Posted on 11/13/2016 5:47:03 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong Un, KPA seen targeting South Korean island
N.Korean firepower strike plan shows eastern part of Baengnyeong Island
JH Ahn
November 11th, 2016
Kim Jong Un and various high-ranking North Korean officials have visited a coastal defense station located on the Mahap Islet, with a North Korean firepower plan shown in the picture targeting a nearby South Korean island, state media reported on Friday.
Visiting the site with officials, including Vice-Marshal of the Korean People’s Army Hwang Pyong So, this visit might be Kim’s closest approach to South Korean territory this year, with the unit located less than 20 kilometers away from the nearest South Korean land.
“Kim Jong Un…inspected the defense detachment on Mahap Islet in the western sector of the front,” KCNA reported on Friday.
“He mounted an observation post where he learned in detail about the deployment of artillery pieces and combat readiness after being briefed on the firepower strike plan of the detachment.”
An analysis of 121 reports by party organ Rodong Sinmun on Kim Jong Un’s official functions in 2016 showed his visit to the Mahap Islet might be his closest to the South this year.
Neither the English language version on KCNA nor the Korean version of the article from Rodong Sinmun explained what exactly was drawn on the North Korean “firepower strike plan.”
However, the plan showed that Kim Jong Un was being briefed while looking at the map of an island that shared a strong resemblance to the Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, as seen in the picture above.
“The KPA units in Mahap Islet is small in its size, but extremely threatening to ROK forces,” Choi Hyun-ho, director of Mildom.net, a South Korean military-focused website, told NK News.
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It wouldn’t surprise me if the first foreign policy crisis of the Trump administration is not in the jihadi world but in Korea. (The Chinese might decided to test Trump in the Senkakus, but I think they’ll be more patient and let Kim JU try something instead.) Trump would have to respond in a measured but forceful manner, or risk losing the trust of all the players in the East Asian region (Japan, SKorea, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Viet Nam).
Makes you want to refurbish the Missouri (BB-63) and give em a taste of her 9 16 inch guns.
Obozo would prolly send an LCS aluminum turkey with a 57mm peashooter, if he responded at all. Trump will have to make the call. I trust Trump.
The Chinese are building a massive military base on the border of Nork. It would be great if they got tired of dealing with lil fatso!
And the little secret not known to many is that Kim family motto is, "Never trust Chinese." It seems so weird because Kim regime cannot survive without China, but it is true.
But now it is four fatso ;-)
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