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Japan departs from pacifist stance, plans two aircraft carriers
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Posted on 07/15/2003 8:38:05 PM PDT by overtaxed_canadian
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To: overtaxed_canadian
Chester Nimitz and Bull Halsey are probably rolling over in their graves.
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07/15/2003 8:45:31 PM PDT
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posted on
07/15/2003 8:46:17 PM PDT
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To: overtaxed_canadian
Is this real? Can this be happening?
To: x1stcav
Maybe so. But if we have to mix it up with the PRC or NK, I will be glad to have the Japanese on our side.
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posted on
07/15/2003 8:48:55 PM PDT
by
SC Swamp Fox
(Aim small, miss small.)
To: overtaxed_canadian
now the next step is to get taiwanese aircraft carriers...:-)
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posted on
07/15/2003 8:49:49 PM PDT
by
ahadams2
To: Live free or die
Is this real? Can this be happening?I'm shaking my head, too. Unbelievable.
To: overtaxed_canadian
why don't we just sell them a couple of our retired carriers? ... given China / North Korea of late, a couple of carriers in the hands of an ally might not be a bad idea ... raise a little cash for the Treasury / DOD at the same time ...
they won't be a threat to the U.S.A.
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posted on
07/15/2003 8:51:35 PM PDT
by
Bobby777
(http://www.tribulation.com/messiah.htm)
To: overtaxed_canadian
HAWAII - The Japanese navy is preparing to build two small aircraft carriers, its first in more than 60 years, according to Japanese and United States officials. That flowing sound is the sound of Chinese sphincters emptying.
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posted on
07/15/2003 8:51:44 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
To: SC Swamp Fox
exactly what I was thinking ...
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posted on
07/15/2003 8:52:37 PM PDT
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Bobby777
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To: overtaxed_canadian
Just the thing for the new Japanese carrier.
To: AmericanInTokyo; section9; Nick Danger; wardaddy; Travis McGee; Dog Gone; blam
"That fighter, also called the F-35, is scheduled to go into production in 2008 just as the first Japanese carrier is ready for sea."
It is a thing of beauty to watch China's plans for world disruption turn around and bite the Dragon. Japan is now re-arming. Sweet.
I mean, it's not like anyone thinks that North Korea is still going to be around in 2008...
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posted on
07/15/2003 8:53:18 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: SC Swamp Fox
I agree completely. The second largest economy in the world is going to have to carry more of the load to defend itself, and to their credit, they seem to rising to the challenge.
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posted on
07/15/2003 8:56:01 PM PDT
by
x1stcav
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To: Bobby777
why don't we just sell them a couple of our retired carriers? I think it's because by the time that we get rid of a carrier it's ready to go ... exception being the ones Krintoon retired early.
Are those things still around somewhere ?
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posted on
07/15/2003 8:58:59 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
To: overtaxed_canadian
"Japanese naval officers are calling the new ships 'destroyers' instead of 'aircraft carriers' in an effort to avoid triggering opposition from those against enhanced defence in Japan as well as from China and the two Koreas." LOL. The planes will be called ducks.
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posted on
07/15/2003 9:01:36 PM PDT
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blam
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To: overtaxed_canadian
Tora! Tora! Tora!
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posted on
07/15/2003 9:03:59 PM PDT
by
MistrX
To: x1stcav
Chester Nimitz and Bull Halsey are probably rolling over in their graves.
Nimitz, for one, I suspect, would be happy that a peaceful, democratic Japan was strengthening its Navy to face agressive totalitarian neighbors.
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posted on
07/15/2003 9:04:24 PM PDT
by
John H K
To: MediaMole
Just the thing for the new Japanese carrier. Didn't you read the article. It's not a carrier. It's a helicopter carrying destroyer for FOUR(4) only helicopters.
Who could possibly mistake 
for a carrier?
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posted on
07/15/2003 9:05:18 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(hoist by his own petard. always funny.)
To: overtaxed_canadian
A really neat historical touch would be to name them Akagi and Kaga. Or Hiryu and Soryu. That would really frost some Chinese balls.
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posted on
07/15/2003 9:06:27 PM PDT
by
JackelopeBreeder
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