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Title: BREAKING NEWS: United States In Show Of Force Fly B-1 Bombers Over North Korea Dropping Inert Weapons.
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Published: Jul 8, 2017
Author: Pamela Williams
Post Date: 2017-07-08 11:00:28 by Ada
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US Air Force just flew B-1 bombers, which fired releasing inert weapons, over the Pilsung Range in North Korea. The mission took 10 hours, according to the statement. I was not expecting to wake up to this news, but I knew something was going on as planes flew over my home last night in an unusual thunderous noise. The two B-1 bombers flew 2,000 miles from Anderson Air Force Base in Guam to conduct a precision strike training exercise with South Korean fighter jets. The bombers were also joined by Japanese fighters during their flight. These missions are called “Jungle Lightening” by the Air Force. The mission was called a “demonstration of the ironclad U.S. commitment to our allies.” “North Korea’s actions are a threat to our allies, partners and homeland,” Gen. Terrence O’ Shaughnessy, the Pacific Air Forces commander, said. “Let me be clear, if called upon we are trained, equipped and ready to unleash the full lethal capability of our allied air forces.” Frankly, I can understand why this mission was planned and carried out. I applaud the fact that they did not use authentic weapons; instead, they are testing Kim to see what his reaction will be. So I am ready for anything within the next 24 hours. Published on Jul 8, 2017 As part of the continuing demonstration of the ironclad U.S. commitment to our allies against the growing threat from North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs, two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam conducted a 10-hour sequenced bilateral mission with South Korean and Japanese fighter jets, July 7. The mission is in response to a series of increasingly escalatory actions by North Korea, including a launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on July 3. “North Korea’s actions are a threat to our allies, partners and homeland,” said General Terrence O’ Shaughnessy, Pacific Air Forces commander. “Let me be clear, if called upon we are trained, equipped and ready to unleash the full lethal capability of our allied air forces.” The B-1Bs flew to the Korean Peninsula where they were joined by South Korean F-15 fighter jets and U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets. The B-1Bs practiced attack capabilities by releasing inert weapons at the Pilsung Range. “This mission clearly demonstrates the U.S.-ROK alliance remains prepared to use the full range of capabilities to defend and to preserve the security of the Korean Peninsula and region,” said Lt. Gen. Thomas Bergeson, U.S. Forces Korea deputy commander. En route back to Guam, the B-1Bs flew and integrated with Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) F-2 fighter jets over the East China Sea. “The U.S.-Japan alliance and the relationship between our militaries are stronger than they have ever been,” said Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez, U.S. Forces Japan commander. “We continue to train with our Japanese allies to ensure we are ready to defend ourselves from attack.” A North Korean test of an ICBM is a momentous step forward for Pyongyang, as it works to build an arsenal of long-range nuclear-armed missiles that can hit anywhere in the United States. Although the North isn’t quite there yet, some analysts say It could hit Alaska right now. A successful launch of an ICBM has long been seen as a red line, after which it would only be a matter of time if the country isn’t challenged. President Trump said North Korea’s plan to develop an ICBM capable of hitting the U.S. “won’t happen” and has since made tough talk on the issue a signature. Although I do not want to see war, the US had to do something. Of course, this is my opinion only. Pacific Command maintains flexible bomber and jet fighter capabilities in the Indo-Asia-Pacific theater, retaining the ability to quickly respond to any regional threat in order to defend the U.S. homeland and in support of our allies. Lets explore the question “how did North Korea ever manage to create an ICBM with the capability of reaching Alaska?” North Korea is an isolated Country where most citizens don’t have access to the Internet or the means to travel abroad. It has been reported that North Korea is so poor that there is almost “no supply of concrete, bricks or window glass. People suffer shortages of rice, gasoline and even underwear.” If this is true, I would say it is because Kim hoards all the wealth and cares nothing for his people. Yet, they have to be getting help from someone, but I have read they are very self-sufficient. And yet… it’s been able to expand its weapons technology at an astounding rate. Earlier this week, it test launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that experts say could have reached Alaska. How has the North been able to make big weaponry advances that experts considered a couple of years away at best? “When you have a strategic line, a single-minded focus on nuclear and economic development, and you’re able to politically mobilize and entire state infrastructure to that end, it provides a lot of potential momentum,” says Scott A. Snyder, a North Korea expert and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “That’s what Kim Jung Un has done.” North Korea launched its missile development program in 1980. At first, its strategy was to buy old Soviet missiles from third parties such as Egypt and Syria, says John Schilling, a North Korea expert and aerospace engineer who contributes to 38 North, a website devoted to events concerning North Korea. Once the North Korean engineers had the old missiles, they reverse-engineered them so that they could produce their own copies. The country imported experience too, Schilling says. As the Soviet Union neared collapse, North Korea hired Russian engineers who weren’t being paid at home. They brought them to Pyongyang to both work directly on North Korean programs, and to train North Koreans. President Trump has warned North Korea, just as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has. Despite the sabre-rattling, the United States and South Korea have said they are committed to resolving the crisis over the North’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile peacefully. This is good to know, and I believe they are sincere. However, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday in Hamburg, where the leaders of G20 nations are meeting, there “would not be many good options left on North Korea if the peaceful pressure campaign failed.” U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to confront the North “very strongly” and said Washington was considering “severe things” for the isolated state following the ICBM test. The United States, Japan, and South Korea agreed on Friday to push for a quick U.N. Security Council resolution to put new sanctions on North Korea. On the sidelines of the G20 summit, Trump, Moon, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to apply “maximum pressure” to counter the North nuclear threat. North Korea has hailed the ICBM test as marking the completion of is strategic weapons capability that it says includes atomic and hydrogen bombs. