Say anything you want, but fielding 50 submarines in under a week is pretty impressive.
Interestingly there have been no indications that the U.S participated in any talks, other than activating troops. No self congratulations from the State Department.
Or Hillary & Trump are sucking all the oxygen out of the air?
Which is scarier, operationally launching 50 submarines in a week or knowing an adversary has recently rehearsed and trained their naval forces in such an operation?
Well, what is the source for the 50 submarines? Allied subs tailing them? Acoustic sensors near NK sub bases? Anti-sub ships/planes targeting and monitoring them?
Or the North Koreans saying they are recalling their 50 submarines?
Reports I have read say the submarines “vanished”. Before I accept that they “deployed”, I would prefer to know they actually “deployed” and weren’t simply concealed.
Just because we don’t know where the submarines are doesn’t mean they are underway, or even if they are, if they are underway in a meaningful operational sense.
I simply don’t take NK at their word for anything at all. Anything. Scum sucking bottom feeding SOB that they are.