Posted on 04/17/2017 10:26:48 AM PDT by blam
According to a report by South Korea’s primary news outlet, Yonhap, the Pentagon has directed a total of three US aircraft carriers toward the Korean Peninsula, citing a South Korean government source.
Yonhap reports that in addition to the CVN-70 Carl Vinson, which is expected to arrive off the South Korean coast on April 25, the CVN-76 Ronald Reagan – currently in home port in Yokosuka, Japan – and the CVN-68 Nimitz carrier group – currently undergoing final pre-deployment assessment, Composite Training Unit Exercise off Oregon – will enter the Sea of Japan next week. According to the senior government official. the US and South Korea are discussing joint drills, which will include the three aircraft carriers and other ships.
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not sure how much of a threat a missile that explodes on the pad could be . . .
oh, and their nukes don’t go off every time. and when they do, we’re not even sure they’re nukes.
With us hacking their missiles.... it should make them think twice about putting a nuke on one.
Pay back for the Pueblo. Go get’m President Trump.
They really should have disconnected the WiFi from their missile. Maybe the next one will have a pilot...
The NORKS probably have the Chinese C-805 cruise missile or their knock version.
Pray for our men and women in harm's way.
Or at least change the password from “1234”
The usual doctrine is to deploy guided missile destroyers and cruisers to defend the carrier group. I suspect in this case, however, we are deploying carriers to defend the guided missile ships.
First cruise missle target “Pueblo” display.
Hmmmm.....
3 U.S. Carrier groups in the region with Russia and China sailing nearby “probing” our reactions and capabilities....
What could possibly go wrong?
(”You sunk my Battleship!”) (yes...I know...we don’t have those anymore)
I suppose I should go change mine...
Don’t worry...we just did it for you.
It is time to finish the Korean business. The men who died in this war will not have died in vain.
I so agree with this. Read too much for my own good.
Evacuate Seoul and get ‘r done.
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