New York Times: North Korea Renews Guam Threat Ahead of Joint Naval Exercise
SEOUL, South Korea — As the United States and South Korea prepared for next week’s joint naval exercise, North Korean officials on Friday renewed their threat to launch ballistic missiles near Guam, an American territory in the western Pacific.
The drill, which involves the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, is scheduled to begin on Monday in waters east and west of South Korea. The 10-day exercise will check the allies’ “communications, interoperability and partnership,” the United States Navy’s 7th Fleet said in a statement.
The nuclear-powered submarine Michigan arrived at the South Korean port of Busan on Friday. American and South Korean warplanes will also join the exercise, which takes place amid heightened tensions over North Korea’s advancing nuclear missile program.
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Update #1: North Korea revives Guam threat ahead of US-South Korea drills (CNN)
Update #2: Kim Jong Un has his hand near the 'trigger' on a possible launch at US territory of Guam, North Korean media says -- Business Insider
WNU Editor: Amidst all of these North Korean threats, NATO is giving its support to the U.S. (sort of) .... NATO warns of 'devastating consequences' if Trump carries out a military intervention in North Korea but admits 'the US has the right to defend itself' (Daily Mail).
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Of course it does, keeping lines of communication open. We all know what options are on Trump's table.
Little kimmy boy needs to be smacked around and shoved into a locker
"WNU Editor: Amidst all of these North Korean threats, NATO is giving its support to the U.S. (sort of) .... "
I don't know why NATO would go beyond what was stated in the DM article. NATO and Europe get nothing but a steady stream of static and unilateral moves on the part of the Trump administration. Trump is erratic and irrational. He has a very limited intelligence and has some very deep seated emotional and mental problems. He's becoming irrelevant to the rest of the world and that makes him even more dangerous and unpredictable.
I would not want to be one of the JCS' or a general officer now. Some must be thinking about what they should the do. Work to try and stop a disaster or retire and leave it to someone else. Now that members of the GOP are turning maybe we can get to impeachment and rid ourselves and everyone else of this despicable pestilence.
Yep, bully finally having his bluff called and he doesn't know what to do since his big brother isn't fighting for him.
Just don't forget who's incompetence, inaction and policy of strategic patience created this mess.
"fazman said...
Just don't forget who's incompetence, inaction and policy of strategic patience created this mess."
You mean Dean Acheson and Douglas MacArthur? MacArthur should have been sacked in 1942, but that's another story I guess.
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