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Japan, U.S., S. Korea top military officers to meet in Hawaii

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A meeting of China, Japan, Korea would be much better for the welfare of the region and to ward off interventionist pirates who only seek chaos, wars, business and selfish profit at the expense of other countries..

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I hope they can obtain the Aloha Spirit while they are meeting in Hawai'i.

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I agree with TokyoLiving, for much fruitful to come out of this other states would need to be involved. Especially China, but they could include other major regional powers.

SK and Japan will just follow whatever is outlined to them by the US. Not much of a reason to even meet over it.

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I agree with TokyoLiving, for much fruitful to come out of this other states would need to be involved. Especially China, but they could include other major regional powers.

Sigh, you don't invite your enemy to a meeting the purpose of which is to discuss how the three nations will deal with potential military threats from that nation or it's ally DPRK.

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I agree with Desert Tortoise, You cant invite the enemy to a strategic meeting that is aimed at dealing with amongst other things, their belligerence and territorial expansion desires. Once they are on the same page for the future, then perhaps have a regional meeting on keeping laws based, freedom of access and put forth common goals. IE, nuclear free Korean peninsula.

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TokyoLiving

A meeting of China, Japan, Korea would be much better for the welfare of the region...

No. The meeting is for a solution to the problem they face. You do not want to invite the problem.

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US announced a military downsize due to budget issues.

The total active duty troop strength will fall below 1 million due to US Army downsizing.

33 F-22 fighters are set for retirement next year.

This is a dangerous time for both Japan and Korea, as bankrupt Japan can't afford to spend on defense, while militarist liberals who sought to build Korean military as 4th strongest in the world(After US, China, and Russia) by 2027 lost presidential election in Korea and conservative Yoon seeks to free-load security to provide a tax cut for the wealthy.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-28/u-s-army-proposes-to-cut-its-troop-numbers-below-one-million

U.S. Army Proposes to Cut Its Troop Numbers Below 1 Million

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The reduction in F-22s is not as important as you think as its replacement is already flying. The 33 to be removed from service are older training aircraft that lack many of the updates installed in front line units. Some had been damaged in the big hurricane that tore through their base at Tyndall and never repaired. The cost per flight hour of an F-22 is as high as that of a B-52 so keeping such an expensive to operate aircraft in the inventory when it doesn't have the capability to be used as a front line fighter doesn't make sense. The money is better used to accelerate production of the B-21 and the F-22s replacement, called NGAD for Next Generation Air Dominance. It's flying and close to a production decision. The first B-21 is being tested now and five more are on the production line.

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I forgot to mention the cost of upgrading those 33 older F-22s is so expensive it isn't worth doing. Spend the money instead on its successor. Hard to imagine but the F-22 has been in service for two decades.

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The total active duty troop strength will fall below 1 million due to US Army downsizing.

The Army is not able to recruit enough qualified candidates to maintain their desired end strength. it is not a budget problem but a recruiting problem.

https://www.defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/03/28/biden-budget-would-mean-smallest-army-since-wwii/

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