince you.
- You can spot a Warmunist a decade and their predictions still fail.
- The same person making the same prediction but moving the goal posts and failing all over again does not convince you.
You're an idiot. About all you can do is say "science", parrot the definition and spell it correctly. That is as far as your knowledge of science goes.
I do not any longer respond to those who are uncivil and insult me
ReplyDeleteWhy do Democrats hate Americans?
ReplyDelete- They depress wages
- They increase rents
- They tolerate increased crime.
Democrats, when you do not need more enemies, "They are one".
"City officials already direct the city police to hinder federal enforcement of immigration rules though the city, and they use taxpayer dollars to provide free legal services to illegals.
The city has gradually grown a population of roughly 500,000 illegal who help to suppress wages paid by employers and also to drive up rents earned by real-estate owners."
Democrats subpoena Pompeo for Ukraine documents |
ReplyDeleteFeinstein requests probe into Trump EPA threat to withhold California highway funds
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ReplyDeletethe city? any one you have in mind?suppress wages? who hires whom? why?
if 500,000 illegals then Trump Ice team must not be doing its job
Anon,
ReplyDeleteWell you could look it up yourself. Copy the sentence or phrase verbatim, put the phrase in quotes, and do a search. It works often. It does not work all the time, but it works often.
The city is NYC.
Wages? rents? That is obvious. It is called supply and demand.
When Democrats, nasty RINO mother fuckers, cities, foreign governments, previous administrations, Obama judges, and sanctuary cities, counties, states and universities are undermining immigration law, there is one Hell of a back log to clean up.
Now you could get enough Republics/Conservative (I don't mean slimy RINOs like Mittens) to pass amnesty by 67% or even 75%, if we build the wall 1st.
We could get that deal, if we built the wall in 1 to 3 years first and that is possible engineering-wise.
Democrats don't want to go there. They want wide open borders forever.
That is the problem ... slimy Democrats and RINOs
So Dim mother fuckers want to subpeona the docs.
ReplyDeleteFine.
Show up give them copies and publish them on the internet BEFORE showing up to Congress for the 3 ring circus.
Some people will read them. A parrot head will not. A Parrot will go with the headline or whatever they hear on CNN.
You can't teach a parrothead new tricks.
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Feinstein requests probe into Trump EPA threat to withhold California highway funds
ReplyDeleteWow the Fredster has his tighty whiteys twisted into a knot. It must hurt.
Freddie and Diane are confused as to why this would happen.
It is easy to clear-up their profound confusion.
Cities in southern California are literally shitholes courtesy of the Democrat Party.
Thank you Democrats!
There are even shit maps for different Democrat cities.
Now a worthless, scummy Democrat mother fuckers will say it is the population is high. Well, in the past 70 years, the populations of cities were higher in the 50's and 60's were higher.
And there was not the shitstorma that we have now.
What changed?
Democrats
That is right, Democrats.
California is basically a one-[arty totalitarian state.
Here is the link that gives the shit map for San Fran Sicko.
http://mochimachine.org/wasteland/#
I've been there. Sad to say Democrat politicians have shit all over it with their policies.
Has Parrothead been to the City on the Bay?
http://mochimachine.org/wasteland/#
https://missionlocal.org/2018/10/poop-map-creator-has-a-message-stop-crapping-on-san-francisco/
PS: Maybe Democrats actually like shit carpeted streets. Maybe they have a fetish?