And then dredge up an airbase around it. And then accuse Japan of “covert geological incendiary incursions” instead of, you know, admitting they built a thing on an active volcano.
There is already a Japanese airbase about a mile away from it. The airbase was the first to confirm the new island.
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force’s air base on Iwoto Island (previously known as Iwo Jima Island, the site of a major Second World War battle) confirmed the emergence of the new island last week after personnel heard a loud explosion that sent sand and ash flying high into the air.
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RandomStickman@kbin.social · 134 pts · 2y
China's gonna dig up a map from the 1300s with the island on it claiming it as the rightful territory of China since ancient times
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 2y
And then dredge up an airbase around it. And then accuse Japan of “covert geological incendiary incursions” instead of, you know, admitting they built a thing on an active volcano.
diverging@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y
There is already a Japanese airbase about a mile away from it. The airbase was the first to confirm the new island.
HubertManne@kbin.social · 21 pts · 2y
oh man. I did not think so many would be thinking the same thing on this one.
Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
The hive mind is strong with this one.
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 2y
Damage@feddit.it · 7 pts · 2y
Yeah, maybe wait a while before moving
SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 2y
Limited offer: free heating
Destraight@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
That sounds dangerous
victron@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
Dibs.
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 36 pts · 2y
helloharu@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 2y
Tough, China already called it.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Gotta stick a flag in it or it doesn’t count
ForestOrca@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
Or set a bottle of booze on it.
i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
You'll get there only to find a bottle of Canadian whisky and some Danish vikings drinking it...
AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Do you have a flag?
ConfusedMeAgain@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Eddie?
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
no mine
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
You guys might not want to fight over an island so close to sea level considering climate change.
anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 2y
Yeah but this one's a grower 😉
DScratch@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
All islands are close to the sea
spauldo@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
Except the ones that aren't.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
No, I mean in terms of how high above the sea the island is.
ElleChaise@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah, Squid. That was uh... the joke.
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y
WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 27 pts · 2y
All jokes aside, this is pretty cool. It's easy to think of ourselves living in a static world and forget that everything is always changing.
ramble81@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
I know we’ll be long gone but I think it’s cool that the Pacific is shrinking while the Atlantic grows and Africa will most likely split apart.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 5 pts · 2y
i think about this every time someone tells me what 'mother earth' wants or needs..
Veraxus@kbin.social · 22 pts · 2y
There is definitely a giant radioactive lizard emerging at that location.
arefx@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y
Will it last or be washed away tho
aniki@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
Skua@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
What does that mean in English?
samus12345@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
"New mountain."
bitwaba@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I've seen enough Godzilla movies to know what's coming next.
Run mother fuckers!