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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 17845378 United States 03/28/2013 06:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "The United States is steadfast in its alliance commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea, to deterring aggression, and to ensuring peace and stability in the region," the statement said. The B-2 Spirit is capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear weapons. The Pentagon said the mission was part of its ongoing Foal Eagle training exercise series, which began March 1 and ends April 30. Read more: [link to www.foxnews.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 17845378 United States 03/28/2013 06:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The exercise was announced a day after North Korea said it had shut down a key military hotline usually used to arrange passage for workers and goods through the Demilitarized Zone. The hotline shutdown follows a torrent of bellicose rhetoric in recent weeks from North Korea, which is angry about annual South Korea-U.S. military drills and U.N. sanctions over its nuclear test last month. North Korea calls the drills rehearsal for an invasion; Seoul and Washington say the training is defensive in nature and that they have no intention of attacking. North Korea's threats and provocations are seen as efforts to provoke the new government in Seoul, led by President Park Geun-hye, to change its policies toward Pyongyang. North Korea's moves at home to order troops into "combat readiness" are seen as ways to build domestic unity as young leader Kim Jong Un strengthens his military credentials. Read more: [link to www.foxnews.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 17845378 United States 03/28/2013 06:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Last paragraph and on Fox news this morning as well : Although North Korea has vowed nuclear strikes on the U.S., analysts outside the country have seen no proof that North Korean scientists have yet mastered the technology needed to build a nuclear warhead small enough to mount on a missile. |
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GLPollack User ID: 36968875 United States 03/28/2013 06:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thread: stealth bomber flying... Thread: CNN: Stealth Bombers sent to South Korea Make Ogre Mad, Type Nerd |
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musicadi User ID: 37021244 Spain 03/28/2013 07:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ayay.... "stealth provocations" God has no enemies! God is LOVE! Love is the most powerful weapon in the world. All who try to play God are wasting their time and will get kicked in the ass over and over again until they learn their lesson! PS. I'M HUNGARIAN! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1144869 United States 03/28/2013 07:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Raymond Pritchett @Galrahn 55m Quoting: Newshunter If North Korea is just shouting the usual rhetoric, why are we over the top in advertising our deterrent capabilities? Good question. We may be ratcheting the whole thing up as a distraction from economic uncertainty. "They" may be thinking a good global war would work wonders. Hell, who knows. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 2731277 United States 03/28/2013 08:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.usatoday.com] The announcement will likely draw a strong response from Pyongyang. North Korea sees the military drills as part of a U.S. plot to invade and becomes particularly upset about U.S. nuclear activities in the region. Washington and Seoul say the drills are routine and defensive. North Korea has already threatened nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul in recent weeks. It said Wednesday there was no need for communication in a situation "where a war may break out at any moment." Earlier this month, it announced that it considers void the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2731277 United States 03/28/2013 08:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.usatoday.com] South Korean managers at the plant reported no signs of trouble Thursday. Analysts see a full-blown North Korean attack as extremely unlikely, though there are fears of a more localized conflict, such as a naval skirmish in disputed Yellow Sea waters. Such naval clashes have happened three times since 1999. The Kaesong plant, just across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that separates the Koreas, normally relies on a military hotline for the governments to coordinate the movement of goods and South Korean workers. Without the hotline, the governments, which lack diplomatic relations, used middlemen. North Korea verbally approved the crossing Thursday of hundreds of South Koreans by telling South Koreans at a management office at the Kaesong factory. Those South Koreans then called officials in South Korea. Both governments prohibit direct contact with citizens on the other side, but Kaesong has separate telephone lines that allow South Korean managers there to communicate with people in South Korea. Factory managers at Kaesong reached by The Associated Press by telephone at the factory said the overall mood there is normal. "Tension rises almost every year when it's time for the U.S.-South Korean drills to take place, but as soon as those drills end, things quickly return to normal," Sung Hyun-sang said in Seoul, a day after returning from Kaesong. He is president of Mansun Corporation, an apparel manufacturer that employs 1,400 North Korean workers and regularly stations 12 South Koreans at Kaesong. "I think and hope that this time won't be different," Sung said. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 25765737 Netherlands 03/28/2013 09:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well it looks like we are going to war soon. But people dont forget that North Korea is the backyard of China. Or China has gives green light to US and it's allies. For the simple reason that China wants a unified Korea. So no NK and SK but a single korea. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 968649 United States 03/28/2013 09:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.usatoday.com] Quoting: Indysmindy South Korean managers at the plant reported no signs of trouble Thursday. Analysts see a full-blown North Korean attack as extremely unlikely, though there are fears of a more localized conflict, such as a naval skirmish in disputed Yellow Sea waters. Such naval clashes have happened three times since 1999. The Kaesong plant, just across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that separates the Koreas, normally relies on a military hotline for the governments to coordinate the movement of goods and South Korean workers. Without the hotline, the governments, which lack diplomatic relations, used middlemen. North Korea verbally approved the crossing Thursday of hundreds of South Koreans by telling South Koreans at a management office at the Kaesong factory. Those South Koreans then called officials in South Korea. Both governments prohibit direct contact with citizens on the other side, but Kaesong has separate telephone lines that allow South Korean managers there to communicate with people in South Korea. Factory managers at Kaesong reached by The Associated Press by telephone at the factory said the overall mood there is normal. "Tension rises almost every year when it's time for the U.S.-South Korean drills to take place, but as soon as those drills end, things quickly return to normal," Sung Hyun-sang said in Seoul, a day after returning from Kaesong. He is president of Mansun Corporation, an apparel manufacturer that employs 1,400 North Korean workers and regularly stations 12 South Koreans at Kaesong. "I think and hope that this time won't be different," Sung said. could not pay me enough to work there |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 26302253 United Kingdom 03/28/2013 09:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.foxnews.com] Quoting: Indysmindy The U.S. military announced Thursday that two B-2 stealth bombers were sent to South Korea to participate in a training exercise, demonstrating the Pentagon's commitment to defend its ally against threats from North Korea. The two B-2 Spirit bombers flew more than 6,500 miles from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to South Korea, dropping inert munitions before returning to the U.S., according to a statement released by U.S. Forces Korea. Honestly, you Americans and your geography, the bad guys are in the North. THE NORTH! |