Posted on 04/16/2017 4:20:16 PM PDT by Mariner
China and Russia have dispatched intelligence-gathering vessels from their navies to chase the USS Carl Vinson nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is heading toward waters near the Korean Peninsula, multiple sources of the Japanese government revealed to The Yomiuri Shimbun.
It appears that both countries aim to probe the movements of the United States, which is showing a stance of not excluding military action against North Korea. The Self-Defense Forces are strengthening warning and surveillance activities in the waters and airspace around the area, according to the sources.
The aircraft carrier strike group, composed of the Carl Vinson at its core with guided-missile destroyers and other vessels, is understood to be around the East China Sea and heading north toward waters near the Korean Peninsula.
China and Russia, which prioritize stability in the Korean Peninsula, showed concern over the tough U.S. stance, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying the issue should be resolved peacefully through political and diplomatic efforts.
The dispatch of the intelligence-gathering vessels appears to be partly aimed at sending a warning signal to the United States.
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I know exactly what Trump told Xi last week:
1. Contact NK military leadership and tell them you’re about to leak nuke info and launch locations to the US and the US will immediately and preemptively attack unless:
a. bullet is put in back of Kim’s head
b. Kim’s death is kept secret from all but NK and CN leadership for a few days
2. Offer if NK military leadership does this:
a. China will make NK a protectorate in which NK leadership will lead under CN’s protection - No US or SK forces enter country at all.
b. CN will ensure new capital and food for all of NK for NK military leadership to appropriate.
c. CN will make NK rich as CN became rich from the 90’s
d. NO ONE GETS KILLED BUT KIM JONG UN
3: Afterwards, NK becomes CN’s low-wage sweatshop, which gradually gets wealthier as CN did from the 90’s. The US and SK are allowed to enter in a slow and acceptable way to NK leadership.
Everyone wins (except Kim Jong Un, who is just one guy who is able to kill millions)
That’s what Trump told Xi.
Japanese Self Defense Forces JSDF
Japanese Ground Self Defense Force JGSDF
Japanese Maritime Selef Defense Force JMSDF
Japanese Air Self Defense Force JASDF
Peoples Liberation Army PLA
Peoples Liberation Army Navy PLAN
Peoples Liberation Army Air Force PLAAF
John Candy.
Exactly. The Soviets had vessels looking at us anytime they could get in range to see us. Bridges filled with binocular eyes looking at you.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force
If Trump loses Bannon and Conway he is screwed.
Yep
Nothing Unusual here. They always shadowed us during the cold war.
We shadowed their ships during that time.
JMSDF = Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Jieitai), or JMSDF, is the naval branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces,
Of course we did. It was kind of a game back then.
I want Aaron Rodgers.
I am looking for Japan to re-name their Maritime forces the Imperial Japanese Navy.
“Russians have massive troop movements on NK border. Per Zero Hedge article.”
I doubt they are that massive, because the border between Russia and NK is a thin sliver of land. China, on the other hand....
and what ‘struggle’ can tell ‘PIF’ is what does CN stand for?
China
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