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Opinion | How America’s stumble in Iran upends East Asia’s security calculus

South China Morning Post · · 350 words · By Wenran Jiang
Military Modernization US Credibility Crisis
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“The dust and debris of the US-Israeli war on Iran have yet to settle, but its strategic shock waves have reached East Asia.”
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Wikipedia entries only describe Iran-Israel conflict and a 2024 attack on Israel, but none mention strategic shifts in East Asia. No cross-references or web results connect the conflict to East Asian strategy.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and Israel have not maintained a formal diplomatic relationship with each other since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict has grown to large…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 1 October 2024, Iran launched about 200 ballistic missiles at targets in Israel, in at least two waves, then the largest attack during the ongoing Iran–Israel conflict. Iran's codename for the atta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2024_Iranian_strikes_o…
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“While China absorbs the economic tremors with its strategic depth and diversified energy arteries, America’s treaty allies in the region, Japan and South Korea, bear the brunt of the economic fallout.”
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Wikipedia entries describe Japan-South Korea relations and THAAD system, but no evidence links US-Israeli conflict impacts to economic disparities between China, Japan, and South Korea.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Japan–South Korea relations (Japanese: 日韓関係, romanized: Nikkan kankei; Korean: 한일관계; RR: Hanil gwangye) are the diplomatic relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea. As the Sea of Japan and th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan–South_Korea_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system, deployed since 2008, designed to intercept and destroy s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_De…
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“Iran’s ability to strike US bases has made abstract threats concrete.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search to confirm Iran's capability to strike US bases. Claims about concrete threats lack direct corroboration.
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“Japan is shedding its post-war constraints, developing long-range anti-ship missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles that can strike over 1,000km away, clearly with Taiwan and the Chinese mainland in mind.”
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Wikipedia entries describe Japan's geography and unrelated topics (film, language), but none mention missile development programs. No evidence supports claims about hypersonic glide vehicles.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Japan Japan (Hebrew: יפאן יפאן, Japanese:日本日本) is a 2007 film directed by Lior Shamriz, starring Imri Kahn.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Japanese may refer to: Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan throu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese
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“Seoul’s need for self-reliance is urgent. It has fielded the 'monster missile' Hyunmoo-5, a 'bunker buster' with a 3,000km range, signalling an independent deterrent.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search to confirm South Korea's deployment of Hyunmoo-5 missiles with 3,000km range. Claims about military capabilities lack direct corroboration.
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“Taiwan, though more limited, pours resources into anti-ship missiles designed to break a potential blockade.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search to confirm Taiwan's anti-ship missile development for naval blockade countermeasures. Claims about military programs lack direct corroboration.
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