http://rt.com/news/japan-china-islands-demonstration-751/ is this a kamikaze fist salute by them ? because thats what will happen if these engines, gets roaring down that runway of no return do they see china buildup with there military different then we do as more passive, as a agenda to another war with japan?
and lets add turn up the heat a notch, to the RICE pressure cooker here, in the south china sea. http://shanghaiist.com/2012/09/22/south_korea_fires_on_north_korean_s.php
China is untouchable from a military point of view today. The best that Japan can do is wave their sabers around and yell loudly.
but things could change back to the old days when japan ruled over most parts of asia, theres a right wing part of japan and its gaining strength, yes they wont attack china by land like in ww#2 that would be suicide, but a air and naval war would be a win for japan and help there people get some national pride back and the islands have oil they need. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-09/15/content_15759943.htm
you never have to read more than 2 lines of an article where there is war and conflict and for sure you will see US written somewhere!
Japan cannot match China in naval warfare today. Japan has become to reliant on the US and are no longer the power they were before. Without US intervention, Japan's naval ships, not even a fleet, would be slaughtered in their harbors.
Someone posted on another thread the military capabilities of both nations, and there was no way the Chinese could go against the Japanese. Surprisingly Japan was way stronger. Anyway this is causing a major problem. For one, the Japanese have never apologized or even acknowledged the attrocities they committed in WWII which was way worse than anything the Nazis did, or even the Turks, (another people who have never acknowledged or apologized for their own transgressions). Also China needs oil, and so does Japan, especially now that it's eliminating it's nuclear power plants. China has become very aggressive towards that end, and so the countries in the vicinity, being fearful of negotiating on a one to one basis over the territorial waters, want the U.S. forces to stay as a show of strength. The islands were sold by Japan to China before WWII, so we never really had the right to negotiate them with Japan. They did belong to China, but then again which China? So the question becomes, do they belong to Taiway, China or Japan?
now another 100 ships flotilla is heading there? http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/09/25/2003543597 your going to be the target from japan, it might not be water there going to be spraying at you..
