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World War 3: Japan joins NATO? Proof NATO is a paranoid-schizoid!

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03 February 2023 (02:16-UTC-07 Tango 06) 14 Bahman 1401/12 Rajab 1444/13 Jia-Yin 4721/03 февраля 2023 года

Japan is not an official member of NATO, but has become NATO’s most important official ‘partner’: “No NATO partner is closer or more capable than Japan.”-Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, 31JAN2023

NATO says its close relationship with Japan is not only about Russia, but is also about the People’s Republic of China, and creating a New World Order dominated by NATO: “The Secretary General and Prime Minister Kishida discussed growing challenges, ranging  from China’s coercive behaviour to military provocations by North Korea. They agreed that Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine is not just a European crisis, but a challenge to the international order.”-NATO press release, 31JAN2023

Kawasaki C-2 on Iruma Air Base, photo via NATO, 31JAN2023.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s first stop in Japan was on Iruma Air Base, where he learned that Japan has been making ‘aid’ deliveries to Ukraine with its latest cargo plane, the Kawasaki  C-2:

(World War 3 Vehicle I-D: Kawasaki C-2)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gets an inside look at the Kawasaki C-2, 31JAN2023.

NATO video, 31JAN2023, note that the so-called international-rules-based-order is code for NATO World Order, Stoltenberg also gave a classic ‘domino effect’ justification for NATO’s global expansion saying what is happening in Europe could happen in the Pacific, NATO also supports Japan’s return to being an imperial military power:

On 01JAN2023, NATO issued a statement saying “As we face a new era of strategic competition, with Russia and China deepening their partnership and challenging global stability, NATO is strengthening its ties with partner countries around the globe that share our values, and stand with us to preserve the rules-based international order.
Global challenges demand global solutions, so NATO is stepping up cooperation with our partners Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand, to tackle cross-regional challenges and shared security interests. Together, we are helping to support Ukraine’s right to self-defence and we are stepping up our cooperation in various other areas, including cyber defences, new technologies, maritime security, joint exercises and the security impact of climate change.”

Official NATO ‘World Order’ video, 01JAN2023:

NATO used to stand for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but since the end of the non-official Cold War NATO has not only expanded to surround Russia in Europe and in Central Asia, but in the Pacific as well.  NATO calls it the Indo-Pacific region, and justifies its empirical expansion by saying “Cooperation with partners in the Indo-Pacific region contributes to stability beyond our borders and enhances our security at home.”  Yet more proof to me that NATO is a paranoid-schizoid.

Please notice that NATO uses British/King’s English grammar/spelling in its press releases, not U.S. English, which is proof to me that NATO is a tool of the British empire (Commonwealth of Nations)!

United States Naval Institute News: U.S., South Korea Pledge to Expand Military Cooperation; NATO and Japan Deepen Ties

The Japan Times, October 2015:

Photo by Yoshiaki Miura, 15AUG2014.

Japan’s patient wait for return to World War 2 imperialist militarism is over!

World War 3, 2023: U.S./NATO TAXPAYERS FUND NEW PRISON OPS INSIDE SYRIA!

World War 3, 2022: JAPAN SIDES WITH UNITED STATES & UKRAINE, HAS NEVER MADE PEACE WITH RUSSIA!

World War 3, 2014: JAPAN LEANS TOWARDS RUSSIA?

FOR SECOND TIME JAPAN INVADES CALIFORNIA IN TRILATERAL COMMISSION WAR GAME IN PREP FOR WAR WITH CHINA!

World War 3, 2012: JAPAN CANCELS MEETINGS WITH RUSSIA, CHINA, KOREA OVER DISPUTED ISLANDS. SEEKS TO INCREASE MILITARY TIES WITH UNITED STATES!

World War 3, 2011: RUSSIA BUILDING UP MILITARY ON ISLANDS JUST NORTH OF JAPAN

RUSSIA DECLARES NO FLY ZONE NEAR JAPAN, SENDS TWO BOMBERS AROUND JAPAN

Technology

Vehicle I-D: C2 MEXAS Armor (I mean, Armour?) Afghanistan

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The C2 reportedly combines a C1 (Leopard 1A3) hull with Leopard 1A5 turret, then up-armouring with German designed Modular Expandable Armor System (MEXAS, by IBD Deisenroth Engineering, which was taken over by Rheinmetall in 2019. IBD Deisenroth ceased MEXAS production in 2006 in favor of AMAP.).

Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Lance Wade.

This is a Leo C2 sans MEXAS during a wargame called Maple Guardian, on the U.S. Army’s Fort Irwin in California, January 2010.

Apparently some C2s operate without the MEXAS, and some C1s operate with MEXAS, to confuse things more the C1 and C2 Leopards look almost identical with or without the MEXAS.

Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Simon Duchesne.

25OCT2007, Zharey, Afghanistan.

Canadian Forces photo by Master Corporal Kevin Paul. 

