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India, U.S., Japan kick off naval drills likely to annoy China
Reuters ^ | Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:24am EDT | Sanjeev Miglani

Posted on 10/15/2015 4:05:22 AM PDT by WhiskeyX

India, Japan and the United States will hold joint naval exercises each year, Indian government sources said on Monday, as the three countries kicked off the first such drills in the Bay of Bengal in eight years, a move likely to concern China.

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bayofbengal; china; india; japan; philippines; plan

1 posted on 10/15/2015 4:05:22 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX
India, Japan and the United States will hold joint naval exercises each year

I'd expand that. At a minimum, at least one warship each from Vietnam, Australia, the Philippines, and Malaysia should also be involved. For if China is to be contained at sea, that will be the coalition.

2 posted on 10/15/2015 4:16:20 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

I swear, this feels like the 1930’s all over again.


3 posted on 10/15/2015 4:55:34 AM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: rlmorel
I swear, this feels like the 1930’s all over again.

Agreed. The dangers - and parallels - are quite obvious. Yet few folks really care. Back then, it was Germany and Japan, and to a lesser extent, Italy.

Today it is radical islam and China, and to a lesser extent, Russia.

Back then, the German-American Bund was promoting the filth of nazism right here in the US. The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) is playing the Bund's role today.

4 posted on 10/15/2015 5:06:07 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

Good point...CAIR. Ugh.


5 posted on 10/15/2015 6:56:11 AM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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