China's airspace intrusion a 'wake-up call' for Japan, says U.S. Republican lawmaker

Yeah, what's also a wake up call is the foreign asset at the top of the MAGA ticket.

Taiwan is unfortunately full of a lot of leftist a-holes. Taiwan needs to pay the USA whatever it costs to protect it from the communist menace, given they are populated with so many weak underbelly types with a lefty deranged hatred for Trump who remains the best President the U.S has had since Reagan.

Jay QueToday  07:30 am JST

Taiwan is unfortunately full of a lot of leftist a-holes. Taiwan needs to pay the USA whatever it costs to protect it from the communist menace, given they are populated with so many weak underbelly types with a lefty deranged hatred for Trump who remains the best President the U.S has had since Reagan.

Reagan is spinning in his grave from having a Russian agent running to be president from his party. And I assume you will be signing up to have a formal defense treaty with Taiwan regardless of the consequences?

All these opinions aside, it definitely is wake up call and should be taken very very seriously. Look at how they treat these other Asian countries in their own waters. We give them and inch and they will take a mile.

Not your business, stay away from world's affairs..

Warmongering US lawmaker mongers war

This is one of the most complex and significant problems facing Japan, USA and China. All three countries have extremely good positions in the world economy. But the future will depend on technology. China caught up with the U.S., passing Japan, in scientific output. I think the US and Japan are right to slam the breaks on Chinese chip access and manufacturing. The future of warfare is drones, computers, AI and other technology that we can’t even imagine yet.

When a maga republican says to do something, do the exact opposite.

a lefty deranged hatred for Trump who remains the best President the U.S has had since Reagan.

Satire?

Well, Japan is paying daddy US for protection. So it is kind of the US 'wake-up call' too.

GOP better get a grip on their dear leader who just grossly disrespected those buried at Arlington instead of spouting off about foreign affairs.

Be very, very careful about giving or trading any highly sensitive technology with China.

Same old story. China will be slowly suffocated by the US in the same manner as it happening now with Russia. Meanwhile all other non-nuclear nations will pay fortunes to buy tons of outdated weapons from the US in fear of being occupied by crazy dictators.

Formosa is China.

solution is easy.

one country - two systems

as same as Macau or HK.it works well.

Macau or HK.it works well.

Yeah we saw how that worked: constant bullying and threats - then takeover - anybody resisting or protesting thrown in jail. Taiwan is not China. At least not yet, as long as the Taiwanese have a choice.

"The question is what's the best way to deter future (Chinese) aggression and malign activity. We don't want to feed into a military complex that can be used against us," he said.

Well, Rep Moolenaar, if you really believe that, you might want to talk to your former Repub President and current candidate that has huge, million-dollar, long-term contracts with Chinese sweatshop factories that turn out his Trump Collection clothing items and $600 gold high-tops...

And you may want to look into the 18 Chinese trademarks given to his daughter when she was in his administration in 2018.

He did say it "was great" that Xi declared himself President for life...

Any of that concern you?

"The question is what's the best way to deter future (Chinese) aggression and malign activity. 

You would not like my answer. As my military prowess roots are not for an eye for an eye. But I will take your vision before you take mine.

To take a quote out of Chinas greatest General.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

-Sun Tzu

The only way to back of China off at this point. Is to hit them where it hurts tactically and economically.

Hopefully, Taiwan will do that first for Japan.

WasabiToday  08:44 am JST

Well, Japan is paying daddy US for protection. So it is kind of the US 'wake-up call' too.

Incorrect. Intrusions by foereign aircraft and vessels into Japanese territoroal waters and airspace id entirely under the jurisdiction of the JSDF.

Only when Article 5 of ghe US-JPN Mutual Defense Treaty is invoked do USFJ become involved.

China has already given the U.S. a wake up call off Alaska.

Nobody needs a wakeup call, China is a paper tiger and they are just trying to bully people to get them to forget it. Half their weapons won't even fire and the other half will be fired incorrectly by incompetent underpaid officers who only exist to graft from the state and bully civilians. If they try to take Taiwan every ship they own will be sunk by a 5000 dollar drone in about 3 days.

By deliberately ignoring Japan's provocation and incursion of China's Zhejiang territorial waters last month and exaggerating the Chinese aggression is a typical case of propaganda and double standard. This can be a real wake-up call that wakes up many brainwashed people and makes them understand the shamelessness of the media and politicians.

Next time, pass them full afterburner and give them a Mach 2 sonic thump and jet wash.

The ASDF should've scrambled a couple of F-2's to intercept and escort out of J airspace. They needed to show China that Japan is ready and able to defend itself at a moments notice.

China did this to test Japan's response. They have their answer.

Latest in a long string of examples of China's military going rogue just before a Western diplomat or government official visits - this time Jake Sullivan...

It's clear Xi has lost control of his military and they do what they want...

Dangerous times in Asia...

The ASDF should've scrambled a couple of F-2's to intercept and escort out of J airspace. They needed to show China that Japan is ready and able to defend itself at a moments notice.

2 F-15s which are faster more heavily armed, and more suitable for air combat, intercepted and escorted the intruder.

Every plane that violates Japanese airspace without permission should be forced down, the crews held, interrogated, the aircraft taken apart for all information that can be gained. After 5 days, allow the diplomats to speak with the crew who violated their internationally recognized airspace, then wait for the offending country to write a formal "letter of 2 sorries" to be formally delivered asking for their people back, promising never to do similar again.

The origin of the aircraft and crew don't matter. We learned this was accepted from the Chinese in 2001. Only fair.

Same for boats and sea vessels that enter Japanese internationally recognized waters without permission. Seize the boat. Capture the crew. Take the boat apart, learn what you can. Then wait for the offending country to write a formal "letter of 2 sorries" to be formally delivered asking for their people back, promising never to do similar again.

