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Saturday, February 28, 2015
Antarctic Competition
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24-10-28 [Oil Discovery] Race to Build in Antarctica - B1M > . 18-3-6 Logistics of Living in Antarctica - Wendover > .
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Antarctic Competition ..
Australia Election 2022
22-7-1 Anthony Albanese; world stage; power cuts loom - ABC > .
22-5-23 Path to power: 2022 Australian election won and lost | Four Corners > .
22-5-23 Path to power: 2022 Australian election won and lost | Four Corners > .
Political satire with Huw Parkinson - ABC >> .
Pre-election:
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Kuril Islands - Cold War
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Kuril Islands: Pacific Hot Spot in the Cold War - Cold War > .23-12-9 Does Japan Need a New Army? - Vis Pol > .
23-11-17 Japan’s navy vs PLAN? Current Japanese Navy - Binkov > .
23-10-25 US & [I-P-CW] vs Xina: Preparations to Fight War - Real > .
23-9-14 Hx Japan vs Xina: Why Xina and Japan are headed to war - BuBa > .
23-4-23 Japanese History, Defence Strategy & Rearmament - Perun > .
23-2-10 Why Japan's Military is Gladly Readying for War - T&P > .
23-1-13 US & Japan boost cooperation; Marines ready to counter Xina > .
22-12-16 Japan unveils biggest military build-up since World War 2 | DW > .
22-5-1 Russia vs Japan: Ongoing Battle for Kuril Islands - TLDR > .
22-4-8 Why Russia is Fighting Japan Over These Islands - RealLifeLore > .
22-3-30 War in Ukraine Might Re-Spark Kuril Conflict (Russia, Japan, N Pacific) > .
2021 Kuril Islands Dispute Explained - ARgs > .
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine (February 24, 2022), Western countries imposed a barrage of sanctions on Putin in an attempt to deter further violence. The only Asian country to impose sanctions was Japan, a nation that has its own history of conflict with Russia stretching back to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904/5, the Battle of Khalkin-Gol in 1939 and finally the Soviet-Japanese War in late 1945. Japan and the U.S.S.R (later Russia) never signed a peace deal following the Second World War, given a dispute over 4 islands in the Kuril Archipelago situated to the north of the Japanese Island of Hokkaido. The recent conflict in Ukraine has triggered a new tone from Japanese politicians in claiming the islands which are still administered by Russia.
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands is a Russian-controlled volcanic archipelago part of the country's far eastern Sakhalin Oblast. It stretches approximately 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast from Hokkaido of Japan to Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean.
(2022 vs 1945) Could the US military invade Japan? Binkov > .
> I-P Coalition of the Willing >> > JDF - Japan's Military >>
25-3-28 Japanese Navy is WEIRD [Izumo class carriers] - nwyt > .
25-3-28 Japanese Navy is WEIRD [Izumo class carriers] - nwyt > .
Early history .
Though all of the islands lie under Russian administration, Japan claims the four southernmost islands, including two of the three largest ones (Iturup and Kunashir), as part of its territory as well as Shikotan and the Habomai islets, which has led to the ongoing Kuril Islands dispute. The disputed islands are known in Japan as the country's "Northern Territories". In 2018, Russo-Japanese talks on resolving the dispute resumed.
Though all of the islands lie under Russian administration, Japan claims the four southernmost islands, including two of the three largest ones (Iturup and Kunashir), as part of its territory as well as Shikotan and the Habomai islets, which has led to the ongoing Kuril Islands dispute. The disputed islands are known in Japan as the country's "Northern Territories". In 2018, Russo-Japanese talks on resolving the dispute resumed.
There are 56 islands and many minor rocks. The Kuril Islands consist of the Greater Kuril Chain and the Lesser Kuril Chain. They cover an area of around 10,503.2 square kilometres (4,055.3 sq mi), with a population of roughly 20,000.
The Kuril Islands form part of the ring of tectonic instability encircling the Pacific Ocean referred to as the Ring of Fire. The islands themselves are summits of stratovolcanoes that are a direct result of the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Okhotsk Plate, which forms the Kuril Trench some 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the islands. The chain has around 100 volcanoes, some 40 of which are active, and many hot springs and fumaroles. There is frequent seismic activity, including a magnitude 8.5 earthquake in 1963 and one of magnitude 8.3 recorded on November 15, 2006, which resulted in tsunami waves up to 1.5 metres (5 ft) reaching the California coast. Raikoke Island, near the centre of the archipelago, has an active volcano which erupted again in June 2019, with emissions reaching 13,000 m (42,651 ft).
The Kuril Islands form part of the ring of tectonic instability encircling the Pacific Ocean referred to as the Ring of Fire. The islands themselves are summits of stratovolcanoes that are a direct result of the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Okhotsk Plate, which forms the Kuril Trench some 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the islands. The chain has around 100 volcanoes, some 40 of which are active, and many hot springs and fumaroles. There is frequent seismic activity, including a magnitude 8.5 earthquake in 1963 and one of magnitude 8.3 recorded on November 15, 2006, which resulted in tsunami waves up to 1.5 metres (5 ft) reaching the California coast. Raikoke Island, near the centre of the archipelago, has an active volcano which erupted again in June 2019, with emissions reaching 13,000 m (42,651 ft).
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