Posted on 04/20/2017 10:45:52 AM PDT by johnk
Washington (CNN):
The US is seeing evidence that the Chinese military is preparing for a potential North Korea contingency, a US defense official told CNN Thursday. Chinese air force land-attack, cruise-missile-capable bombers were put "on high alert" on Wednesday, the official said, adding that the US has also seen an extraordinary number of Chinese military aircraft being brought up to full readiness through intensified maintenance.
The official said that these recent steps by the Chinese are assessed as part of an effort to "reduce the time to react to a North Korea contingency."
Such a contingency could include the risk of an armed conflict breaking out as tensions on the peninsula have risen in the wake of multiple North Korean missile tests. There has also been ratcheted up rhetoric from the US and Pyongyang, with the latter's state media warning Thursday that a pre-emptive strike by North Korea would result in the US and South Korea being "completely destroyed in an instant."
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If Kim moves troops North, He invites the ire of the Chinese and the Russians.
Rock - Kim - hard place
It will be interesting to see where things are at a year from now.
This isn’t Lil Kim. This is his somewhat larger neighbor to the north. I’d view this as the real deal - it takes time and effort to get your bombers combat ready. Not saying they will be used, just saying that this is genuine and not posturing.
lol I’m gonna use that one :)
North Korea nuclear threat: should California start panicking?
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There was a news report today that Russia was moving troops to its’ border with North Korea. If so, North Korea is completely surrounded!
If the two Koreas were to reunite, why would we need troops there? We wouldn’t.
To keep NKorea under control or to protect them against the US?
Yes. :)
Russia has the Syrian army involved ,too.
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