Attack from space would trigger collective defence, say US and Japan, amid China fears

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Antony Blinken says China is ‘greatest shared strategic challenge’ in the region as US backs Japan’s biggest military build-up since second world war

“It’s very simple, we heartily welcome the new strategies especially because there is … a remarkable convergence between our strategy and strategies and Japan’s,” Blinken said.

Growing alarm over Chinese military activity near Taiwan, coupled with a flurry of ballistic missile tests byover the past year, have prompted a further shift from the strictly defensive posture Japan adopted after its defeat in 1945. The countries also agreed to create a “more agile” US marine unit based on the southern island of Okinawa that would be better placed to respond to emergencies around Japan’s south-west islands, which are located near“I think this is going to contribute in a major way in our effort to help defend Japan and also promote a free and open Indo-Pacific,” Austin said, adding that the unit, formed out of a reorganised existing regiment on Okinawa, would be in place by 2025.

 

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here comes that fake alien invasion with fake ships and real missiles, old plan for the sheeple to have fear over

So, are now we seeing the beginnings of a space arms race and a dangerous escalation in war rhetoric. Are we soon to see deployed flotillas of space fighters and armed space stations and bases? God help us all!

Ironic since Japan invaded most of Asia and the US who used the nuclear bomb against Japan and invaded most countries.

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