October 13 , 2017 © U.S. NAVY
Business Insider: It looks like a US Navy armada will return to waters near North Korea
The US Navy's USS Michigan attack submarine arrived in Busan, South Korea's southern port city, on Friday, and it looks like it will be joined by a US aircraft carrier in a bold challenge to a defiant North Korea, Yonhap news reports.
The Michigan, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, carries with it some 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles that experts told Business Insider could prove incredibly useful in a strike on North Korea's nuclear infrastructure.
Additionally, the submarine is known to sometimes carry special forces. In April, South Korean media reported that Navy SEALs aboard the Michigan had trained with a local force to decapitate North Korea's Kim Jong Un regime.
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More News On The U.S. Deploying More Naval Assets To The Korean Peninsula
Trump Sends Second Aircraft Carrier To Korean Peninsula With 7,500 Sailors, Marines Aboard -- Zero Hedge
US and Korea navies to conduct joint maritime counter special operations exercise -- DVIDS
U.S. aircraft carrier, ROK navy to stage drills off Korean peninsula -- NK News
US nuclear submarine in Korea -- The Korea Herald
US nuke sub arrives in South Korean port amid tensions on peninsula -- RT
USS Tucson, supersonic bomber deployed to South Korea -- UPI
1 comment:
I wish the news outlets would get thing right for once, The Micigan is a Ohio class sub converted to use cruise missiles. Not an "attack sub"
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