Posted by Matt in June 12th, 2008 |
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U.S. naval strategists followed these developments closely. They were far slower, however, to recognize that the really serious 21st century submarine threat was going to come from a technology they had abandoned decades earlier as obsolete.
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Posted by Matt in May 1st, 2008 |
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China,
Beaches,
China,
Expatriates,
Hainan,
Hainen Island,
Hotels,
International Relations,
Miss World,
New Hawaii,
Sanya,
Southern Tip,
Strategists,
Tropical Island
China bills the tropical island of Hainan as a new Hawaii. Its sparkling beaches are lined by hotels patronised by western expatriates, Russian package tours and China’s new middle classes.
Sanya, the town on its southern tip, is best known for hosting Miss World in recent years. But right next door, China’s forward-looking naval strategists are [...]
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Posted by Matt in April 30th, 2008 |
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Koreas,
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Enemies,
Face Saving,
Ferocity,
George W Bush,
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Intention,
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North-Korea,
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Nuclear Weapons Program,
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pyongyang,
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Vice President Richard Cheney
The ferocity with which Israel responded to the threat posed by a nuclear weapons program in the hands of one of its worst enemies contrasts with the reluctance of the U.S. to attack North Korea’s nuclear facilities over years of off-again, on-again efforts to get the North to abandon the program.
Although the U.S. has repeatedly [...]
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