Defense Minister Ishiba Considers Japan's Options in UFO Attack

[lovuian]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=apLM6Rsq0jXY&refer=japan

Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering how his Self-Defense Forces could respond to an attack by space aliens while adhering to limits on military action under the country's war-renouncing Constitution.

Ishiba is the second Cabinet member to profess his belief in unidentified flying objects after Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura suggested on Dec. 18 they are the only explanation for ``unexplainable'' things like the Nazca Lines, pre-Columbian etchings in the desert south of Lima, Peru.

Ishiba said yesterday a Japanese military response, such as those in the Godzilla movie series, would require legal review and said he is studying ways Japan could deal with an attack. Ishiba said his comments represent a ``personal view,'' and not Defense Ministry policy, according to the transcript of the press conference published on the ministry's Web Site.

``There are no grounds for us to deny there are unidentified flying objects and some life-form that controls them,'' Ishiba said. ``Few discussions have been held on what the legal grounds are'' for a military response.
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Its older but a great article on the eve od US shooting down it satellite
The Japanese interestingly brought up this discussion after two months when SELENE was orbiting around the moon
a good story for the Lunar Eclipse too

[Wednesdays]

1. What, are Mothra and King Ghidorah busy?

:shrug:

[RuleOfNah]

2. This won't get anywhere.

It is insanely difficult to get aliens to the bargaining table. Sitting down is a can of worms you do not want to open!

[DCKit]

3. You'd think with all their experience....

Godzilla alone went up against aliens on at least two occasions. Too bad *'s term is almost up, this moran is certainly qualified to run this administration's DoD and far more imaginative than the other cabinet members.

I hope someone has the brains to tell this guy, publicly, that none of us stands a chance against any race that has the technology to travel between star systems. They'd save the Japanese people trillions of yen and much face.

[Cheap_Trick]

4. like when the Visitors arrive?

oh fuck, they're already here. reptiles disguised as humans....they just call themselves republicans instead of visitors.