Marcus Island

[dr.hal]

The island wasn't American to keep.

Marcus Island had not been a League of Nations Mandated Territory before WWII but a part of Japan itself. A similar situation also applied to the Ryukus (Okinawa).

Alfred
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Too true! And this is the basis of Japan's claim to the islands against China. Of course depending upon how far back in history you want to go, various powers have trespassed this land laying claim to it (akin to the Falklands I might add) which certainly muddies the waters (pun intended) but the recent record seems to support Japan's claim for both the Marcus and Ryukus. Hal

[AW1Steve]

No need to worry guys. Elk Creek Nebraska (pop 113) was just discovered to have the largest deposits of Rare earth ever found.[:D]


http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... -boomtown/

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

No need to worry guys. Elk Creek Nebraska (pop 113) was just discovered to have the largest deposits of Rare earth ever found.[:D]


http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... -boomtown/

Heh heh...whoops! So much for the value of Marcus island! [:'(]

[WO Katsuki]

ought to have a WITP 2 ~ USN vs china navy 2012-2016


bah.. i curse the one who invented balistic missiles

[khyberbill]

There are Malaysian and California mines coming on line.

The mine is actually in Australia not Malaysia, reprocessing the metals (rare earths are actually metals) will occur in Malaysia. Lets see how long that will take to get approval. The waste from reprocessing the ores is radioactive. It is estimated that 20,000 tons of radioactive waste will be generated from this one processing facility a year, which was located in Malaysia under the belief that the miner (Lynas, an Australian company) would be able to dispose this waste easier in Malaysia. To give you an idea of the amount of this waste, if it were processed into a homogeneous block of concrete there would be in excess of 40,000 cubic meters of this stuff needing disposal a year. Do you want that in your back yard? I have been following this because I spent 30 years processing, transporting and disposing radioactive waste.