China, S.Korea Flex Naval Muscle as U.S. Wanes

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Koreas, Military, Chosun Ilbo, Daily News, Fleets, Flex, Heritage Foundation, Last Tuesday, News China, Pacific Ocean, South-Korea, Submarine, submarines, U S Navy

China and South Korea are expanding their submarine fleets as the U.S. Navy shrinks its own. The conservative Heritage Foundation in a report last Tuesday said that by 2025 the number of U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean will fall from 30 to 27 while China will have 78 submarines and South Korea 26.
The [...]

S.Korea’s Military Capability ‘Inadequate’

Posted by Matt in January 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Bruce Bennett, Catastrophic, Chosun Ilbo, Collapse, Daily News, Face, invasion, Korean People, Military Action, Military Capabilities, Military Capability, Modernization, North-Korea, Policy Analyst, Rand Corporation, Regime, South-Korea

This is South Korea’s problem, so why should we care? I certainly wouldn’t lift a finger to help the South Korean people if North Korea invades.
An American academic says South Korea’s military capabilities are inadequate to handle a North Korean invasion or other North Korean military action or regime collapse there. In an article entitled [...]

Preparing for a ‘nuclear event’ – LA Daily News

Posted by Matt in December 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Shelters, Bomb, Consequences, County Public Health, Daily News, Director Jonathan, Emergency Plans, Fallout Shelters, Jonathan, Likelihood, Metropolitan Areas, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Event, Public Health Director, Taking Inventory

Local officials taking inventory of bomb and fallout shelters

While the possibility of a nuclear attack in Los Angeles seems almost unthinkable, local officials are inventorying hundreds of old bomb and fallout shelters as part of their preparations for a “radiological or nuclear event.”
Los Angeles and other metropolitan areas are drafting emergency plans while federal [...]

Global mess gives birth to new era

Posted by Matt in March 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Al-Qaeda, Asian Development Bank, Consequences, Current, Daily News, Deaths, Economic Crisis, Economic News, Financial Crisis, Giving Birth, Global Financial Crisis, International Monetary Fund, Managing Director, New Era, Protectionism, Rash, Scottish Nationalism, weapons

But, when you step back from the daily rash of economic news, you can see the current economic crisis is giving birth to a new perilous era. An era of protectionism, failed states and new wars. An era that has such diverse consequences as dealing a blow to Scottish nationalism, hampering al-Qaeda buying weapons and [...]