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North Korea Says US Bomber Flights Pushing Peninsula To Brink Of Nuclear War
Reuters The Economic Times ^ | May 2, 2017 | By Reuters

Posted on 05/02/2017 3:46:31 AM PDT by Strategy

SEOUL: North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew training drills with the South Korean and Japanese air forces in another show of strength.

The two supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers were deployed amid rising tensions over North Korea's dogged pursuit of its nuclear and missile programmes in defiance of United Nations sactions and pressure from the United States.

The flights of the two bombers on Monday came as U.S. President Donald Trump said he was open to meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the right circumstances, and as his CIA director landed in South Korea for talks.

South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun told a briefing in Seoul that Monday's joint drill was conducted to deter provocations by the North and to test readiness against another potential nuclear test.

The U.S. air force said in a statement the bombers had flown from Guam to conduct training exercises with the South Korean and Japanese air forces.

North Korea said the bombers conducted "a nuclear bomb dropping drill against major objects" in its territory at a time when Trump and "other U.S. warmongers are crying out for making a preemptive nuclear strike" on the North.

"The reckless military provocation is pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula closer to the brink of nuclear war," the North's official KCNA news agency said on Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at economictimes.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: arrogance; bullshit; china; iran; japan; korea; northkorea; putin; russia; trump
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1 posted on 05/02/2017 3:46:31 AM PDT by Strategy
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To: Strategy

Geez. The Korcoms act just like liberals.


2 posted on 05/02/2017 3:50:01 AM PDT by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: Strategy

Fat boy needs to have an accident.


3 posted on 05/02/2017 4:23:15 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Born to Conserve

Chubsy Ubsey needs to accidentally fall in front of a firing anti aircraft gun.


4 posted on 05/02/2017 4:38:34 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

C’mon FatBoy. Skin that smokewagon and see what happens.


5 posted on 05/02/2017 4:42:12 AM PDT by jimbug
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To: jimbug

He’s no daisy. He’s no daisy at all.


6 posted on 05/02/2017 4:44:34 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: jimbug
C’mon FatBoy. Skin that smokewagon and see what happens.

A lot of people will die. That's what will happen. Fatboy needs piece of ricin (or polonium, or something) stuck in his butt. He's the problem ...

7 posted on 05/02/2017 4:47:50 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: Born to Conserve

He did, but they wiped his arse and changed him.


8 posted on 05/02/2017 5:00:44 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Strategy

It’s not nuclear bombs they need to fear from the B-1s. It’s the 48 JDAMs per flight per bird.

The B-1s aren’t even nuclear capable anymore.


9 posted on 05/02/2017 5:06:55 AM PDT by OldGuard1
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To: NorthMountain

China demands halt to US missile shield in South Korea

https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/china-demands-halt-us-missile-shield-south-korea


10 posted on 05/02/2017 5:07:22 AM PDT by Strategy
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To: Strategy

It never fails ... totalitarians always oppose purely defensive weapons (when deployed by the Free World).


11 posted on 05/02/2017 5:12:12 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: Strategy

What’s he going to say next? They have kinetic projectiles in space waiting to be dropped on our heads?


12 posted on 05/02/2017 5:14:25 AM PDT by wastedyears (Prophecy of sky Gods, the sun and moon)
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To: Strategy

Seriously- it’s time to shut this punk up. Kim Jong-un is a mad dog who needs to be put down.


13 posted on 05/02/2017 6:06:15 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: OldGuard1

Right.

North Korea is too damn close to Russia and China for us to use nukes.

That said, this confrontation is going to come to a head soon. Trump, Mattis, and Tillerson are tightening the screws on Kim and there is no turning back.


14 posted on 05/02/2017 6:14:43 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: OldGuard1

Nevermind JDAM’s is also a JASSM platform as well. If so the ER version comes with extended range and Stealth, ole fat boy would never know what hit him.


15 posted on 05/02/2017 6:17:55 AM PDT by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry Men!....)
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To: Strategy

The majority of South Korean’s are against the missile defense system being deployed as well. I love how we help ungrateful mf’s.

We should be about helping the North Korean people. Never again my ass.


16 posted on 05/02/2017 6:28:36 AM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: Lil Flower

They’re ungrateful because they wanna deal with it themselves I think.

It is their problem.

Mexico is ours.

How’d you feel about South Korean help with Mexico?


17 posted on 05/02/2017 6:32:44 AM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Admiral Harris; ‘I Need High Power Options’
North Korea Will Fire a Nuclear Weapon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WgCB9ZqgiA


18 posted on 05/02/2017 7:04:42 AM PDT by Strategy
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To: Strategy
Is there a particular point in the video that you would recommend? I wish I had time to sit through the whole thing, but I don't.

I don't doubt that North Korea would fire a nuke at the South or Japan if they had the capacity. But I don't think we would use nukes unless we had the full support of both Russia and China in doing so.

Too easy to accidentally start a large nuclear war between parties who do have the capacity.

19 posted on 05/02/2017 7:21:01 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Strategy

Chicoms want to take territories and fly missions on US and Japanese borders and are using NK to accuse the US of nuke war and bullying when we fly our missions there.

They are trying to push for our disarmament and exit of international waters via their stooge.


20 posted on 05/02/2017 7:26:20 AM PDT by lavaroise
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