Posted on 11/29/2010 11:29:21 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
South Korea and the United States plan to stage maritime interdiction and aerial interception drills Tuesday on the third day of major naval exercises in the Yellow Sea aimed at warning North Korea against any future provocations, military officials here said.
About 10 warships, including a nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier, scores of aircraft and 7,300 military personnel, launched the four-day maneuvers Sunday in response to North Korea's bombardment on a South Korean island near the tense Yellow Sea border, killing two marines and as many civilians.
"Today, we plan to hold maritime interdiction and defensive counter air drills as a key part of the third-day exercises," said an official at the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
A mock aerial interception of warplanes will be conducted using radar systems from Aegis destroyers and aircraft from the allies, the JCS official said on the condition of anonymity.
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Just to be on the safe side, Obama decided to hold these drills in Lake Michigan.
Won't that make the Muslims mad? Better cancel the whole thing. Someone's feelings are sure to be hurt.
Hmmm... forgot about that aspect of it... must be tough being a CIC when there's so much out there to fear.
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