28JUN2007, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ma’Sum Ghar (MSG), Afghanistan.  C2 MEXAS is equipped with heat shield blankets, in an attempt to keep the crew compartments cooler.

Canadian Forces photo by Lieutenant Commander Kent Penney.

Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Craig Fiander.

C2 (Leopard Mark 1 C2) MEXAS crossing a stream somewhere in Afghanistan, during the 2nd Operation Athena (2005-2011), 09JUN2007.

Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Craig Fiander.

C2 pile-on, Panjwayi District, Afghanistan, 09JUN2007.

Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Dennis Power.

Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Dennis Power.

28DEC2006, mine plow C2 MEXAS patrolling the areas of Panjwai, Pashmul, and Zhari during Operation BAAZ TSUKA.

Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Dennis Power.

Patrolling the areas of Panjwai, Pashmul, and Zhari during Operation BAAZ TSUKA, 28DEC2006.

Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Dennis Power.

Canadian Forces photo by Captain Edward Stewart.

Leopard C2 ‘blade tank’, FOB MSG in Afghanistan, 17DEC2006.

Canada Forces photo by Master Corporal Yves Gemus.

A pride of Canadian Leopard C2 tanks on FOB MSG near the town of Bazaar-e-Panjwayi, Afghanistan, 10DEC2006.

Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Roxanne Clowe.

C2 MEXAS, Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, 06NOV2006.

Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Lou Penny.

German built, Canadian modified, Leopard C2 MEXAS tank from Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Afghanistan, 24OCT2006.

Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Lou Penny.

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Mitch Gettle.

Canadian C2 MEXAS being loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 on Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, for deployment to Afghanistan, 07OCT2006.

Canadian Forces photo by Corporal David Cribb.

The beginning of the end for the Leo Mark-1 C2 MEXAS as ‘loaned’ German 2A6 Leos, newly modified to Canada’s ‘M’ standard, began arriving in 2008.  Canadian Forces were in the middle of their 2nd Operation Athena deployment (2005-2011) to Afghanistan.  It should be noted that the ‘loaned’ German 2A6s were ‘at no cost’, and were eventually returned to Germany with their M upgrades (some reports say Canada kept the German 2A6Ms and returned to Germany 2A6s purchased second-hand from Netherlands).

After only a couple of years of operations in Afghanistan, the C2 was deemed to be not only inadequate in dealing with the type of low-intensity ambush style of warfare, but also hot/dry climates.  In 2007, Canadian Forces decided to replace their C2 MEXAS with Leopard 2A4 and 2A6 modified to M standards (‘M’ primarily for ‘mine resistant’, but many other modifications were made, Canadian Army does not use the CAN designation as seen on model kits or non-Canadian sources of information, it’s simply 2A4M or 2A6M).

Canadian Forces photo by Corporal James Nightingale.

Leo 2A6M, Zharey District, Afghanistan, November 2008.  The SAAB designed camo netting is primarily a thermal blanket, and the Leo 2A6M has air conditioning (not initially, but reports say that finally air conditioners were installed).

Canada also purchased second hand Leo 2A4s and 2A6s from Netherlands and Switzerland, to be modified to M standards or converted to recovery vehicles.

Vehicle I-D: IRAQI GREYHOUND السلوقي العراقي

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M777: PROOF THE UNITED STATES IS THE TOOL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE! (It’s also used by Canada)

Kit Bashing, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Kawasaki C-2, got model kit?

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U.S. Air Force photo by Captain Katie Mueller, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, 13FEB2021.

Kawasaki C-2 makes a humanitarian drop on Angaur, Palau. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Ryan Brooks, 10FEB2021.

The Kawasaki C-2 was designed to replace the older and intentionally limited (by Constitutional law, which has since been amended) C-1. 

It was also designed to exceed the abilities of the C-130J Super Hercules, which the Japanese Self Defense Forces determined to be too limited for what they had in mind.

C-2 over Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 14FEB2020. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Curt Beach.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Melanie A. Hutto, Misawa Air Base, Japan, September 2019.

2019 Paris Air show video walk-around:

Kawasaki C-2,  Iruma Air Base, Japan, 10JUL2019.

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Loadmaster gets to ride a C-2.

The C-2 can be equipped with an automated loading system.

The spacious loadmaster station (compared to C-130J).

USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe, 17SEP2018.

Size comparison to four engined Boeing C-17, Yokota Air Base, Japan, September 2018. USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe, 17SEP2018.

USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe, 17SEP2018.

EC-2 version.

Video, C-2 ELINT (EC-2) ,  Gifu Air Base, Japan, 2018:

General Electric CF6-80C2K1F turbofans are used.

XC-2 prototype, first flight 2010.  Design project began in 2001.

Video, C-1 vs XC-2:

 

Video, XC-2 first flight:

Aoshima makes a 1:144 scale plastic model kit, retailing in Japan for about U.S.$43.  However, I’ve seen U.S. sellers asking as much as U.S.$71 for it!

With interior.

VEHICLE I-D: MITSUBISHI F-2, SURE LOOKS LIKE AN F-16