by Sam Roggeveen
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18 January 2010 1:09PM
- Metaphor alert: Japan recently ended its Afghanistan-related naval refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. Now China is considering taking over.
- Meanwhile, Japan and China are quarrelling again over exploitation of gas fields in the East China Sea.
- The US Navy foresees big budgetary problems with the Joint Strike Fighter.
- Himalayan glaciers: Devastating London Times report on a huge howler by the IPCC.
- Laser dazzlers? Stink bombs? Sea Shepherd's fight against whaling is high tech.