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US - Japan War Games Simulate Chinese Invasion
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Posted on 12/31/2006 2:31:00 PM PST by Dr. Marten
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To: Dr. Marten
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12/31/2006 2:35:15 PM PST
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Irish_Thatcherite
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12/31/2006 2:37:53 PM PST
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Dr. Marten
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To: Dr. Marten
We've probably been war gaming this very scenario for the past 40 years.
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12/31/2006 2:38:37 PM PST
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COEXERJ145
(Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
Puts the U.S. and the Japanese in a maritime logistical position in which to defend Taiwan. Oh the Chinese will start crying now.
Bust out the Mongolian Barbeque.
To: Irish_Thatcherite
A realistic assessment of potential future combat.
North Korea COULD send up a few missiles, but in a more probable context, the Chinese would be crouched behind such a move, which could not occur without the full support and concurrence of Beijing.
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12/31/2006 2:41:24 PM PST
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alloysteel
(A battle cry of the Crusaders: "Denique caelum!" (Latin, "Heaven at last!))
To: COEXERJ145
Until fairly recently the unspoken aggressor was a differrent nation.
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posted on
12/31/2006 2:42:03 PM PST
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magslinger
(An open mind is like an outhouse. Sooner or later someone is going to fill it.)
To: Sword_Svalbardt
Is Japan still under military restrictions, or has that been lifted?
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12/31/2006 3:05:30 PM PST
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Irish_Thatcherite
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To: magslinger
For decades we also war gamed for a U.S./Japanese-Soviet/Russian confrontation over the Kuril Islands.
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12/31/2006 3:05:53 PM PST
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COEXERJ145
(Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
To: alloysteel
Yeah, that makes sense - NK would be afraid to act alone.
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posted on
12/31/2006 3:06:23 PM PST
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Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|What if I lecture Americans about America?)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
Is Japan still under military restrictions, or has that been lifted?
There really are no "restrictions" - just lip service and empty terminology, other than Japan not having nuclear weapons.
The Japanese now have one of the most powerful militaries in the world, and arguably the second-best navy in the world.
To: Dr. Marten
Hmmmmmmm
And Taiwan also claims them.
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posted on
12/31/2006 3:38:32 PM PST
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Quix
(LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
To: Quix
Things get pretty weird as the Republic of China still officially claims to be the legitimate government of all of China (saw someone joking about this on a thread last week, not realizing it was actually true) - oddly enough, this pisses off the PRC LESS than if Taiwan declared independence.
But in the case of some disputed Islands with Japan both the ROC and PRC share the same diplomatic position and claims.
To: Strategerist
Hmmm... I think maybe it's time the restrictions on nukes are lifted.
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12/31/2006 3:46:00 PM PST
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Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|What if I lecture Americans about America?)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
There's nothing external to Japan limiting nukes other than Japan being a signatory to the NPT.
To: Dr. Marten
If they want to wargame something a little more realistic, wargame the Chinese invasion of Siberia.
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posted on
12/31/2006 3:48:42 PM PST
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Centurion2000
(Not one of those seasonal Festivians. I practice the Airing of Grievances daily. Often on this site.)
To: Strategerist
True.
BTW,
Can you spell out for me the unique geologic features of the HENGCHUN area of the South of Taiwan?
I understand they are quite different from the rest of Taiwan.
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posted on
12/31/2006 3:50:36 PM PST
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Quix
(LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
To: Strategerist
Ah, I see, thanks for the info! :)
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posted on
12/31/2006 3:50:52 PM PST
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Irish_Thatcherite
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To: Centurion2000
And China invading the USA through Mexico; their Clinton donated port in Long Beach; their bases on both ends of the Panama Canal . . .
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posted on
12/31/2006 3:51:27 PM PST
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Quix
(LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
To: Quix
Don't know much about it other than what you'd get from putting in Hangchung and geology in Google.
Taiwan as a whole will be reunified (geologically) with China whether it likes it or not in a few tens of millions of years. -)
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