Joint drill with U.S. will 'retake' remote Okinawa island

[Minjitta]

Joint drill with U.S. will 'retake' remote Okinawa island


Japan and the United States are planning to hold a joint drill in Okinawa next month in which troops would "retake" an uninhabited island from foreign forces, bilateral sources said Saturday.

While Tokyo and Washington said the exercise has not been designed with a specific location in mind, the first-ever drill to be held on a remote Japanese island under this scenario appears to be heavily influenced by the territorial flareup over the Senkaku Islands, the sources said.

As the drill will inevitably anger China, which claims the Japan-controlled Senkakus in the East China Sea and was infuriated by Japan's nationalization of three of the disputed islets last month, the exercise could take place unannounced so as not to worsen Tokyo's strained ties with Beijing.

The drill is part of a joint bilateral exercise to be held from Nov. 5 to 16, and would take place in the latter stages, the sources said.

The main participants would be U.S. troops from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Force and personnel from the Ground Self-Defense Force's Western Army stationed in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, whose duties include defending remote islands.

In the drill, Japanese and U.S. troops would use boats and choppers to land on an isle occupied by foreign forces and retake it.

According to the sources, the exercise would likely be held on tiny Irisuna Island, part of the village of Tonaki in Okinawa Prefecture and located 60 km west of Okinawa Island.

Joint drill with U.S. will 'retake' remote Okinawa island | The Japan Times Online

Seem like Japan and USA not backing down, let see what China react to this drill from Japan and USA

 

[SinoChallenger]

We will keep invading 'Japanese' territorial waters of course

 

[ahfatzia]

My advise for the US is to steer away her nuclear subs from this area, the Okinawans wouldn't be too please if something like this happens near their shore.


US nuclear sub collides with cruiser


WASHINGTON: A US Navy nuclear submarine and a cruiser collided Saturday during training exercises off the US Atlantic Coast Saturday, NBC News reported.

The television network said the incident involved the Montpelier, a nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class attack submarine, and the San Jacinto, an Aegis-class missile cruiser.

The causes and circumstances of the collision were not immediately known.

Nobody aboard the vessels was injured, the report said, citing unnamed Pentagon officials.

Both ships continued to operate under their own power, NBC News pointed out.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1231250/1/.html

 

[Zero_wing]

We will keep invading 'Japanese' territorial waters of course

Sir still waiting for that nuke you promise what's wrong didn't fly because the parts you copy is poorly made?

 

[Minjitta]

We will keep invading 'Japanese' territorial waters of course

With Russian made off course.

 

[Minjitta]

My advise for the US is to steer away her nuclear subs from this area, the Okinawans wouldn't be too please if something like this happens near their shore

Great ideas friend, also Please keep China nuclear subs at bay to reduce noise pollution.

 

[Hellraiser007]

My advise for the US is to steer away her nuclear subs from this area, the Okinawans wouldn't be too please if something like this happens near their shore.


US nuclear sub collides with cruiser


WASHINGTON: A US Navy nuclear submarine and a cruiser collided Saturday during training exercises off the US Atlantic Coast Saturday, NBC News reported.

The television network said the incident involved the Montpelier, a nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class attack submarine, and the San Jacinto, an Aegis-class missile cruiser.

The causes and circumstances of the collision were not immediately known.

Nobody aboard the vessels was injured, the report said, citing unnamed Pentagon officials.

Both ships continued to operate under their own power, NBC News pointed out.

US nuclear sub collides with cruiser - Channel NewsAsia

First worry about Tibetans and Xingxang, No need to meddle in other country's internal affairs.

Great ideas friend, also Please keep China nuclear subs at bay to reduce noise pollution.

Noise Hilarious mate

 

[Oldman1]

Joint drill with U.S. will 'retake' remote Okinawa island


Japan and the United States are planning to hold a joint drill in Okinawa next month in which troops would "retake" an uninhabited island from foreign forces, bilateral sources said Saturday.

While Tokyo and Washington said the exercise has not been designed with a specific location in mind, the first-ever drill to be held on a remote Japanese island under this scenario appears to be heavily influenced by the territorial flareup over the Senkaku Islands, the sources said.

As the drill will inevitably anger China, which claims the Japan-controlled Senkakus in the East China Sea and was infuriated by Japan's nationalization of three of the disputed islets last month, the exercise could take place unannounced so as not to worsen Tokyo's strained ties with Beijing.

The drill is part of a joint bilateral exercise to be held from Nov. 5 to 16, and would take place in the latter stages, the sources said.

