North Korea ramps it up

[John Owen]

US, Japanese and South Korean warships perform missile defense exercise after North Korean tests | CNN

How long till they actually bomb South Korea and we join?


United States, South Korean and Japanese warships performed a missile defense exercise in the Sea of Japan on Thursday, two days after North Korean sent a ballistic missile over Japan, the US-Indo Pacific Command said in a statement.

The two US warships, the guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville and the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, both part of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier strike group, participated in the exercise along with two Japanese and one South Korean destroyer, the US statement said.

Thursday’s exercise also came just hours after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles, the latest in a spate of missile launches by Pyongyang in the past two weeks.

“This exercise enhances the interoperability of our collective forces and demonstrates the strength of the trilateral relationship with our Japan and Republic of Korea (ROK) allies, which is forward-leaning, reflective of our shared values, and resolute against those who challenge regional stability,” the US Pacific Command statement said.

Earlier, South Korean security officials said a US Navy aircraft carrier strike group was moving into waters off the Korean Peninsula.

South Korea’s National Security Council (NSC) held an emergency meeting on Thursday after the short-range ballistic missiles launches, the sixth such launch in 12 days, the country’s Presidential Office said in a statement.

 

[littleangelone]

ohh ohhh i hope this doesn't start world war 3 some people are saying that it might

 

[inquiring mind]

Rocketman trying to get some money from Biden before Trump gets back in.

 

[Der Alte]

ohh ohhh i hope this doesn't start world war 3 some people are saying that it might

I would not be surprised if The People's Democratic Republic of Korea, PDRK, the official name of North Korea fires a missile and "Oops, so sorry." it hits a significant target in South Korea.
I was on active duty in South Korea in '76 when NK officers attacked two American officers with axes and slaughtered them. U.S. Forces were restricted to bases for almost a month, expecting escalation. Some years later a Polish tourist defected across the DMZ the NK soldiers started shooting at him. American soldiers returned fire. The NK officer who led the attack on the American officers years earlier was shot and killed during this incident. This is a photo taken during the attack.

 

[inquiring mind]

I liked Trump's 'my button is bigger than your button' policy.