Leftists do their best to cover for the communist menace with poo pooing. Ignore the menace at your peril.

So now the War Mongers Republican Lawmakers are the defenders of Japan !??

Many of these guys with itchy fingers on the triggers are waiting and hopping for a war with China so they can sell their killing machines, it's all about $$$$$ people.

In the 1980s the Soviets would routinely violate Japanese airspace with TU-95 (NATO code name Bear) bombers. The violations were mostly off Hokkaido and occasionally down Japan's west coast. That lasted until a JASDF F-15 fired a burst from its gatling across the nose of a Soviet bomber by way of a warning shot. I remember the incident because those of us on active duty in the US military were so surprised to see Japanese finally put their foot down. It was one of those "well about darn time" moments.

Next time, pass them full afterburner and give them a Mach 2 sonic thump and jet wash.

JASDF pilots are trained and skilled professionals, not cowboys like the Chinese and Russian fighter pilots. They made their point.

Our own pilots had pretty strict rules about how to conduct intercepts of Soviet bombers approaching our carrier strike groups. One on each wing tip and one behind and low. The Soviets were also put on notice that if the bomb bay opened that aircraft behind them would immediately shoot them down. But cowboys weren't allowed and would lose their wings. Cowboys bring shame to your organization and can cause an unnecessary international incident.

Same old story. China will be slowly suffocated by the US in the same manner as it happening now with Russia. Meanwhile all other non-nuclear nations will pay fortunes to buy tons of outdated weapons from the US in fear of being occupied by crazy dictators.

Most of the equipment in the armies, navies and air forces of the NATO allies and Japan are domestically produced. The US does not build Tornado, Jaguar, Gripen or Typhoon fighter aircraft, nor does the US product the Japanese F2. The USAF and US Navy use European designed aircraft for pilot training. Most NATO nations use German made tanks. The French, British and Italians all have their own locally designed armor. Japan has always produced their own unique tanks locally. Nearly all these nations build their own warships using their own locally designed weapons but very often buy deck guns from Oto Breda of Italy or Bofors of Sweden. US weapons were not that prevalent in NATO or in the JSDF.

In fact, an effort by some members of the US House of Representatives to force the US military to use exclusively US designed and manufactured components is opposed by the US Navy because they source a lot of shipboard systems from NATO allies and don't have any ready to go alternative systems to replace them.

Next time, pass them full afterburner and give them a Mach 2 sonic thump and jet wash.

JASDF pilots are trained and skilled professionals, not cowboys like the Chinese and Russian fighter pilots. They made their point.

I know it goes against a million protocols and standard procedures… it’s just an entertaining thought if they used the Colombian Air Force technique of literally pounding cartel planes into the ground with sonic booms.

What comedy.

Two minutes flight time on the very edge of Japan airspace around some islands far from the mainland.

@DT Right, the USA military method is to drop bombs and rain missiles on brown skinned people. No cowboy BS in that.

To me it is clear that is all a "Made up" story by Washington, the usual anti China rhetoric that only a naive ally and servant like Japan's present government would believe.

Even the Cabinet ministry changed their version few days after.

China is an Asian country and has the same right to exist and maneuver in the Indo-Pacific region, as United States would do in the Gulf of Mexico, and the includes Taiwan strait. Which does not mean threat of invasion like the US Department and the various John Wayne on this chat wants us to believe.

We don't need Nato or more more weapons brought to the continent, same as US corporations are doing to finance the Gaza genocide. Plain and simple.

Let that be peace and less greed.

deanzaZZRToday 01:16 pm JST

@DT Right, the USA military method is to drop bombs and rain missiles on brown skinned people. No cowboy BS in that.

He says while defending the right to block ships in international waters.

America will waste Japan, just as it has waste many countries including Ukraine. The Chinese are rattling their weapons not in front of Japan, but in front of the USA. and Japan will be a bargaining chip for the aluminum yen.

nikToday 09:33 pm JST

America will waste Japan, just as it has waste many countries including Ukraine. The Chinese are rattling their weapons not in front of Japan, but in front of the USA. and Japan will be a bargaining chip for the aluminum yen.

If it is America "wasting" countries, why is China rattling weapons?

I know it goes against a million protocols and standard procedures… it’s just an entertaining thought if they used the Colombian Air Force technique of literally pounding cartel planes into the ground with sonic booms.

A drug cartel is not a nuclear armed world power. Doing what you propose inevitably escalates into a military clash with uncertain outcomes.

The US negotiated the INCSEA, INCidentS at SEA treaty with the Soviets because Soviet naval forces were doing things in the 1960s around US and other NATO power ships that threatened loss of life and possible military confrontation. The Soviets would sail in front of aircraft carriers during flight ops forcing the carrier to immediately stop flight ops and change course to avoid a collision. Aircraft in the landing pattern saw their hold extended and some came very close to running out of fuel before they could land.

Their "trawlers" would go off dozens of miles from a US carrier and emit a fake TACAN signal that was just like the real signal from the carrier. TACAN is a UHF navigation aid used to determine an airplane's location relative to a ship or land based airfield. The "Meaconing" by the Soviets was an attempt to draw aircraft off in the wrong direction into empty ocean and run them out of fuel.

After INCSEA was signed and ratified things calmed down a lot. The rules became clear and both sides behaved professionally in the presence of each other.

Every plane that violates Japanese airspace without permission should be forced down, the crews held, interrogated, the aircraft taken apart for all information that can be gained. 

Do you think before you type? How do you propose to "force down" a big four engine patrol plane and hold their crew? Are you going to ram it like that Chinese fighter that clipped the US Navy EP-3 back during the administration of Shrub? What if the patrol plan simply refuses to land?

Your comment was a lot of bravado without much tactical thinking behind it.