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North Korea now threatens to sink US Navy's nuclear-powered submarine USS Michigan
IBTimes ^ | April 30, 2017 | Vasudevan Sridharan

Posted on 04/30/2017 4:14:33 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

North Korea now threatens to sink US Navy's nuclear-powered submarine USS Michigan

The Ohio-class submarine is stationed in the South Korean port of Busan.

North Korea has issued a fresh threat to sink the US Navy's nuclear-powered submarine which is currently stationed in the Korean peninsula waters. Pyongyang said the vessel would be turned into an "underwater ghost".

USS Michigan, armed with cruise missiles, arrived at the South Korean port of Busan on 25 April to take part in "routine" exercises. The Ohio-class submarine is being joined by a large fleet of the US Navy's warships led by the supercarrier USS Carl Vinson, raising the tensions on the volatile Korean peninsula.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nknukes; nkorea; submarine; trumpasia; usnavy; ussmichigan
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To: Col Frank Slade

That scenario has one outcome unless the captain is an absolute idiot. The sub stays out of range of the guns, and after emptying his magazines, steams back to get more ammo while the commander of the Nork arty picks up the pieces of his command.


21 posted on 04/30/2017 4:50:22 AM PDT by Fraxinus (My opinion, worth what you paid.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

It is time for the N Korean military to take the chunky punk out before they are all killed.


22 posted on 04/30/2017 4:51:32 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: Netz
They threatened the US, S. Korea, Japan, Australia and now Israel because her Defense Minister said the NORK leader was crazy...

They do this because their nuclear capability is absolutely useless to them unless they can convince their adversaries that they're crazy enough to use it. Which, of course, they're not.

23 posted on 04/30/2017 4:57:45 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The NORKs, the Barney Fife of dictatorships


24 posted on 04/30/2017 5:12:44 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Mashood
"What are they gonna do..put Jim Harbaugh as it’s captain?"

There is a certain irony there. An Ohio class sub named Michigan.

Kidding aside, please remember the USS Cole. I love chest thumping, but never say never.

25 posted on 04/30/2017 5:12:57 AM PDT by buckalfa (Slip sliding away towards senility.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

How do you know they’re not really crazy?


26 posted on 04/30/2017 5:14:49 AM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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To: buckalfa

Oh, I’m not chest thumping as I think too much emphasis placed upon NK capabilities.


27 posted on 04/30/2017 5:19:10 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: Popman
I had no idea they were that capable...

Incredibly so. If an Ohio-class boomer does not want to be found, even we might not be able to find it.
28 posted on 04/30/2017 5:20:44 AM PDT by 98ZJ USMC
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I really would not mind at all if Trump responded this with something like:

Bring it on you fat f$%k, just try it and you’ll be blown to ashes faster than you can say bring me more chicken wings. If you really need to kill someone, maybe start with your barber. I know this whole failure to launch problem you’re having is making you crazy right now, and it’s probably a problem reflects a problem your having with your own ... ahem ... missile. And you’ve probably blamed the whores you were with for that and killed them too. Meanwhile, you’d better keep your crazy words and actions limited to whatever you can get away with in the hellhole of a country over which you rule. Otherwise your body parts will be turning up buckets of Korean Fried Chicken.


29 posted on 04/30/2017 5:44:21 AM PDT by zencycler
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Dear Fat Boy: the sub already "sinks" just fine, and yes it is an "underwater ghost" already. So much so that it will give you nightmares!🤣🤣🤣
30 posted on 04/30/2017 5:44:27 AM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: Candor7

Wow, I never knew that......


31 posted on 04/30/2017 5:59:48 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: TigerLikesRooster

It’s already an underwater ghost.
Good luck finding it.
They better hit it on the first try,
there won’t be another.


32 posted on 04/30/2017 6:08:50 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Jemian

In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Ahmen.


33 posted on 04/30/2017 6:47:07 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: TigerLikesRooster

NK cannot hit the ocean with a missile let alone a specific target.


34 posted on 04/30/2017 6:47:24 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: Candor7

This one is sitting in a harbor, and the Norks have armed minisubs and no hesitation about expending them. They have already demonstrated a willingness to sink South Korean ships and have gotten away with it.
If possible, the Michigan needs to get out to sea, where it near impossible to find.


35 posted on 04/30/2017 6:51:54 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: buckalfa

It is good to keep in mind the differing circumstances. The USS Cole was conducting itself as in a visit to a friendly port and engaged in the mundane process of emptying their garbage, and hostilities were not expected.

When a country says to world media that it is going to sink your ship, your ship, crew, command, theater, government, and country are on high alert.

Very different circumstance.


36 posted on 04/30/2017 6:52:29 AM PDT by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: Nifster

Trump keeps pointing out how Nork is rubbing China’s nose in sht.

Where face is so important, the Chinese are certainly impatient.

They will need to act as Trump is not going away like the Libyan Muslim Coke Head Twink.


37 posted on 04/30/2017 6:55:32 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Candor7
"No one, messes with an Ohio Class sub."

Wow! Thanks for posting.

38 posted on 04/30/2017 7:00:14 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Fat boy with a bad haircut threatens everybody and everything.

Israel, Australia, the Carl Vincent, etc. Next up on his threat wheel of fortune? Disney world.

Watch out Mickey!

5.56mm


39 posted on 04/30/2017 7:10:19 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Candor7

40 posted on 04/30/2017 7:15:05 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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