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lmao,

Costco > BJ by 9,000 yards. no contest

haha! That was how I felt in the beginning.
Initially I had both (starting about 12 years ago).
Costco had about 90% and BJ's 10%.
Then slowly BJ's crept up to 90% (mostly due to their awesome coupons) and so about 2 to 3 years ago I ditched my Costco membership. Plus Costco started switching to too much Kirkland brand stuff (although BJ's is doing the same thing now with Wellesley Farms)
 
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Taiwan to buy Stealth Fighters to counter Chinese Military build up

http://www.defencenews.in/article/T...s-to-counter-Chinese-Military-build-up-250999

Thursday, March 16, 2017
By: India.com



Taiwan’s defence ministry is planning to buy stealth fighters and vertical take-off and landing aircraft to counter China’s rapid military development, according to an official report issued on Thursday.

Defence spending is targeted to rise to 3 per cent of gross domestic product in 2018, up from about 2 per cent this year, Minister of National Defence Feng Shih-kuan told lawmakers in Taipei on Thursday (March 16).

Taiwan plans to develop indigenous ships, airplanes, weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles capable of defence or offense, he said.

The plans need to be approved by US President Donald Trump, since Washington is practically the only supplier of advanced military equipment to Taiwan, Efe news quoted the report as saying.

Senior US officials had recently said that more and better defence weapons will be supplied to Taiwan, on the basis of a $1 billion arms sale package cancelled in December 2016 by former President Barack Obama.

The model Taiwan is seeking to buy is the F-35 Lightning – one of the Pentagon’s most modern aircraft – in two variants: the F35A, which is invisible to radars, and the F35B, capable of vertical take-off and landing.

The defence ministry believes that China’s aim remains to invade Taiwan, which requires a better military preparation and the purchase and development of more advanced equipment, such as missiles, submarines and warships, the report added.

http://www.defencenews.in/article/T...s-to-counter-Chinese-Military-build-up-250999
 
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I have my faith... I give it time until 2040s, prior to the 2nd Centenary!

Simply a nature certainty... muscles and brains do matter as well as the same blood is calling out! :D

By that time not even the USA can busy itself to overturn the final settlement of the century-old intrafamily feud! :usflag::usflag:
 
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TAIPEI: Taiwan said for the first time publicly that it is capable of launching missiles at China, as the government on Thursday (Mar 16) unveiled a major defence report warning of increased risk of Chinese invasion.

China still sees Taiwan as part of its territory to be brought back into its fold, by force if necessary, even though the island has been self-governing since the two sides split after a civil war in 1949.

Ties have worsened since Beijing-sceptic President Tsai Ing-wen took power last year, ending an eight-year rapprochement.

Delivering the four-yearly report to parliament, defence minister Feng Shih-kuan replied "yes" when asked by a lawmaker whether Taiwan was capable of firing at mainland China.

"It is the first time the ministry has confirmed this," lawmaker Wang Ting-yu told AFP, saying Taiwanese missiles may be able to travel more than 1,500 kilometres.

The ministry has said in the past that it has produced cruise missiles, but has never publicly stated their capabilities.

The report also pledged to create an enhanced military front that would protect Taiwan.

"Should the enemy insist on invading, we will weaken their capabilities by striking enemy troops at their home bases, fighting them at sea, crushing them as they approach the coastlines and wiping them out on the beaches," it said.

China has more than 1,500 missiles aimed at Taiwan, according to the defence ministry.

The island's military, which consists of around 200,000 troops, is a fraction of China's 2.3 million-strong army.

Defence minister Feng said he hoped to raise spending to three per cent of GDP in 2018, up from two per cent this year and the highest proportion of Taiwan's budget dedicated to the military for 10 years.

Since Tsai came to power, Beijing has severed all official communications with Taipei and upped its military drills near the island following a protocol-smashing telephone call between Tsai and Donald Trump.

The United States is Taiwan's most powerful ally and its main arms supplier, even though the two sides do not have official diplomatic ties after Washington switched recognition to Beijing in 1979.

Thursday's report came as Taiwan was also hit by the latest in a string of espionage cases involving China.

Local media said a former bodyguard of former vice president Annette Lu had been arrested for allegedly spying for China and trying to recruit military officials to join him.

National Security Bureau director-general Peng Sheng-chu said in parliament earlier this month that Chinese espionage is "more serious than before" as some reports claimed that up to 5,000 people may be spying for China on the island.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...-capable-of-strike-against-china/3601368.html
 
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Of course they can, but than what will happen when China Retaliate ?:coffee:
 
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One day DPRK can launch missile at USA, so what does it mean? Exactly my point, TW can launch missile at Mainland so what? :lol: Can, Could but Won't
 
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