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North Korea warns US to not shoot down their Satellite

by Phantom Ace ( 6 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Nuclear Weapons at March 8th, 2009 - 7:56 pm

The North Koreans are warning the Obama administration against shooting down their Missile that they might test.

N. Korea warns intercepting ‘satellite’ will prompt counterstrike

PYONGYANG/BEIJING, March 9 (AP) – (Kyodo)—North Korea warned Monday that any move to intercept what it calls a satellite launch and what other countries suspect may be a missile test-firing would result in a counterstrike against the countries trying to stop it.

“We will retaliate (over) any act of intercepting our satellite for peaceful purposes with prompt counterstrikes by the most powerful military means,” the official Korean Central News Agency quoted a spokesman of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army as saying.

If countries such as the United States, Japan or South Korea try to intercept the launch, the North Korean military will carry out “a just retaliatory strike operation not only against all the interceptor means involved but against the strongholds” of the countries, it said.

“Shooting our satellite for peaceful purposes will precisely mean a war,” it added.

Obama better think twice about picking a fight with North Korea. It’s funny he kisses up to Iran but wants to piss off North Korea. This isn’t the change I want.

China continues Military Buildup

by Phantom Ace ( 7 Comments › )
Filed under China at March 4th, 2009 - 8:01 am

China has announced another increase in their military spending. The amount doesn’t seem as much but most agree China spends more than they admit.

China to increase defense spending by 15 per cent

China is to increase official military spending by almost 15 per cent this year as it seeks to upgrade its smart technology and improve the living standards of its soldiers.

Here’s the key paragraph in the article

He said that this year military spending would be 6.3 per cent of the total budget, and 1.4 per cent of GDP, compared to four per cent in the United States and two per cent in Britain and France.

My hope is that if China ever goes to war, it is against Islam and not us.

China’s Economy overtakes Germany

by Phantom Ace ( 8 Comments › )
Filed under China at January 14th, 2009 - 8:19 pm

China now has the 3rd biggest economy. It is becoming a very powerful nation and one to watch.

China becomes third largest economy

China overtook Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy in 2007 after the Chinese authorities revised upwards the figures for growth during that year.

China’s National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday that the economy expanded by 13 per cent in 2007, a sharp increase from the 11.9 per cent growth rate the authorities had previously stated

China is making great strides. Hopefully they’ll lash out at the Jihadists and not us. We must watch them.

China ‘using cyberwarfare to challenge US power’

by Phantom Ace ( 3 Comments › )
Filed under China at November 21st, 2008 - 11:11 am

It’s a shame we keep borrowing money from these Fascists. They are using our money to build up their military and buy our own debt. I don’t trust this regime. Although I admit I love Chinese Food and Culture. However I detest their regime. Let’s not forget, Islam isn’t the only enemy America has.

China ‘using cyberwarfare to challenge US power’

The report accuses China of using its foreign exchange reserves, built up through “heavy-handed government control” to buy influence.

In one recent example, a government sovereign wealth fund agreed to use the reserves to loan money to Costa Rica in return for its dropping diplomatic recognition of China’s rival, Taiwan.

Meanwhile, it has built up its army of cyber-spies to such an extent that it can launch attacks “anywhere in the world at any time”.

The number of attacks on US government, defence companies and businesses rose by a third in 2007, to 43,880 incidents affecting five million computers, according to the claims by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

Some were so sophisticated that they might be impossible to counteract, or even detect. Meanwhile, its space programme, targeted at what one Chinese military strategist called “America’s soft ribs”, was steadily increasing the vulnerability of US assets.

I wouldn’t mind if China goes after the Jihadists!