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09-0016 USAF VIP POTUS C-32A departed west Oakland County Int'l Airport, Michigan to Dubuque Regional Airport, IA
-POTUS delivers remarks at a Make America Great Again Victory Rally
09-0017 USAF C-32A departed Youngstown-Warren Airport and on approach at Peoria Int'l, IL
SAM942 USAF G5 west from Oakland Cty Int'l Airport out front of POTUS and crew
09-0015 USAF C-32A departed JBA sw
Japan seeks 2 more Aegis ships to plug missile defense hole
Japan will order two more Aegis-equipped warships that will serve as an alternative to the U.S.-built, land-based Aegis Ashore missile shield, whose deployment was scrapped this summer, Nikkei has learned. The Defense Ministry is expected to approve the vessels based on an interim report due later this month from a private-sector technical study.
The move comes as Japan wrestles with the cost of defending itself, including how much to pay for hosting U.S. forces. The ships will be equipped with Lockheed Martin's SPY-7 radar, originally to be installed in the Aegis Ashore system. This will require spending to modify the radar for the transfer, on top of the cost to build the vessels themselves. Partial funding will be allocated in Japan's fiscal 2021 budget. Officials also considered the option of special-purpose ships dedicated to intercepting missiles. Such vessels would cost less, but the idea was abandoned since they are vulnerable to submarine or air attacks.
North Korean missiles remain a threat, but Japan also has an eye on China. Faced with priorities other than missile defense, such as patrolling East China Sea islands, officials see the new Aegis-equipped destroyers as a practical addition to the fleet based on their maneuverability and defenses. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's chronic understaffing remains a hurdle to operating the new Aegis ships. Japan initially chose the Aegis Ashore system to cope with a lack of personnel. Tokyo will seek to expand the Maritime SDF's ranks as part of a broader reassignment of Self-Defense Forces personnel.
The Aegis Ashore interceptor system was meant to be installed at two locations on Japan's main island of Honshu, with the objective of shooting down incoming missiles from North Korea.
But the plan was dropped after officials learned of a design flaw that would add to the expense of the system, which would have cost an estimated $4 billion yen over 30 years including maintenance and training.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-seeks-2-more-Aegis-ships-to-plug-missile-defense-hole2
Oil hits 5-mth lows, Asian shares extend losses on renewed virus fears
Oil prices hit five-month lows and shares extended losses on Monday on worries about global demand as many economies slid back into coronavirus-induced lockdowns while upcoming U.S. presidential elections led to heightened caution. Fresh coronavirus-induced lockdowns have raised concerns over the outlook for fuel consumption, sending Brent crude to a low of $35.74 per barrel, a level not seen since late May. U.S. crude went as low as $33.64.
Risk appetite has taken a hit in the past week on the back of rising coronavirus cases and lockdowns, fears of the prospect of a tightly contested U.S. presidential election, absence of a pre-election U.S. fiscal stimulus and gloomy corporate outlook. Global coronavirus cases surpassed 500,000 last week with Europe crossing the bleak milestone of 10 million total infections. The United Kingdom is grappling with more than 20,000 new cases a day while a record surge of U.S. cases is killing up to 1,000 people a day. Underwhelming outlooks and results from some of Wall Street’s largest companies last week, including Apple and Facebook, further soured the mood and dragged U.S. stocks lower last week. On Monday, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan held near one-month lows at 569.86, down 0.1%. Japan’s Nikkei was up 0.6%. Australian shares were down 0.1% while New Zealand’s benchmark index eased 0.6%.
https://www.reuters.com/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-hits-5-mth-lows-asian-shares-extend-losses-on-renewed-virus-fears-idUSL1N2HO005
https://www.macrotrends.net/2566/crude-oil-prices-today-live-chart
09-0016 USAF VIP POTUS C-32A on descent for Rome, GA-Richard B. Russel Airport (red dot)
Frozen here as coverage not great in this area
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