Posted on 12/21/2010 10:25:06 PM PST by Redbird1564
(Reuters) - South Korea announced land and sea military exercises on Wednesday including its largest-ever live-fire drill near North Korea in a big show of force just as tension on the peninsula was easing after Pyongyang's attack on a southern island.
The land drill, involving artillery, fighter jets and the largest number of personnel in a peace-time exercise, will take place on Thursday, after the South's live-fire artillery exercise on Monday on the island of Yeonpyeong, and is bound to infuriate the North.
South Korea is also holding three days of live-firing drills off the peninsula's east coast starting on Wednesday, a media official at the Defense Ministry said.
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The DPRK will either crack or be forced to fight, and the ROK is simply tired of the game and wants it over with one way or the other.
Does anyone else see this as *pushing NK’s buttons*?
“Make my day!”
The exercises were planned sometime ago, before the recent North Korean incidents. But yes, I think so as well. Ditto the “Christmas tree” close to the DMZ.
“I’m thinking ROK intelligence has picked up substantial infighting in the DPRK leadership and military.
The DPRK will either crack or be forced to fight, and the ROK is simply tired of the game and wants it over with one way or the other.”
Good point! Bringing matters to a head! I don’t see how the NORKS can withstand this “taunting”! LOL.
LOL, well done!
Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.
I wonder if there will be any wayward shells like there was when NK was doing their little crap.
NK would be stupid to attack SK in winter time. Food supplies being short even in summer means winter would be even harder on NK to feed it’s army. It already starves its citizens to feed the army first.
Drill, Baby, Drill!
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