Sunday, October 20, 2013

US Naval Strike Group Not Worried Over North Korean Threats



US Naval Strike Group Shrugs off Pyongyang Threats -- Voice of America

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON — North Korea this month lashed out at maritime rescue exercises involving U.S., South Korean and Japanese forces. State media called the trilateral exercises a prelude to war and said they were timed to destroy dialogue between the two Koreas.

The bellicose vitriol specifically targeted the USS George Washington, one of the U.S. Navy’s 10 so-called "supercarriers," the largest warships ever built.

The shrill language was typical for North Korean media, threatening that the nearer the carrier group comes the Korean peninsula, the closer it comes to an “unpredictable” and “horrible disaster.”

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My Comment: The US naval strike groups may not be worried .... but I would wager that they are probably on heightened alert.

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