It's funny coz it used to be Japan leading and China catching up. Now the tables have turned. That's how you def know Japan is past it's prime.
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8500m ceiling. 250km range is short yes. Jericho is an overkill for the task; Popeye Turbo is more appropriate. W54 was only 12kg, packed into the M388 recoilless gun round was just 34kg. Israel has done drone attacks deep inside Iran in the past (not the quad copters).
Japan tried doing that in the 1990s. Their construction companies had basically tapped out the Japanese market so they tried to expand to other countries in Southeast Asia. But then their economy imploded and they had to double the value of the Yen due to pressure from the US. Maybe with the devaluation of the Yen this is more possible.
Interesting arguments made by Milley.
W54 is a wholly outdated weapon, and its not like the Israelis must have it anyway. 1kT or 200kT nuclear warhead. Jericho or Popeye Turbo. F-35 or F-16. Whatever. Why must you insist on this theory that the Israelis must have attacked Iran with a nuke? There is no evidence about this other than just speculation from a Brazilian Journalist who has a history of hyperbolic statements.
what did Japanese successfully is to transfer technology and factories outside Japan and this thing need construction management. if they didnot have this ability there decline would be much harder.
This is for buildings to have life span of 200 years.
This is the stupidies opinion I've heard in my entire life. Buying gold is not "sustainable", when it served exactly this same purpose for thousands of years. Not talking about trade, but for a store of value.
Precisely because it has a limited quantity, it is a way better alternative than the US dollar and USTs, you can't create it out of oblivion to devalue and debase it like those, it doesn't introduce volatility, sanctions potential, etc.
It has limited quantity, that's why the price will just have to readjust when it rises as the new excess reserves neutral settlement asset and finally become the dominant one.
You don't need to increase quantity, the price of gold will adjust accordingly to make up for that defect, this is basic logic and economics.
And no, not only is China buying it, but all the other countries are buying it, physical gold is a Tier 1 asset, that now broke the control of the US empire through the SGE and can finally rise.
You simply need gold, to store the value of your reserves, when you de-dollarize your trade (trade in local or regional currencies) and hold excess currency of trading partners that you can't use for other things (for trade in other direction, FDI there, don't want to buy their bonds, etc).
So, how is this "speculative", when the countries that are doing de-dollarization simply need to have it? This is real economic monetary utility.
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What Japan did in the 1990s was more of a business transaction than anything like the BRI. It was about Malaysia engaging Japan to build its first skyscraper. Or Singapore engaging Japan to build its first Metro system. There was no grand overarching plan of interconnectivity between the projects Japan had built around 3rd world nations. While there is no doubt that Japan had helped to modernize nations like Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The scale is nothing like the BRI. Japan didn't do too much in the rest of SEA and Africa in the 1990s. And once nations like Malaysia had lost its appeal for contract manufacturing, Japan moved on to other nations, leaving Malaysia on its own.
Japan today is actually quietly leeching off China's BRI program. It is precisely because of BRI, that Japan can find new momentum in finding projects around the 3rd world. For example, in Laos, Chinese construction projects are going up everywhere. From hospitals to railway, and other infrastructure. Still, Japan got the Vientiane airport terminal upgrade project. So Japan have much to thank the Chinese actually for opening the doors of opportunities. The US will never do such things for Japan. Japan is fortunate that China is nothing like the West or India. Otherwise there will be restrictions and sabotage on Japanese projects where BRI is present.
But it fits into a gun round.
Why do you assume I insist? I'm merely just posting what's presented in the media.
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Mainstream Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) breaks away from the Western narrative and media manipulation to question an Israeli spokesman with the most difficult of questions (with no reasonable answers)
Interviewer asks for proof of:
• Hamas casualties
• Hamas command center under Shifa Hospital
• Hamas operatives in UNWRA
• Hamas beheading babies
Guest answers: Hamas genocide killed 1200, and beheaded babies; UN is unreliable.
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