US Carrier Group off Korea
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One hopes that the megalomaniac dictator won't do anything stupid after one of his daft petulant tantrumps.
It is to be hoped that the Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and supreme leader of North Korea won't react to this provocation either.
It is to be hoped that the Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and supreme leader of North Korea won't react to this provocation either.
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Originally Posted by Heathrow Harry
Truely, it had been some time those pictures had not been broadcasted around. It usually happens every 5-6 years - always the same footage, basically.
Reminds me of the Fall of Saigon, by the way. Let's wait and see.
Anyway, I'm not for one side in particular, being from the other part of the world. Just would enjoy one side getting a bloody nose.
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From the deck markings, looks like you are right. I'd wondered if it wa sone of the Korean Dokdo class LPHs, although they are assauly ships rather than the AS role the Japanee carrier, sorry, destroyer has!
No, the Koreans refused to take part at the same time as the Japanese. They did a similar joint sailing separately with the US, and when asked why no US/J/K they said it was to mollify the Chinese at a time of delicate negotiations.
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Try it the other way round.
Trump despite his undoubted failings does not come close to the little fat psychopathic NK ‘God’ for unmitigated evil.
N Korea is a failed state that complies with no universally accepted norms of acceptable behaviour, and presents a very real and present danger to world stability at the present time.
In spite of all the above mirth merriment and general jokes it should perhaps also be realised that with 7 carrier strike groups presently deployed the USN has at sea more ships and power than many country's Navies combined.
They also have about a century of carrier operations under their belt, and, at the present time just happen to be keeping the UK’s seedcorn carrier personnel trained and with the ability to man QE and the Prince of Wales in due course.
In spite of all the above mirth merriment and general jokes it should perhaps also be realised that with 7 carrier strike groups presently deployed the USN has at sea more ships and power than many country's Navies combined.
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Who knows how long they'll be deployed together off Korea? Even if it's for an extended period, the carriers can be relieved one at time within the normal rotation cycle of the carriers. And if things get hot, the deployment periods for one or more carriers can be extended as needed. That's what happened in both Gulf War 1 and 2.