Posted on 09/05/2017 11:44:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The U.S. will allow Japan and South Korea to purchase a "substantially increased" amount of advanced military armaments, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
The announcement follows North Korea's detonation on Sunday of its largest ever nuclear bomb, which it claims to have been a long-feared hydrogen bomb capable of being placed on a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile.
"I am allowing Japan South Korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military equipment from the United States," the American president said on Twitter.
A White House provided readout of Trump's call with South Korean President Moon Jae-In hinted that the announcement was forthcoming. It said Monday that Trump "provided his conceptual approval for the purchase of many billions of dollars’ worth of military weapons and equipment from the United States by South Korea".
The North's Sunday test, which was its largest nuclear detonation, was met with worldwide condemnation, and drew a stern rebuke from Defense Secretary James Mattis who warned that any threat to the U.S. or its allies "will be met with a massive military response -- a response both effective and overwhelming".
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an international summit in China, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that further economic sanctions on the North are unlikely to deter its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Putin also called for the re-implementation of international law and dialogue among concerned parties over the North Korea issue.
Pyongyang is barred from testing nuclear and ballistic missiles, and was recently hit with strengthened UN Security Council sanctions for launching a pair of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in July.
The UN in early August imposed new sanctions on Pyongyang with a sweeping ban on exports of coal, iron, lead, and seafood that could eliminate $1 billion in annual revenues.
These jobs would be technology-related jobs...thus paying more....and allowing for more tax-revenue funds as well. Both China and Russia have to kicking themselves because they missed out on the sales.
Either one could have nuclear weapons in around six months, given their high levels of technology.
Even the factory workers make six figures in most cases.
If we have 6 months, that is. On the other hand, didn't the Japanese test a nuc of their own in 1945? Did all that technology get tossed? Who knows?
Just a side note, the Brits were aware the Germans were working on nucs too. I don't believe there is a snow balls chance, that both would not have used them, in the proverbial heart beat. What a different world it would be today, if they had.
No, they never tested one, neither did the Germans.
Is it taxpayer money?
They can build their own nukes.
“approval for the purchase of many billions of dollars’ worth of military weapons and equipment from the United States..”.....
Meaning NUMEROUS jobs will be needed to provide such weapons. Might even put some of those “gibsmedats” to work,....ah, never mind.
The MIC wins again.
Cost per job please? Is it t only me, or is spending a few million dollars per job created is a democrat dream.. not to mention a demonstration of in your face fiscal irresponsibility? Just like a Trillion dollar stimulus..
Tell me how this benefits us using only math.
I could not imagine Nazis or Imperial Japanese being nuclear capable. Everything would be so much different and it would be safe to say LA,NY or DC would cease to exist. With this being said,how can certain Americans be so dismissive with North Korea and Iran having the capability?
I am quite confident that the Japs already have nukes. Not sure about S Korea.
I would guess they will NEVER tell anyone, until they light someone up, like fat boy. Then, they, like Israel, will STILL not make it official.
I don't know bro. I am certainly not dismissive of those dirt bags. At least the Russians and Chinese, are not certified lunatics, like fat boy and those chumps in Iran.
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