Posted on 08/05/2022 12:36:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
China's firing of missiles into waters less than 160km from Japan in a display of might after Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan will likely bolster public support for a military build-up aimed at defence against Japan's big neighbour.
China launched five ballistic missiles into the sea at the western end of the Okinawa island chain on Thursday (Aug 4), part of flurry of military exercises and activity two days after the United States house speaker became the highest-ranking US official to visit self-ruled Taiwan in 25 years.
"It clearly shows that if anything happened with Taiwan that we will be affected," said Taro Kono, a senior ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker and former foreign and defence minister.
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“If Japan decides on Monday that she needs Nuclear Weapons, by Friday she will have them.” - Former Japanese PM Suzuki.......................
The CCp sitting on Taiwan would make the CCP only 627km from Okinawa. Of course Japan will increase tt’s military. Will it be soon enough?
Good. When Japan’s Defense Force has enough muscle, we can start drawing down on our forces in that part of the world.
Yep, leave it to the Japs.
If I may...
“If Japan decides on Monday that she needs Nuclear Weapons, by Friday she will have them.” - Former Japanese PM Suzuki..
I always site 6 weeks because ya gotta test the package and then make it deliverable.
Imho
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He’s basically saying that they have them disassembled somewhere, most likely in a mountain................
Sounds like the parts are on the shelf.
Some assembly required.
Yep...........................
Japan is the ace in the hole over there.
They know how to handle them.
Hmmm.
Neat little twist.
5.56mm
Most likely a bunch of missiles with no warhead installed. Warheads kept in vault even deeper................
Give the Japanese nukes ( if they don’t have them already)
Along with mobile launchers which they can park in caves .
The only way to checkmate China is to ensure its total and immediate destruction if they attack others.
Nukes alone do that .
Don’t be surprised if there is a call to “do it for Abe” (the assassinated former PM, not the CW President)
The Senkaku Islands and Yonaguni Island are closer than that.
Bottom line for the CCP: Japan has a Constitutional restriction on nuclear weapons, but if threatened we will respond in kind.
5.56mm
Between you and me, I hope nothing happens to the Three Gorges Dam and Beijing.
5.56mm
““If Japan decides on Monday that she needs Nuclear Weapons, by Friday she will have them.” - Former Japanese PM Suzuki......................”
I heard another commentator say something on the order of, they say they don’t have working nuclear weapons. My guess is all they’d have to do is tighten a few screws and they would have them.
Yes, assembly required but world-class computer modeling and simulation already done.
One would take their word for it, one’s own self.
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