Posted on 05/28/2010 9:29:34 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
South Korea fired artillery and dropped bombs in military exercises off the west coast of the divided Korean peninsula today, with tensions running high in the area after an alleged North Korean submarine torpedo attack on a southern warship.
The drills aim to help the military detect incursions by the north's submarines, follow the findings of an international investigation into the sinking of the Cheonan on 26 March in which 46 sailors died.
The navy said 10 vessels including a destroyer fired guns and launched anti-submarine bombs south of the capital, Seoul, in a one-day exercise. The exercises were conducted far from the disputed sea border with North Korea, in the Yellow Sea, the southern news agency Yonhap reported, citing military officials.
The north denies any involvement in the sinking of the Cheonan. In response to the South's military exercises, its military said in a statement carried by the state news agency KCNA today that it would scrap an agreement with Seoul designed to prevent clashes along the disputed maritime border, cut off a military hotline and would stage "prompt physical strikes" if any southern ships entered its waters.
Pyongyang announced last year that it was scrapping all accords with the south and one expert said today's announcement suggested it had not fully implemented that threat.
Relations are at their worst for about 12 years following the Cheonan's sinking and a spate of tit-for-tat measures.
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Ping.
Yes, they will keep on barking.
Someone posted earlier that if the North tried to invade the South, the NK’s would not make it past the first supermarket.
On the other hand, this could turn serious without warning.
Oh they complain about everything. They are REALLY getting virulent and spitting now on North Korean TV nightly with that one S/M-ish younger announcerette (not that old hag, Pyongyang Patty, who is over the hill and only comes on to announce the Dear Leader’s on the spot guidances)...she spits out the announcements, then gives the dates, and then closes, saying “PYONGYANG!”, with this evil foul look in her eyes, a scowl, combined with a shit eating grin, “hey, bring it on muther >>>>>s”, type of a caustic, that time of the month demeanor.
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