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Metropolitan TOKYO Government Convenes "Crisis Management" Committee Full Meeting (NK Missiles)
AmericanInTokyo w/ local news sources (NNN, etc) ^ | 30 March 2009 | AmericanInTokyo

Posted on 03/30/2009 5:47:22 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo

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Ping and heads up.
1 posted on 03/30/2009 5:47:22 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: AmericanInTokyo
This also links to the page that links to the short streaming VIDEO: (Follow the orange button to load clip).

Video might be good for another 12 hours or so.

2 posted on 03/30/2009 5:49:36 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: All
Stream actually HERE.
3 posted on 03/30/2009 5:50:46 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

It’s good practice, but I doubt NK is insane enough to start something serious.


4 posted on 03/30/2009 5:52:30 AM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

The Japanese sound pretty fired up over this.

I dearly hope that they aren’t counting on Hussein to do anything about it. - other than wasting fuel dispatching warships that he will never allow to be used...


5 posted on 03/30/2009 5:54:55 AM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: Glenn
Maybe not deliberately, but things can and will have a way of spinning out of control in this part of the world.

The current conservative LDP administration, which has not been too popular, is seeing its approval ratings start to rise in the last few days, probably because the DPJ's inner problems, but also, the Japanese People (except for a few assorted Communists and Socialists on the fringes) starting to pull together mentally.

6 posted on 03/30/2009 5:55:33 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; maikeru; Dr. Marten; Eric in the Ozarks; Al Gator; snowsislander; sushiman; ...
Will they actually authorize a select few individuals to launch defensive measures, or circulate a document for the entire committee to 検討 and put their 印鑑 on?

日本*ピング* (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)

7 posted on 03/30/2009 5:57:33 AM PDT by DTogo (Time to bring back the Sons of Liberty.)
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To: bill1952
People out here think Obama is a big JOKE nowadays.

They are starting to wake up.

I have even noticed some of the optimism and excitement about him wearing off in a number of personal discussions, after all their ebullience following what the Western and their own liberal media told them to believe about that fool.

As a sensitive, studious people, they sense weakness like a shark senses blood in the water. He is liable to lose a lot of respect over this--one hopes he makes the right moves. He is going to have a full plate in a few days.

8 posted on 03/30/2009 5:58:03 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: DTogo
Better they start the 検討 and 訓練 and general 危機管理 like YESTERDAY than wait any longer and have things turn into a 中国人の消防署訓練 (Chinese fire drill).

I have to say, Japan has moved a good deal of distance in the last 20 years in terms of crisis management, although they have a ways to go, I have seen real improvements. One can only hope.

9 posted on 03/30/2009 6:00:15 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
PAC-3 Patriot missile batteries out in the open in downtown Tokyo these days.

Wouldn't the exhaust blast from a missile launch in downtown Tokyo be somewhat "messy"?

Or are they just driving through town?

Emplacing the radar anywhere town would also produce all manner of RF unpleasantness.

10 posted on 03/30/2009 6:03:16 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
yes, true, but much less messy than a Taepodong-2 coming into Kannana Dori Highway in downtown T-town will full force with who knows what little gift package aboard from Uncle Chia...

PS not only Japanese are getting worked up these days, this photo (below) from downtown SEOUL, South Korea just this afternoon with some fairly tweaked folks:


11 posted on 03/30/2009 6:06:56 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: DuncanWaring

there are some operational aspects of this i prefer not to go into, but, not to worry ;-)


12 posted on 03/30/2009 6:07:51 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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Ping.


13 posted on 03/30/2009 6:09:25 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
open source:


14 posted on 03/30/2009 6:28:10 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

I’ve been reading your posts on FR for quite some time.

Your posts are always interesting and provide an unique perspective about the events in the Far East.

I live in New England, and the media here seems to ignore the important stories from your part of the world on a consistent basis.

I’d like to thank-you for posting, and I hope you continue to do so.


15 posted on 03/30/2009 6:35:06 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (January 20th, 2009.....A Day That Will Live in Infamy)
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To: Glenn

Maybe not, but better safe than sorry. If nothing else, the Patriot batteries could be useful if the missile malfunctions, or some of the junk (spent stages?) gets a little too close to Japan.

I don’t think Comrade Ronery is going to launch a missile strike on Japan, but on the other hand, that’s not exactly a Mercedes out on the pad. More like a mid-80s Hyundai, before they actually started making good cars. Keeping the JSDF on alert just in case the stupid thing messes up (a high probability) is the prudent thing to do IMO.

}:-)4


16 posted on 03/30/2009 6:42:38 AM PDT by Moose4 (Hey RNC. Don't move toward the middle. MOVE THE MIDDLE TOWARD YOU.)
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To: Glenn

N.K.’s Dear Leader is dieing, and he wants to go out with a bang...a very big bang. Bringing on a world war would insure him a great and grand place in history.


17 posted on 03/30/2009 7:10:17 AM PDT by odin2008 (EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

thanks for that seal of approval! ;0)


18 posted on 03/30/2009 7:14:18 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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who knows for sure what is going on inside the noggin of that nut job up there! ??
19 posted on 03/30/2009 7:15:54 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: DTogo

I would not be surprised if one of our US officers fell on his sword and fired off a counter-missile if the nunbers lined up.


20 posted on 03/30/2009 8:07:38 AM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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