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Piggy was a clown but in that regard was probably right, MacArthur lost his job in Korean War for expressing the same thought nowa day, to many nuclear war heads around the traps so isn't a likely option

Be a good idea if Australia purchased the Japanese submarine and donated its Collins Class Subs to the Philippines, scrapped it grand american plan to turn Aussie troops into usa like marine cannon fodder, build more fast ocean going catamarans decked out with missiles, purchased swedish or danish fast inshore two man warships and gave all aussies a light machine gun

The jihadist group bringing terror to Iraq overran a Saddam Hussein chemical weapons complex on Thursday, gaining access to disused stores of hundreds of tonnes of potentially deadly poisons including mustard gas and sarin.
Isis invaded the al-Muthanna mega-facility 60 miles north of Baghdad in a rapid takeover that the US government said was a matter of concern.

“It is doubtful that Isis have the expertise to use a fully functioning chemical munition but there are materials on site that could be used in an improvised explosive device,

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The Sub That Took Russia 20 Years To Build Is Finally Ready

The K-329 Severodvinsk is the first of Russia’s Yasen-class nuclear attack submarines, successor to the older Akula-class and designed to counter America’s nuclear-powered Seawolf and Virginia class submarines. Construction on the K-329 began way back in 1993 but due to...

Luckily, the US already has 21 Virginia-class submarines actively serving, and another seven in the development pipeline. So while a Yasen-class sub could conceivably go toe-to-toe with a Virginia-class sub, the Russian Navy is still severely outgunned.

Fark bro dunno if you've read about my parcel thing last week Man, I had a battle, and i can concer with what you are sayin




ps, would've got to me sooner going via vietnam jmo

correct but that's only part of what china is claiming, its claiming the whole south china sea right down as far south as Brunei, 1,385 miles from Darwin.
Vietnam and China have fought a number of times, the war in 1974 included Vietnam taking out China's much loved and supported friend Pal Pot, think you'll find it wasn't just a war over the Parcel Island group

The Cham: Descendants of Ancient Rulers of South China Sea Watch Maritime Dispute From Sidelines
The ancestors of Vietnam's Cham people built one of the great empires of Southeast Asia.



Vietnam was taken aback in early May when China parked an oil rig on its doorstep. The behemoth, which cost $1 billion, lies 17 nautical miles (32 km) from the Paracel islands, which China seized from the American-backed South Vietnamese regime in 1974, and about 150 nautical miles from the Vietnamese coast.



China says Vietnam claims to disputed islets are "ridiculous"

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, rejecting rival claims to parts of it from Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei in one of Asia's most intractable disputes and a possible flashpoint.



Sobering Thoughts: Remembering the Last South China Sea Struggle

China over the islands was in no one’s best interests. The telegram is dated January 19, 1974.

Back then, the hostilities escalated into the Battle of the Paracel Islands, in which the Chinese navy defeated the navy of the Republic of Vietnam (a.k.a. South Vietnam) in a daylong fight. Although the U.S. had been South Vietnam’s main ally in its civil war against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the north, by 1974, it had removed most of its military and financial assistance and was pursuing diplomatic relations with China. Thus, the U.S. Seventh Fleet denied the South Vietnamese navy’s call for assistance in the South China Sea as it struggled against Chinese warships. The islands and the waters around them have remained contested, with Vietnam and China each pointing to different maps to make their respective claims. Forty years after the Battle of the Paracels, the threat of war is once again brewing in the South China Sea.

so i stand corrected
pal pot bit was probably 1979 war

Vietnam’s case for sovereignty in the East Sea? An abundance of history
VietNamNet Bridge - From more than five centuries ago, Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) islands were acknowledged by Western cartographers and navigators as the territories of Vietnam.
Ancient world maps recognized Hoang Sa and Truong Sa as belonging to Vietnam

Regional War Looms? Jordan Deploys Massive Force on Iraqi Border

A senior Jordanian captain told the paper the army is at maximum preparedness so as to be able to get involved at a moment's notice.

Jordan has good reason to worry; ISIS Islamists have publicly called for Jordanian King Abdullah's execution, declaring him a traitor to Islam who has joined forces with the West.



Saudi Arabia's armed forces on high alert as ISIS approaches
Saudi reconnaissance planes have found ISIS terrorists heading for the Saudi border, aiming to seize control of the Iraqi-Saudi border crossing at Ar Ar



MALAYSIA PRIME MINISTER'S PEP TALK TO PARTY: BE 'BRAVE' LIKE ISIS TERRORISTS

The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, is under fire for calling for members of his United Malays National Organization (UMNO) Party to follow the example of radical Islamist terrorists the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), complimenting the terrorists' "bravery."



In Syria they captured oil fields, heavy weapons, banks with cash and are even involved in trade. In Iraq, they routed a well-equipped army of 30,000 troops in Mosul with only 800 men. A huge cache of arms and munitions, plus cash from the city's central bank saw the swift fall of Tikrit next and the capture of several other northern towns, roads and key installations - Anbar province being the most recent.

However, ISIL is not only a threat for Iraq. It poses a threat to the entire region. Its ultimate objective is the establishment of an Islamic caliphate which can only be achieved by capturing the holy cities of Mecca and Medina along with Quds in Palestine. As the group expands westwards, ISIL fighters have started tweeting their proximity to the borders of both Saudi Arabia and Jordan. One account tweeted "Only 100kms away from Saudi Arabia. All that lies between us is the desert".



Abdullah ordered all necessary measures to protect Saudi Arabia against potential "terrorist threats" after chairing a security meeting to discuss the fallout from Iraq, the state news agency SPA said yesterday.

The kingdom shares an 800km border with Iraq, where the militant Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and other Sunni Muslim groups have seized towns and cities in a lightning advance this month.



ISIS Cutting Off Baghdad in Strategic Victories

Reports indicate ISIS within six miles of Baghdad; captured two cities linking to Shi'ite south, town to east and air base to north.
A Kurdish official on Tuesday stated that two towns on a crucial supply route linking Baghdad with the Shi'ite majority south of the country have been captured by the Sunni ISIS, reports the news site Breitbart, referencing unconfirmed reports.