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Nuclear powered aircraft carrier to be stationed in Japan

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Quote by griffonConsidering the US Navy has been operating Nuclear Powered Carriers, Cruisers, and Submarines for at least 40 years with no problems suggests that it is reasonable for one to beleive it is perfectly safe to have them parked offshore.

Actually, that is almost true. United States Navy lost two nuclear powered submarines. One submarine was U.S.S. Thresher and the other was U.S.S. Scorpion during the Cold War period. The probable reason given was equipment failure on the submarine. There was a time when U.S. Navy tried to save money by cutting back on maintaining nuclear submarine but the result speak for itself when the subs were lost while out in patrol.

I am familar with both cases, despite the fact that these two submarines were lost; as you pointed out, their destruction had nothing to do with the nuclear powerplants they carried.

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Quote by Shkira Yes, the majority of the world would love peace, but that's still not all. For a nation that isn't allowed their own military, the US is helping to defend them against whatever. As allies we are strengthening them.

Also, the position of Japan to a world threat (RIGHT ACROSS Korea) makes it a crucial place to have forces as a deterent, or just to have readily available if they should start something.

It's the same with all militaries across the world. If you're not fighting a war or plotting one, then you're there to be prepared for one. Why be caught off guard? No one will be.

You forget that once the US starts a war with Korea, the countries that host its nearby military bases (Japan foremost) will be drawn in as well. Considering the tension building up between US and NoKor, war between them will lay to waste and pointlessness the decades spent in the effort to strengthen Korea-Japan relations (remember the 2004 World Cup?).

I believe the bigger issue here is not about the subs being nuclear powered, but about a government that's encroaching on another's territory without taking into account threats and strains that it will cause on the host's international relations.

Quote by mughiI would also like to add that Japan is not occupied like the way old Soviet Union did during the cold war. Japan can tell United States to leave if they really want us out. How many people remember that we left Phillipine because that government no longer wanted us?

I vehemently disagree.

One, 1991 is the year the lease on Clark Air Base was supposed to expire. Months before the deadline, the American government was forcing the Philippine government to grant them another 10-year lease in exchange for faulty planes that'll probably get junked 14 years later (if they didn't crash first). A good majority of the Senate and Congress opposed themove for lease extension. The Philippine government never opened for negotiations.

Two, Mount Pinatubo, situated within a hundred miles of Clark Air Base, erupted in an explosion so large that volcanic ash reached Europe and cooled global temperatures by a degree. Clark AirBase was rendered nigh useless. The Americans didn't leave, they evacuated.

Quote by RevueYou forget that once the US starts a war with Korea, the countries that host its nearby military bases (Japan foremost) will be drawn in as well.

What makes you think the US is going to start a war with North Korea? We're pulling out troops from South Korea and are going to close some bases. We may control the bases in Japan, but the US would need permission from the Japanese government to use their airspace and coastal waters.

Quote by RevueConsidering the tension building up between US and NoKor, war between them will lay to waste and pointlessness the decades spent in the effort to strengthen Korea-Japan relations (remember the 2004 World Cup?).

Jap/Nokor relations were damaged by Kim Jong Il's admitting that they kidnapped Japanese citizens to be used by their spy agencies. Also, Koreans in general don't like Japanese.

Quote by RevueI believe the bigger issue here is not about the subs being nuclear powered, but about a government that's encroaching on another's territory without taking into account threats and strains that it will cause on the host's international relations.

The issue is about the carrier (not subs) being nuclear powered replacing a conventional powered carrier. Some locals are protesting because they don't like nuclear power and want another conventional powered carrier instead. What does this have to do with international relations?

Concerning stationing an American nuclear powered aircraft carrier (Nimitz class series). Okay, so the U.S. Navy will be replacing an aging aircraft makes sense both maintenance wise and political wise. Nuclear powered ships requires less down time than the conventional powered ships (oil, diesel or other forms of energy). Also, the U. S. Navy is not going home anytime soon.

Then there is the the rise of China's military power (People's Republic of China-Communist). There has been reports of the Chinese sending jets flying near or at the lands of Japan. Could they be testing the response times of the Japanese and the Americans military ? Go figure ? At last that I have heard, the Chinese have sent over 140 sortes (Fly overs) since the beginning of the year (2006)

One cannot ignore that the Chinese has been in the process of updating their military forces. Hell, when a nation is "flushed" w/ excess $$$$$$ ( Yuan, their currency ! ), naturally, the politicians will want to spend $$$$$ on the military. I admit, the Japanese people probably wished the American military would go away into oblivion. That's not going to happen unless the flying pigs come in for a landing. Not only that, there is the economic factor, the American military brings in some additional money to their economy (Japan)

Common sense tells U that the Japanese people would rather have the Americans over the Chinese and the Russians occupying the land of the Rising Sun. If my history is correct, the Japanese has never been the best of friends w/ the Chinese, the North Koreans and the Russians for the last 100 plus years. They may feign friendship w/ one another, but it's only out of convience of that nation over the other.

Then, there is the issue of North Korea. Now that they have a bomb ( bombs ) in their posession, that changes them from a "watcher" to a "player in the Nuclear Club". This would make the Japanese govt. alittle nervous on what the North Koreans may do. I would be a more nervous about the leader of N. Korea
( Kim Yong II ) than of the Chinese.

The U.S. is just doing what any nation of power would do: "Letting the other nations of power know that the U.S. military is here to stay and that we will not run with our tail between our legs back to America. That we have job, we will get the job done."

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