U.S. Deploys Battle Group near North Korea

[AshtonBlack]

Now a flock of these:

http://api.photoshop.com/home_dbb96af8e ... b61b4e2723[/imgc]

KA-27 Helix.

[Psi Wavefunction]

Almost like birdwatching

[AshtonBlack]

Almost like birdwatching

Only, if these decide to shit on you, "very bad things" happen.

[FBM]

Almost like birdwatching

Only, if these decide to shit on you, "very bad things" happen.

I hear they occasionally even take a dump on us 'friendlies'. Time lapse of me in Korea:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_ ... as_nuclear

[Transgirlofnofaith]

Now a flock of these:

http://api.photoshop.com/home_dbb96af8e ... b61b4e2723[/imgc]

KA-27 Helix.

Ugly fucking thing, ain't it?

[FBM]

Now a flock of these:

KA-27 Helix.

Ugly fucking thing, ain't it?

Looks like a modern art masterpiece...I think they put it together first and drew up the plans after.

[Transgirlofnofaith]

Now a flock of these:

KA-27 Helix.

Ugly fucking thing, ain't it?

Looks like a modern art masterpiece...I think they put it together first and drew up the plans after.

[Existentialist1844]

U.S. Deploys Battle Group near North Korea
Sunday, 21 June 2009 22:16 TRN Staff


Yokosuka, Japan (TRN)-- The United States has deployed the aircraft carrier George Washington and its Strike Group to take up station near North Korea in advance of a planned ballistic missile launch by that nation toward Hawaii. The missile launch is scheduled for July 4.

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) with its crew of approximately 5,500 Sailors is the United States’ only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. The George Washington will be joined by Carrier Battle Force 70, Carrier Air Wing 5, Surface Combatant Force Seventh Fleet (CTF-75), Carrier Strike Force Seventh Fleet (CTF-77) and Destroyer Squadron 15 in a massive show of force.

The mission is to provide centralized planning, control, coordination and integration of assigned assets in support of air, surface, subsurface, strike warfare, space and electronic warfare, amphibious warfare and mine warfare operations - or exercises - simultaneously.

Local commanders have been given Tactical Command of Cruiser-Destroyer, Carrier Air Strike, and Surface Action Groups, and will act as Combined Warfare Commander for the Battle Group and Task Force, and as Naval Component Commander for Combined, Joint, or Allied Forces. The Group operates as a component of, or as the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) directing tactical air control within a Joint, Unified, or Allied environment. This means that any act of aggression against the United States or its allies in the region will be met with a response immediately, without need for prior approval from Washington.

Sources in the Pentagon tell TRN that this level of autonomy is unusual. One source, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media, said the deployment "is designed to make clear to North Korea that the United States has had enough of their belligerence and blackmail."

North Korea recently test detonated a second nuclear bomb in defiance of world efforts to persuade them to stop their nuclear arms program. North Korea also recently launched multiple long range missiles capable of reaching South Korea and Japan, in defiance of both countries security.

When satellites detected launch preparations at another long range missile site, North Korea revealed it intends to conduct yet another missile test, this one an intercontinental ballistic missile which they say they will fire "toward Hawaii."

Secretary of Defense William Gates has since ordered the deployment of U.S. Missile defenses to Hawaii. Those defenses, part of the "Star Wars" system created under President Ronald Reagan, can intercept and destroy the North Korean missile if it threatens Hawaii.

North Korea has stated they will respond with military attacks against South Korea and Japan if any of their missiles are shot down by an outside country.

Does N. Korea have any allies? Seems they don't like anyone.

[FBM]

North Korea has stated they will respond with military attacks against South Korea and Japan if any of their missiles are shot down by an outside country.

Does N. Korea have any allies? Seems they don't like anyone.

A brief smiley overview of the current positions of N. Korea's short list of 'friends':
Russia:
China:
Myanmar:
Laos:
Vietnam:

[Existentialist1844]

North Korea has stated they will respond with military attacks against South Korea and Japan if any of their missiles are shot down by an outside country.

Does N. Korea have any allies? Seems they don't like anyone.

A brief smiley overview of the current positions of N. Korea's short list of 'friends':
Russia:
China:
Myanmar:
Laos:
Vietnam:

Well, out of those 5 countries, I guess the only "threats" would be China and Russia. I don't keep up with current events or anything.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

North Korea has stated they will respond with military attacks against South Korea and Japan if any of their missiles are shot down by an outside country.

Does N. Korea have any allies? Seems they don't like anyone.

A brief smiley overview of the current positions of N. Korea's short list of 'friends':
Russia:
China:
Myanmar:
Laos:
Vietnam:

Cuba?

[FBM]

Well, out of those 5 countries, I guess the only "threats" would be China and Russia. I don't keep up with current events or anything.

Both seem ready to cut NK loose. Russia has all but openly announced it and China is like, 'Oh, I think I met them once at a party but we didn't really hit it off.'

Cuba?

Even the Castro bros think KJI is el loco coreano del norte. There was something in the news a couple of months ago about an NK shipment of something or other bound for Cuba. As soon as it made the news, the current Castro was like, 'What ship?'

[Gawdzilla Sama]

North Korea Threatens to Shoot Down Intruding Japanese Planes

[FBM]

North Korea Threatens to Shoot Down Intruding Japanese Planes

US Nuclear Umbrella: Double-Edged Sword for S. Korea

[Gawdzilla Sama]

North Korea Threatens to Shoot Down Intruding Japanese Planes

US Nuclear Umbrella: Double-Edged Sword for S. Korea

It sucks to have noisy neighbors. We raided a meth lab in San Diego one time and found the operators had rigged it to blow up "if needed". It would have taken out the houses on either side at least. Flaming shrapnel would have probably started brush fires as well. The Persecutor charged the guys with planning to commit murder, 14 counts (the number of occupants in the two other houses.)