Posted on 04/20/2017 11:01:58 AM PDT by topher
President Trumps comments about moving the USS Carl Vinson toward North Korea in a show of force have sparked confusion and could cause South Korea to "not trust" what Trump says for the remainder of his term, a South Korea presidential candidate said Wednesday.
Hong Joon-pyo, the candidate from Park Geun-hyes party, said Trumps comments about moving the USS Carl Vinson toward North Korea in a show of force spurred by that rogue nation's nuclear program was important to South Koreas security, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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The US could easily sortie the USS Ronald Reagan group from Japan -- if the need arises.
Playing your cards close to your vest shows that the Pentagon is not as guillible as North Korea, China, or Russia.
One aspect of moving a carrier strike group is the support such as aircraft and submarines.
And steaming at 30 knots (or more) should only be done if the occasion necessitates.
Traveling at high speed makes it easy to locate.
Taking a more arbitrary route requires more elaborate planning by China and Russia to intercept.
Finally, this shows that this South Korean presidential candidate may not be a "major league player" and may not understand that caveats of moving pieces on a chess board.
Did he ask a shaman about it?
This guy is a “Presidential candidate” not the President of South Korea. So he would not be in on the security loop but he does sound stupid.
There is an entire party of wusses in SK comparable to the wusses here in the good old USofA.
Presumably this candidate made this statement in hopes that it would help get him elected.
I agree that it’s pretty stupid. And it’s not right to put your nation’s survival on the line in order to win an election. Looks like they’d better vote for the other guy.
Looks like Fauxnews has dispatched with the sheep’s clothing the past couple days.
Bottom line, at some point, three US carrier strike groups will converge NEAR the Korean peninsula, as well as a WEALTH of US aircraft located on bases in the Western Pacific.
If the North Korean dictator wants to act STUPID, fine. I believe our show of force may be partially aimed at Russia and China.
And to make it easy for China and Russia to shadow US Naval Forces is not something the Pentagon nor Trump wants.
Looks like the Pentagon and Trump are holding their cards close their vests.
When VP Mike Pence visited South Korea, he mentioned that the US had 1000 aircraft in the area. This might be a combination of: F15's, F18's, F117's, F22's, possibly some F35's, A10's, B1B's, B2's, as well as support tankers and AWAC's, and electronic jammers.
These aircraft can do the job if necessary along with the US Naval ships in the area...
Hong Joon-pyo is just playing politics. Nothing less, nothing more.
Good for the Trumpster deceive our enemies at every turn, while our allies should shut up.
I thought it was 4 Carrier Groups ,LOL
Re: F-117s
“Since its retirement from active flying status in 2008, the Air Forces cadre of F-117 Nighthawks have been maintained at their original, climate-friendly hangars at the Tonopah Test Range Airport in Nevada.
Per Congressional direction within the FY07 National Defense Authorization Act the aircraft were placed in Type 1000, flyable storage for potential recall to future service. In order to confirm the effectiveness of the flyable storage program, some F-117 aircraft are occasionally flown.”
http://intercepts.defensenews.com/2014/11/we-now-know-why-the-f-117-is-still-flying/
Easy to read and mentally not have “candidate” kick in because then no one, like me, would give a flying ####.
Nice catch.
Et tu, Fox?
Place him in the Resist camp along with the other dissents. Maybe he is one of those Korea’s that advocates closer ties with China at the expense of US relations!
I would add that between them, the South Koreans and the Japanese should be able to field at least 500 combat aircraft.
Given that in the event of major hostilities, the defense of Seoul would have to be a very high priority, the immediate area to the north of Seoul could be rather crowded!
Assuming some of the Norks’ planes would be taken out pretty quickly by cruise missiles and such, I’ll assume 500 planes would establish air superiority, leaving 1000 planes (plus a number of attack helicopters and such, PLUS fairly formidable South Korean* and US artillery and missiles) available to clobber any Nork artillery or missile launchers poking their heads out to bombard Seoul, or attacking Nork ground forces.
How long does it take 1000 planes to take out 10,000 artillery and launchers? Hmmm...
*Note that S. Korea spends 3 to 4 times as much on defense as does N. Korea. Of course some of that is spent on pricey US weapons, but, most of those are darn good systems.
Problem is once 10,000 artillery shells are in the air. They are going to hit Seoul. They have to be taken out before they are fired.
this guy is trying to change the subject from a date rape story that he published in his autobiography, and has just exploded into the public discourse.
sucks to be him. sucks worse to be his date, I guess.
How long does it take 1000 planes to take out 10,000 artillery and launchers? Hmmm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg9uoI8RQKc
Good!
Trump, via his military advisors has everyone guessing what is happening.
Keep them guessing, Mr President, until your Admirals and Generals tell you it is time for action based on intel not political bs.
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