The Rebel Faction

I wonder if there will soon be a Pacific Treaty Orginization similar to NATO? I read an interesting article in the paper today about how the US has convinced Taiwan, Japan, and Australia to join it in creating a Ballistic Missile Deterrence Network. Figures include the sale of 1.6 billion worth of radar detection systems to Taiwan, and Japan spending over 2 billion to upgrade four of it's Aegis Guided Missile Destroyers with the latest Standard Interception Missile, the SM-3, in addition to buying 16 of the latest versions of the Patriot Missile launchers, thus creating what they call a 2-layer defense shield. In addition, the US is trying to coax India into joining them in this project. The only bad thing about this is that it may create a division in which countries are in with the program, others are out, and that it may start another arms race, this time in the Pacific. For me this sounds half exciting and interesting, and half worrying and nervousness. For those of you who care or are intrigued, what are your thoughts?

It would be nice if they got the Star Wars system working

*rolls over laughing*

I just knew my thread would be hijacked within the first five posts.

Get rid of all the nukes, cruise-missiles, and the like. Problem solved.

Rule by fear of force, not force itself. Fear will keep the local governments in line. Fear of our nuclear arsenals.

But, should someone come into power, or get their hands on, a nuke missile that they have no compuction to use, such as the terroists. Which is why a network is needed, among other things.