Taiwan will seek an extension to the date by which an agreement must be signed with the U.S. for a batch of arms deliveries given an ongoing standoff in parliament about defense spending, its Defense Ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/07/asia-pacific/taiwan-us-arms-deals-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla #us #usmilitary #defense #indopacific #congress #donaldtrump
This is chillingly dangerous. Gabbard, a known foreign asset, is illegally running a 2020 election review, at the behest of Trump, who is almost certainly also a foreign asset. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/tulsi-gabbard-2020-election-investigation-ed
@heidilifeldman
Foreign? check.
Domestic? check
Foreign and domestic? check
They will be a point where, if those uniforms haven't been pissed or shitted from fear of doing what has to be done and it is done anyway, that we'll know the people wearing them are ok with being liars and cowards.
Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed a U.S. airman's appeal against his five-year prison sentence for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an underage girl in Okinawa Prefecture in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/crime-legal/okinawa-rejection-airman-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #us #japanesecourts #okinawa #usmilitary #sexcrimes #usbases #usjapanrelations #women039sissues #childabuse #supremecourt
Iran’s supreme leader warned of a "regional war” as tensions continued to mount over potential U.S. strikes on Tehran and top Israeli military officials visited Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/world/iran-regional-war-trump-demands/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iran #middleeast #israel #us #usmilitary #donaldtrump
Iran's top security official said Saturday that progress had been made toward negotiations with the United States, even as the Islamic Republic's army chief warned Washington against launching military strikes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/01/world/politics/iran-us-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #middleeast #donaldtrump #us #usmilitary
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said the Japan-U.S. alliance would collapse if Tokyo did nothing in the event U.S. forces were attacked during an emergency involving the evacuation of the allies’ citizens from Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/27/japan/politics/japan-takaichi-taiwan-us-alliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #taiwan #us #usmilitary #pla #china #sanaetakaichi #xijinping
Information on the death of a Japanese schoolteacher within a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture in April of last year has been detailed in a recent U.S. Air Force report on the case. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/27/japan/okinawa-chopper-accident-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #usmilitary #helicopters #kadenaairbase
U.S. President Donald Trump has dispatched naval assets to the Middle East, prompting fresh speculation that he’ll follow through on threats to attack Iran’s senior leadership. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/24/world/politics/trump-us-ships-iran/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #middleeast #us #usmilitary #donaldtrump
In the newly released U.S. National Defense Strategy, the Pentagon takes a softer stance on China and says it will offer “more limited U.S. support” to allies and partners — a shift likely to unnerve Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/24/asia-pacific/us-national-defense-strategy-2026/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #usmilitary #budgets #defense #donaldtrump #uschinarelations #china #pla #taiwan #northkorea #southkorea
Despite Japan bracing itself for the worst when Donald Trump was elected for a second term as U.S. president, the tumult generated in his first year back has exceeded even Tokyo's deepest fears. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/21/japan/politics/trump-us-japan-year-one/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #indopacific #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #defense #budgets #china #pla #taiwan #greenland #venezuela #usmilitary
Plane after plane after plane of Danish and international troops arrive in Greenland, along with war ships, F-35 fighter jets, and more.
If The Mad King does not understand what borders are, we will teach him.
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The #USMilitary has superb modelling ability.
Let's hope they have enough courage and elan to prepare an invasion force that will be defeated by the defenders.
Judging by how Whiskileaks FAFO speech was received by the top brass, even though they lack sufficient courage for a coup to defend the constitution... They may have other plans to save #NATO
From the United States’ reverse-engineering of Iranian drones to Japan’s building of a drone “shield,” the tech is becoming increasingly crucial, especially as China’s military modernization continues unabated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/japan/us-japan-drones-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #us #usmilitary #defense #sdf #defenseministry #drones #pla
The incumbent mayor and two challengers filed their candidacies for the Jan. 25 mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa, which will focus on the planned relocation of a U.S. military base to the city’s Henoko area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/japan/politics/okinawa-nago-mayor-election-kickoff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #nago #henoko #futenma #usbases #usmilitary
A Chinese reconnaissance drone briefly flew over the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top end of the South China Sea on Saturday, in what Taiwan's Defense Ministry called a "provocative and irresponsible" move. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/18/asia-pacific/taiwan-china-drone-pratas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #pla #taiwan #us #usmilitary #southchinasea
As U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to seize Greenland, tensions over whether his actions would undermine efforts to deter China in the Indo-Pacific were laid bare at a recent major security forum in Hawaii. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/17/asia-pacific/politics/trump-greenland-allies-skepticism-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #china #donaldtrump #indopacific #usmilitary #taiwan #pla #defense
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs on goods from nations that oppose his push to take control of Greenland, stepping up his rhetoric while Denmark hosted U.S. lawmakers on its home turf. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/17/world/politics/trump-tariffs-greenland-denmark/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #us #greenland #denmark #europe #eu #nato #usmilitary
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, in what some said amounted to a war crime called "perfidy.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/13/world/us-attack-civilian-plane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #defense #usmilitary #donaldtrump #warcrimes #southamerica #centralamerica #drugs #petehegseth
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Okay. That's terrifying.
"In late July 2025, deep within the Pentagon’s bureaucratic machinery, the U.S. Army quietly signed away a piece of its sovereignty...
A strategic handover of core military functions to a private company whose founder, Peter Thiel, has declared that “freedom and democracy are no longer compatible.”"
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People in China are calling for a Venezuela-style snatch of Taiwan's leaders in a prelude to taking over the island, but analysts, scholars and security officials say China's modernizing military is still far from ready. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/asia-pacific/china-taiwan-venezuela-lai-assassination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #pla #us #usmilitary #defense #indopacific #venezuela #laichingte