S. Korea and US to Do a Naval Excercise w/ US Carrier Joining,Starting on 28th(in Yellow Sea)

Yonhap News ^ | 11/24/10 | Kim Kwi-geun

[TigerLikesRooster]

/begin my translation

S. Korea and U.S. to Do a Naval Excercise w/ U.S. Carrier Joining, Starting on 28th (in Yellow Sea)

Kim Kwi-geun = S. Korea and U.S. will conduct joint (naval) exercise in Yellow Sea starting on Nov. 28th, U.S. Dept of Defense announced on Nov. 24

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[TigerLikesRooster]

Here we go again. Another tug of war between U.S. and Chicom regime over U.S. carrier's presence in Yellow Sea.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[Bean Counter]

BFD. More saber rattling and nothing more. If we were serious, that NoKo artillery site would receive several dozen carefully targeted cruise missiles delivered at 3 AM sharp by either the US Air Force or a few Navy submarines.

What would really rock my world is if the Japanese decided to act...and they are just about mad enough to go it alone, and they are not happy about this latest NoKo stunt...

[mojo114]

Thanks for the ping! Interesting, we’ll wait and see. If you get the name of air craft carrier group, do report!
We”ll probably hear it from you before anything here!

[TigerLikesRooster]

U.S. carrier George Washington left its home port at Yokosuka, Japan around 7:30am on Nov.24.

The carrier is the most likely candidate to take part in the exercise.

[JimSEA]

I’m stunned! This is an appropriate move.

[aposiopetic]

stuned if it is hugh and series

Seriously, let's hope the response is of the proper scale and to the point.

[Mariner]

"Another tug of war between U.S. and Chicom regime over U.S. carrier's presence in Yellow Sea."One os the US Navy's primary missions to to ensure the Sea Lines of Communication.

Has been for over 200 years.

If the NORKs fire on a Capital US asset in international waters, sudden hell will break lose in the region.

Standard ROE for firing at a US Aircraft Carrier with something big enough to hurt is the use of nukes.

Small and targeted at first, but if the enemy doesn't get the hint immediately, big and strategic very soon thereafter.

The first strike would occur before the POTUS could even be awoken.

[Deagle]

True, but today, China seems to have a much stronger hand than yesterday...

[TigerLikesRooster]

before the POTUS could even be awoken

That's good ROE.:-)

[StormEye]

"I’m stunned! This is an appropriate move."

I imagine that our military commanders ordered this move without bothering to get Obongo's approval. I bet they didn't even mention it to him until the carrier was well under way.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Yonhap got its English report out:

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/11/24/6/0301000000AEN20101124006200315F.HTML

South Korea, U.S. to start joint naval drill in Yellow Sea on Sunday

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States will launch a joint naval drill in the Yellow Sea from Sunday with a nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier participating amid heightened tensions over North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island, officials said Wednesday.

“The USS George Washington carrier strike group will join Republic of Korea naval forces in the waters west of the Korean Peninsula from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 to conduct the next exercise,” the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said in a statement.

While the four-day exercise has been previously planned well before the North's “unprovoked artillery attack, it demonstrates the strength of the ROK-U.S. alliance and our commitment to regional stability through deterrence,” the USFK said in the statement. ROK is an acronym of South Korea's official name, Republic of Korea.

South Korea's defense ministry issued a similar statement, saying the exercise is defensive in nature and aimed at increasing deterrence against North Korea.

An official at the USFK said China has been informed of the planned South Korea-U.S. exercise. China has voiced strong concerns about any military drill involving the U.S. aircraft carrier.

The U.S. forces also plan to mobilize battleships including the USS Cowpens, USS Shiloh, USS Stethem and USS Fitzgerald, according to the statement.

[Mariner]

A Carrier, two Missile Cruisers and two Arleigh Burke Destroyers.

At least 3 subs with them...and 1/2 the Japanese Air Force, Korean Air Force and US Air assets in both Korea and Japan.

There will be at least two Trident boats in range...and they have a LOT of range.

The Carrier and both cruisers, all subs will have nukes aboard.

[TigerLikesRooster]

and they have a LOT of range.

I suppose that they can cover all of N. Korea, much of N.E. China and coastal China.

[Mariner]

7,000+ miles with MIRVs.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Hmm... that will cover most of China.

[Paul R.]

and 1/2 the Japanese Air Force, Korean Air Force

I checked the Wikipedia entries - interesting, but, how good are those guys, ie., the S. Korean pilots, considered to be, given the potential opposition?

(I know the South Korean land forces had a pretty good reputation in the past.)

[JimSEA]

Yeah, like with a stunn gun - twice as powerful. :) This can’t be O’s idea or intent. Soros and Carter are right to be worried about him. He should have consulted Halfbright first.

[Vroomfondel]

ping

[A.A. Cunningham]

Tactical nukes were removed from all men of war during the Bush 41 administration and the use of nuclear weapons can only be executed after the authorization of the President.