Piracy issue would take place we will have. Notification well in advance so yes so we should not ever be in that position. On board it is a mix of civilian and military crews you have doctors medics but also engineers to help the navys in the region to maintain their aging fleet so that they can tackle piracy. While the white house may have announced in the past that its planning to reduce troop levels in africa this year the navy organize its biggest naval exercise operation. It seems the u. S. Is keeping a close watch over african waters for gunless defense minister its a matter of National Interests and our troops most likely to see them closely depends on the most come from this is a lot of. Want to be dependent on revenues taxes coming from the sea and not just on International Troops and so we like to make sure that you see how the end of the day we probably are among the couple of giving show that you see at stake is this because 80 percent of the worlds trade happens on the wat
Firing of short range of projectiles because if north korea acquires Nuclear Submarines they can launch Nuclear Ballistic missiles then it would be a game changer thursdays Missile Launch it seems to be an expression of north korean anger at upcoming exercises between south korean and u. S. Forces in august and also showing its frustration that once again talks seem to have stalled even after the heightened hopes of the surprise meeting between donald trump and kim jong un at the d. M. Z. Barely a few weeks ago it is the fear of talks collapsing that has led to a guarded response from south korea saying that the launch of the missiles was a threat but not necessarily a provocation japan had a Firm Response saying that if this does turn out to be Ballistic Missiles even though they were short range this does violate u. N. Resolutions and could and should possibly have consequences. Now u. S. Senators have backed legislation that would block some arms sales to saudi arabia the Foreign Re
Resolutions and could and should possibly have consequences. As cohen is the japan and korea editor with the East Asia Forum is also a Research Fellow at straining international universitys Crawford School of Public Policy joins us on skype from canberra thanks so much for being with us for 1st of all talk about the north Korean Missile test is this is this payback for the joint military drills between the u. S. And south korea. Yeah that could be not great could be sending out a number of different messages. And you know the u. S. Was hoping that after donald trump and kim junger met in that the north rose this had been a kick start needed to revitalize the negotiations. And one possible message from north korea could be we dont you know if we want to many go share it with us you should be cutting back on the military drills and other possible message from north korea there is also could be towards john bolton who dont the National Security adviser to President Trump who was in south
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