标题: More Military Drills to come, Invloving US [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 12-2-2010 11:59 标题: More Military Drills to come, Invloving US 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
, which is translated from
Steve Herman, US Continues Military Flexing in Asia. VOA, Dec. 2, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/US-Continues-Military-Flexing-in-Asia-111182039.html
My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest, for there is nothing new elsewhere.
(b) 利剑 Keen Sword
Tara A. Williamson, Keen Sword exercise sharpens US-Japan alliance. US Air Force, Dec. 2, 2010.
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123233042
("Keen Sword is not designed to respond to, or mirror, any actual world events, nor is it directed at any nation. This training between Japan and the U.S. has been a routine, recurring event for many years, Major Vause said")
(Elsewhere Major William Vause bills the drill, lasting from Dec. 3 to 10, as the largest ever between US and Japan.)
(c) I beg to differ. The timing of the drill is right after APEC, as Japan heralded two months ago for a joint drill simulated to take back Senkaku Islands.
My suspicion is confirmed by
童倩, 日美军事演习在即韩国或加入观察. BBC Chinese, Dec. 2, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2010/12/101202_japan_us_koreas.shtml
---------------------Separately
罗尔斯罗伊斯引擎存在“制造缺欠.” BBC Chinese, Dec. 2, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2010/12/101202_a380_manufacturing_fault.shtml