[05#12] 1.12=3=12.3=#33: 1.Taiwan's Defense. 2. US Constitution in Danger?

Clear weather. 8:10 up, full bath, 10:20 quick breakfast/partial cancellation of emails, without dentistry, upper suit`to Bk of Am handing over refin. documents first swiftly, then to the old house, finding a police car following and 3-4 p.c., police with a dog to backkyard looking up, neighbors telling a man has been over roof house to house, he sitting down in front of o.h., a policeman checking my driver's license and so on, answering about mom also. A few minustes and driving mom to Chiu's place, Hiro's car arriving right away. Soon Chiu couple in my car following Hiro's to Yuri Japanese restraurant, Hsiang couple also arriving directly, 3 couples and me and mom for $112, I getting Hamachi Cani(?). Chiu couple going back to Taiwan next midnight, driving them back then to o.h., soon to Bk of Am, signature being faxed and another sig. tomorrow. To the house-for-rent, continue moving backyard soils 4:10-4:50, one man checked the house, then to home managing emails and this and dinner. Mei then to 8:00 first singing practice at a church, now playing piano, 11:24. 1) Taiwan's Defense. "Taiwan successfully test-fires supersonic claimed better that Sunburn anti-ship missile", By: SINA English on: 11.01.2005 [14:57 ] (841 reads): http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=36042 "" Taipei, Taiwan (AFP) Jan 07, 2005 Taiwan has successfully test-fired its Hsiung Feng III supersonic anti-ship missile in a major military technology breakthrough expected to beef up the island's defense capabilities against rival China, it was reported here last Friday. The Taipei-based China Times cited defense sources as saying the military-run Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology had conducted "more than one" test-firing for the new missile after a decade-long development. It said the first test was held in November in southern Taiwan, following several failures in the past two years due to engine problems. Hsiung Feng III is believed to outperform China's Russia-made SS-N-22 Sunburn supersonic anti-ship missile, the report said. It said the missile, with a range of 300 kilometers (186 miles), was likely to be deployed along Taiwan's eastern coast or offshore islands. The defense ministry declined to comment on the report. According to a report in Jane's Defense Weekly last year, Hsiung Feng III's propulsion system compromises a ramjet engine with a solid-fuel rocket booster. The supersonic vehicle can be fitted with a variety of guidance systems and function as an anti-ship, land-attack or anti-radar missile. Taiwan is striving to boost its missile defense capabilities to counter the military threat from China, which officials said is targeting the island with some 600 ballistic missiles. In June, the cabinet approved a special budget of 610.8 billion Taiwan dollars (18.2 billion US) to purchase weaponry from Washington over a 15-year period starting in 2005. The arms package, pending final approval by parliament, includes eight conventional submarines, a modified version of the Patriot anti-missile system and a fleet of anti-submarine aircraft. "" 2) US Constitution in Danger? (1) "Congress Passes 'Doomsday' Plan", By Noelle Straub, The Boston Herald, Sunday 09 January 2005: http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/011005E.shtml "" Washington - With no fanfare, the U.S. House has passed a controversial doomsday provision that would allow a handful of lawmakers to run Congress if a terrorist attack or major disaster killed or incapacitated large numbers of congressmen. "" (2) "Doomsday Provision and the Death of the U.S. Constitution, by Kurt Nimmo. http://progressivetrail.org/articles/050110Nimmo.shtml