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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on March 13, 2017, 08:16:58 AM
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The Japanese are pissed that the Chinese aren't restraining the NoKos. This is a way to 'inform' them of that. The carrier can operate F-35s.
Exclusive: Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea, sources say
By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.
China claims almost all the disputed waters and its growing military presence has fueled concern in Japan and the West, with the United States holding regular air and naval patrols to ensure freedom of navigation.
The Izumo helicopter carrier, commissioned only two years ago, will make stops in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka before joining the Malabar joint naval exercise with Indian and U.S. naval vessels in the Indian Ocean in July.
It will return to Japan in August, the sources said.
"The aim is to test the capability of the Izumo by sending it out on an extended mission," said one of the sources who have knowledge of the plan. "It will train with the U.S. Navy in the South China Sea," he added, asking not to be identified because he is not authorized to talk to the media.
A spokesman for Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force declined to comment.
Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Brunei also claim parts of the sea which has rich fishing grounds, oil and gas deposits and through which around $5 trillion of global sea-borne trade passes each year.
And the US has a defense treaty with Japan. Australia will also be rather 'interested' in what happens here.
The rest is at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-japan-plans-send-largest-warship-south-china-091539012.html
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I think it's kind of funny that Japan waited until Obama was gone to make a move like this.
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I think it's kind of funny that Japan waited until Obama was gone to make a move like this.
Barry's wailing and gnashing of teeth could be heard prematurely. He probably wet his pants too.