Posted on 09/26/2017 7:14:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Military analysts say North Korea doesn't have either the capability or the intent to attack U.S. bombers and fighter jets, despite the country's top diplomat saying it has every right do so.
They view the remark by North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and a recent propaganda video simulating such an attack as tit-for-tat responses to fiery rhetoric by U.S. President Donald Trump and his hardening stance against the North's nuclear weapons program.
By highlighting the possibility of a potential military clash on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea may be trying to create a distraction as it works behind the scenes to advance its nuclear weapons development, said Du Hyeogn Cha, a visiting scholar at Seoul's Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Another possibility is that North Korea is trying to win space to save face as it contemplates whether to de-escalate its standoff with Washington, he said Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters before leaving a U.N. meeting in New York, Ri said Trump had "declared war" on his country by tweeting that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer." Ri said North Korea has "every right" to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. strategic bombers, even when they're not in North Korean airspace.
The U.S. frequently sends advanced warplanes to the Korean Peninsula for patrols or drills during times of animosity. Last weekend, U.S. bombers and fighter escorts flew in international airspace east of North Korea to the farthest point north of the border between North and South Korea that they have in this century, according to the Pentagon.
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I doubt they intend to attack US planes too, but I don’t think you can expect rationale thought out of them either.
They’ve had enough skirmishes with South Korea through the years, that taking a pot shot at one of our planes is not beyond belief.
But they need to pay attention to the campaign. Trump doesn’t play tit for tat. Trump hits back and hits back hard.
NK seems able to kidnapp Japanese citizens.
Some have been held prisoner for decades.
The ‘video’ of their ‘attack on US military’ was a computerized CARTOON. And not a very good one, circa 1988 by our standards...............
“I doubt they intend to attack US planes too, but I don’t think you can expect rationale thought out of them either.”
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Recall the U.S.S. Pueblo.
When ever an “expert” makes a claim, be suspicious.
Experts work within the box where they control the variables.
The real world often have more variables then an expert even considered.
Which explains how experts are often wrong.
Camp Bonifas...possibly the worst post in the Army.
Enperts. Gotta love them.
I don’t think we suspected the Ruskies could shoot down a U2 either in the late 50s. Never underestimate the enemy.
A long ago mentor of mine gave this advise more than 50 years ago: guy comes up and bets you he can jump over a building, don’t bet. Never make a bet with someone who sets the object.
The rah rah Nork propaganda is for internal use mostly. That’s what they do. It’s insane to think they can do much to the allies of America,South Korea and others but their ace in the hole is the bomb. The bomb gives them leverage and is a terror weapon.
May the norks get the Spirit.
As I recall; so-called experts also claimed the Berlin Wall wouldn’t come down until the bricks started hitting them in the heads.
Nork most powerful SAM missile is S-200 (NATO designation
Sa-5 Gammon)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-200_(missile)
Has range of up to 300 Km which puts northern half of South Korea
Would not put in beyond this loon to fire off missiles at
aircraft in South
How true.
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