US B-1B Drops Live Bombs in Firepower Warning to North Korea

[Kokavkrystallos]

US B-1B Drops Live Bombs in Firepower Warning to North Korea​

An American B-1B Lancer strategic bomber dropped live bombs on mock targets on the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday for the first time in over seven years during a joint exercise with treaty ally South Korea meant as a direct warning to the North.

The supersonic heavy bomber assigned to Anderson Air Force Base in Guam was escorted in the drills by a pair of South Korean air force F-15K Slam Eagles from Daegu Air Base in the country's southeast.
All three warplanes hit their marks at the Pilsung Range with Joint Direct Attack Munitions, South Korea's Defense Ministry said in a press release.

JDAM is a precision guidance kit that converts munitions into so-called "smart bombs" that can be released by all U.S. Air Force aircraft, including drones.

The U.S. Seventh Air Force, headquartered at Osan Air Base, 30 miles south of Seoul, said the U.S. and South Korean aircraft dropped 500-pound GBU-38 munitions "simultaneously striking multiple simulated targets."

US B-1B drops live bombs in firepower warning to North Korea

A joint air drill involving U.S. and South Korean aircraft comes after North Korea sent nearly 1,000 trash-carrying balloons across its border with the South.

www.newsweek.com

"This is provocation! North Korea will destroy your Bombers, and use Nuclear weapons! We will defeat the Imperialist regime and your puppet in the South! I send you poop balloons and all my cigarette butts for warning you better watch it!"
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[rambot]

WHAT??????


That CANNOT be.

I have heard that Biden is EXCLUSIVELY "weak and feckless"

 

[Kokavkrystallos]

WHAT??????


That CANNOT be.

I have heard that Biden is EXCLUSIVELY "weak and feckless"

I highly doubt Biden was piloting the aircraft!

Given his mental instability at this point, he might even suggest a WAR! And then forget he gave such orders!

 

[rambot]

I highly doubt Biden was piloting the aircraft!

Given his mental instability at this point, he might even suggest a WAR! And then forget he gave such orders

Good call!


As a liberal I'm beginning to regret casting my raccoons blood crossing for Biden to be made Sypreme Chancellor of Earth after all this!?!

 

[AlexB23]

As a centrist, this war stuff gets old real quickly.

 

[Kokavkrystallos]

As a centrist, this war stuff gets old real quickly.

I find humor in madness, else I'd go insane with all this. As believers in Christ we can look forward to a time when
a according to Isaiah 2:4,
"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."

Today is also 80th anniversary of D Day, so they got that on History channel.

 

[AlexB23]

I find humor in madness, else I'd go insane with all this. As believers in Christ we can look forward to a time when
a according to Isaiah 2:4,
"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."

Today is also 80th anniversary of D Day, so they got that on History channel.

Wow, 80 years since D Day. Man, I remember when that was < 70 yrs ago. I am waiting for that peaceful time in the future.

 

[Zaha Torte]

WHAT??????


That CANNOT be.

I have heard that Biden is EXCLUSIVELY "weak and feckless"

He is. You believe a show of force means that he isn't?

I remember when Trump went to North Korea. He walked right in.

 

[rambot]

You prefer hostilities over de-escalation?

How would calling a political leader "fat" be de-escalation?

I also remember Trump referring to him as "Little Rocket Man" and indirectly commenting on him being fat (to his face).

ROFL!
Yeah. School yard insults, that's how adults show they're tough. Good point.

Trump will be Trump - and there were no new wars under him.

I guess it would make sense that he increased the defence budget by 20%$ then.

Trump the anti-war president was always a myth

 

[Zaha Torte]

How would calling a political leader "fat" be de-escalation?

Indirectly. You don't remember it?

And I do believe that talking - even with the occasional indirect insult - is better than fiery shows of force.

ROFL!
Yeah. School yard insults, that's how adults show they're tough. Good point.

As I said - Trump will be Trump - and I do believe that words are preferable to explosives.

You think someone throwing their weight around - like a larger kid shoving a smaller one - is better?

I guess it would make sense that he increased the defence budget by 20%$ then.

Trump the anti-war president was always a myth

In times of peace prepare for war.

 

[rambot]

Indirectly. You don't remember it?

I do.

And I do believe that talking - even with the occasional indirect insult - is better than fiery shows of force.

I dunno. I know Trump often spoke about loving showing a fiery show of force...and many people who support him would describe his personality the same way.

As I said - Trump will be Trump - and I do believe that words are preferable to explosives.

I wouldn't say a) that anyone would disagree with that b) That military drills which are incredibly common on the peninsula, are acts of aggression. The Norks made these comments EVERY time there was drill practice when I lived in south korea.

