Climate change and NE Asia’s force structure

Be sure to check out Mingi Hyun’s post on climate change and Northeast Asia’s force structure. Definitely some stuff in there we’ll want to consider.

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This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on May 25, 2007 at 10:26 am, filed under Asides, East and Central Asia. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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  1. Gravatar mins0306 your flag
    Posted May 25, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink

    Interesting article, but I doubt whether they will be a big change in the force structure of NE Asia militaries.

    Governments have limited resources, in terms of defense budgets, and they will most likely spend on a threat that is real or looks real and not on a threat that looks a bit, well, wishy-washy.

    Put it simply, the ROK MND will spend its money on weapons needed to fight the DPRK or China.
    To the ROK, international humanitarian and disaster relief missions are second fiddle compared to the main mission of training for and fighting a possible war with the DPRK or China.

    As for the Japanese, their military is already geared for international humanitarion missions and disaster relief, so expect incremental improvements, but not wholesale changes.

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