The main participants would be U.S. troops from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Force and personnel from the Ground Self-Defense Force's Western Army stationed in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, whose duties include defending remote islands.

In the drill, Japanese and U.S. troops would use boats and choppers to land on an isle occupied by foreign forces and retake it.

According to the sources, the exercise would likely be held on tiny Irisuna Island, part of the village of Tonaki in Okinawa Prefecture and located 60 km west of Okinawa Island.

Joint drill with U.S. will 'retake' remote Okinawa island | The Japan Times Online

Seem like Japan and USA not backing down, let see what China react to this drill from Japan and USA

They will react like other past drills in retaking remote islands. Doing nothing.

 

[ahfatzia]

First worry about Tibetans and Xingxang, No need to meddle in other country's internal affairs.

(sign) you need to spend more time with your home works.

 

[ahfatzia]

LOL The not too intelligent US soldiers did it again as two US sailors arrested over Okinawa rape:


TOKYO: Two US servicemen were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of gang-raping a Japanese woman in Okinawa, reports said, as anti-American feeling runs high on the strategically vital island.

The incident comes amid swelling protests over the recent deployment on the island of 12 Osprey transport aircraft, with the plane's perceived poor safety sparking concern among local residents.

National broadcaster NHK said the two men, both 23 years old, had been arrested over the alleged assault of the woman before dawn on Tuesday.

One of the sailors admitted carrying out the attack, but the other has denied it, according to TV Asahi.

A spokesman for the Okinawa prefectural police refused to comment on the reports.

The incident has the potential to snowball, feeding in to the increasingly vociferous anti-base movement.

Previous attacks have generated huge outpourings of anger.

The gang rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan girl by US servicemen in 1995 sparked mass protests resulting in a US-Japan agreement to reduce the huge US military presence on the Okinawan chain.

But the agreement has been bogged down for years over plans to relocate the Futenma US marine airbase, which currently sits in a crowded urban area, to a coastal zone.

Islanders want to see the airbase moved off the island chain and insist the rest of Japan should shoulder more of the burden of the US presence.

Okinawa is a reluctant host to around half of the 47,000 US military personnel stationed in Japan.

In September tens of thousands of people rallied against deployment of the tilt-rotor Osprey, which can take off and land like a helicopter and fly like a plane.

A number of crashes involving the aircraft sparked safety fears, but commentators say the Osprey is a proxy issue for a people who are fed up of the huge US presence.

Washington sees the island as a vital strategic base in a region that is increasingly seeing the power of China's rising military.

Two US sailors arrested over Okinawa rape: reports - Channel NewsAsia


Is these are the kind of actions from the best military force in the world? A bunch of two bit amateurs.

 

[Tihamah]

Oh i'm amazed finally Obama grow some balls?

 

[帅的一匹]

We will keep invading 'Japanese' territorial waters of course

We dont need to invade Japanese water, cause Diaoyu Island belongs to China at the first beginning even before Japanese know it.

 

[帅的一匹]

Sir still waiting for that nuke you promise what's wrong didn't fly because the parts you copy is poorly made?

Things always going like this way: one viet mumber opens a BS thread, then follows a Phillipine cheerleader. BTW,When you gonna return to Huangyan Island,?

 

[dunhill]

Oh i'm amazed finally Obama grow some balls?

Oh no ... Obama has big balls and he just proved by sending 2 ACs "near" Japan, Philippines. Don't you see?

 

[Zero_wing]

Things always going like this way: one viet mumber opens a BS thread, then follows a Phillipine cheerleader. BTW,When you gonna return to Huangyan Island,?

Sir its shoal see you don't even know and don't know the difference between the two like shoal and islands are the same what a idiotic concept typical. IFY Panatag Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc In the old Philippine Spanish map) or scarborough shoal was under our effective control since then and its closer to us " regime of islands under the Republic of the Philippines" by PD No. 1599 and if you people call it illegal then again that just idiotic first we don't answer to china we are not your stupid province A holes so stop treating your neighbors like one and show some respect jerks. take up with the UN or are you afraid to lose! And bilateral solution you ask BS why? because its not far you just pressure your neighbors to favor you your Imperialist expansionist ideas so its not far at all and no country is that stupid to do that line why not just go to war if that's the end result its like shooting your own arm or jumping off a bridge only a multilateral solution would be better because you can't get your way and people would be check you and us so its more far.

And last time i check china is landmass not archipelago so how come it can claim shoals, islands etc miles away from its shores? only archipelago states can do that! So your right your post is bs typical chinese imperialist expansionist bs And guess what my country is? To help you on your Journey i give you a hint we are a group of islands. Come on give a try.