Quix - isn't it that something like every sea-worthy Carrier Strike Group has been "forward deployed" (eg: to the seas around N Korea), and the Nighthawks (Stealths, nuclear capable) bombers are in S. Korea?
"Operation Summer Pulse" moved up 15 months earlier, IIRC. MASSIVE hardware movement.
Something like 91% of all our boats (including nuke subs) are out of dock right now. This is apparently unprecedented, and costs BOOKU $$s - something not done lightly.
To me, this sounds like forward deployment - putting the chess pieces in place in case they are needed.
Anyone know for sure if the 10 Nighthawks in S. Korea right now are carrying nuke payloads? Would really like to know the answer to that..
Sounds consistent with what I've read.
I'd like more info on the AIR WINGS.
VERY SOBERING.
Ping to post 229. This jives with what I've seen elsewhere. The Fleet truly has put to sea. Theories: (1) PRC move on Taiwan; (2) NK; (3) AQ bringing a bomb in via the sea and we're frantically scrambling to stop them; (4) Another big AQ strike is coming on US soil and we're forward-deploying to facilitate retaliation.