You think someone throwing their weight around - like a larger kid shoving a smaller one - is better?

Relevance?

In times of peace prepare for war

So you didn't read the article?

 

[Zaha Torte]

I dunno. I know Trump often spoke about loving showing a fiery show of force...and many people who support him would describe his personality the same way.

I was referring to literal fire.

I wouldn't say a) that anyone would disagree with that b) That military drills which are incredibly common on the peninsula, are acts of aggression. The Norks made these comments EVERY time there was drill practice when I lived in south korea.

Yet you claimed that these "incredibly common" drills were proof that Biden was strong.

Relevance?

Talking is better than fire.

So you didn't read the article?

No, because your comment was not relevant to my claim.

 

[Aldebaran]

 

[wing2000]

"This is provocation! North Korea will destroy your Bombers, and use Nuclear weapons! We will defeat the Imperialist regime and your puppet in the South! I send you poop balloons and all my cigarette butts for warning you better watch it!"

...beware of N Korean weather baloons : )

 

[rambot]

Yet you claimed that these "incredibly common" drills were proof that Biden was strong.

I.... I did? Where?

No, because your comment was not relevant to my claim.

The ways in which Trump escalated and supported conflict was not relevant to him not starting wars? I guess it depends on how generous you'd want to be.

 

[Lukaris]

The thing is Trump had an isolationist policy which was aimed at keeping the US strong and foreign alliances to a minimum. Trump wisely distrusted Iran and was pragmatic to maintain the status quo with Saudi Arabia.

The enemy camp distinctly referred to the Trump foreign policy as “isolationist” & said the Iran deal was a good thing. This was expressed during the Vice President debate with Mike Pence:


“We were in that deal, guys, we were in the Iran nuclear deal with friends and allies around the country, and because of Donald Trump's unilateral approach to foreign policy, coupled with his isolationism, he pulled us out and has made America less safe. So Susan, it's about relationships. And the thing that has always been part of the strength of our nation…”

Read the full transcript of vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris

This is a transcript of the 90-minute debate between Vice President Mike Pence and vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris.

www.usatoday.com

The late Princeton Professor Stephen Cohen, although left wing, was a most astute analyst of Trump foreign policy. Dr Cohen may have been the last clear minded liberal on this earth; he died in 2020. He understood that the Cold War parasite apparatus was ( & continues to) suck America dry & destabilizes the world. He knew Trump was a threat to this useless apparatus.

A 2018 article by Dr Cohen in the usually useless, far left Nation periodical exposed the then current, bipartisan apparatus that denounced Trump’s July 2018 summit with czar Putin. If efforts to negotiate with Russia ( instead of Iran) had continued, Ukraine might be free, independent & prosperous today.

Trump as New Cold War Heretic

www.thenation.com

Stephen F. Cohen - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Hans Blaster]

The late Princeton Professor Stephen Cohen, although left wing, was a most astute analyst of Trump foreign policy. Dr Cohen may have been the last clear minded liberal on this earth; he died in 2020. He understood that the Cold War parasite apparatus was ( & continues to) suck America dry & destabilizes the world. He knew Trump was a threat to this useless apparatus.

A 2018 article by Dr Cohen in the usually useless, far left Nation periodical exposed the then current, bipartisan apparatus that denounced Trump’s July 2018 summit with czar Putin. If efforts to negotiate with Russia ( instead of Iran) had continued, Ukraine might be free, independent & prosperous today.


Trump as New Cold War Heretic

It's hard to take seriously the position of a vatnik like Stephen Cohen on Russia, Ukraine, and geopolitics.

 

[Zaha Torte]

I.... I did? Where?

Your initial post on this thread.

You feigned shock that Biden would do this because,

"I have heard that Biden is EXCLUSIVELY "weak and feckless"

You were claiming that this "incredibly common" drill someone meant that Biden was not "weak and feckless".

The ways in which Trump escalated and supported conflict was not relevant to him not starting wars? I guess it depends on how generous you'd want to be.

They are literally not the same thing.

 

[rambot]

Your initial post on this thread.

You feigned shock that Biden would do this because,

"I have heard that Biden is EXCLUSIVELY "weak and feckless"

You were claiming that this "incredibly common" drill someone meant that Biden was not "weak and feckless".

In no way am I saying Biden is tough.

I am saying other people thought he was weak.

 

[Zaha Torte]

In no way am I saying Biden is tough.

I am saying other people thought he was weak.

Then your initial post makes no sense to me.

If you are claiming that these "incredibly common" drills somehow disprove these "other people's" claims that Biden is "weak and feckless" - then how is that not you claiming that he is tough?