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a mausoleum honoring state founder Kim Il Sun on Saturday, the anniversary of his grandfather’s death, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported. He was joined by military officials who contributed to the success of the ICBM test, the news agency said. (Reporting by Heekyong Yang; Editing by Jack Kim, Robert Birsel) In conclusion, my instincts tell me that Kim wants war, and he will not stop until he gets it. At the same time, I do not believe in regime change wars, and I am praying my Country understands all the US has accomplished with these types of wars is creating vacuums for terrorists. However, this does not appear to be a typical regime change plan. It seems to be an act of self-defense which happens to be necessary. Lets see what the always important Charles Krauthammer has to say: www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article160228634.html Across 25 years and five administrations, we have kicked the North Korean can down the road. We are now out of the road. On July 4, North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile apparently capable of hitting the US. As yet, only Alaska. Soon, every American city. Moreover, Pyongyang claims to have already fitted miniaturized nuclear warheads on intermediate range missiles. Soon, on ICBMs. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s initial reaction to this game changer was not encouraging. “Global action is required to stop a global threat,” he declared. This, in diplo-speak, is a cry for multilateral help. Alas, there will be none. Because, while this is indeed a global threat, there is no such thing as global interests. There are individual national interests and they diverge. In this case, radically. The latest North Korean missile is menacing not just because of its 4,000 mile range, but because it is road mobile. And the transporter comes from China! There you have it in a nutshell. I agree with him totally, and as of late, I have not. He has it right on target today. Get ready for a North Korean reaction to a United States necessary action.
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#1. To: Ada (#0)
STUPID: poke the bear and ask for some bad to happen.
Posting pure horseshit articles is bad enough but posting those that are false is stupid indeed. Proof reading is the least a poster can do. Trump is right, fake news.
Bullshit. Further, unless the author lives in GUAM, they did not hear anything related to any alleged activities originating in GUAM.
#2. To: Ada, Christine (#0)
Fly B-1 Bombers Over North Korea Dropping Inert Weapons.
#3. To: Ada (#0)
(Edited)
US Air Force just flew B-1 bombers, which fired releasing inert weapons, over the Pilsung Range in North Korea. The mission took 10 hours, according to the statement. I was not expecting to wake up to this news, but I knew something was going on as planes flew over my home last night in an unusual thunderous noise. The two B-1 bombers flew 2,000 miles from Anderson Air Force Base in Guam
-Alex Kurtagic
#4. To: Ada (#0) (Edited)
North Korea is likely trying to provoke a Superpowered Security Agreement for its protection, not war.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
#5. To: X-15 (#3)
X.... It boggles my mind that people can read such without a hint of the truth. Having done tours on Guam during the LAST and current Korean war, this is something that people should try to understand...... The army was fighting and dying in Korea, our A bomb targets were in Russia...The Chinese came in and our targets were still in Russia. The cease fire came about and our targets remained in...Russia... I venture that Guams PRIME targets are still in...Russia.
#6. To: GreyLmist (#4)
If North Korea were not detonating nuclear bombs and flinging missiles all over their part of the world nobody would pay much attention to them. North Korea's Lil' Kim is a drama whore.
-Alex Kurtagic
#7. To: Cynicom, GreyLMist (#5)
North Korea is Communist China's 'buffer zone' to keep our troops from being parked along the Yalu River in the event of reunification of the two Korea's. It is in the Chi-Coms interest to reign in that fat pig.
-Alex Kurtagic
#8. To: X-15 (#6)
Just noting quickly for now that North Korea isn't a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and it isn't the only such country in the world. If North Korea were not detonating nuclear bombs and flinging missiles all over their part of the world nobody would pay much attention to them.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
#9. To: X-15 (#7)
Why isn't there a treaty by now ending our technical state of war with it? North Korea is Communist China's 'buffer zone' to keep our troops from being parked along the Yalu River in the event of reunification of the two Korea's. It is in the Chi-Coms interest to reign in that fat pig.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
#10. To: GreyLmist (#9)
Only Congress can declare war. Truman called it a police action. Then they came looking for the remainder of us that had survived the Great Depression to DO OUR DUTY. A total of 36,000 paid the price. Why isn't there a treaty by now ending our technical state of war with it?
#11. To: GreyLmist (#8)
No other country, signer or not, is misbehaving like North Korea. Just noting quickly for now that North Korea isn't a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and it isn't the only such country in the world.
-Alex Kurtagic
#12. To: X-15 (#11)
But the Pakistanis gave nuclear information to the Saudis and that is pretty darn bad in my book. Now if the Saudi can obtain fissionable material, we could be in for a new ball game in the M.E. ;) No other country, signer or not, is misbehaving like North Korea.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
#13. To: GreyLmist, 4 (#8)
On January 10, 2003, North Korea announced (a) that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), effective immediately, and (b) that its withdrawal from the NPT left it free from the binding force of its Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#14. To: BTP Holdings (#12)
Neither one of those two nations are shooting off missiles like bottle rockets and threatening America with a nuclear holocaust. But the Pakistanis/Saudis
-Alex Kurtagic
#15. To: GreyLmist, Cynicom (#9)
First, it's their state of war. You'll have to ask North Korea and South Korea about that, it seems that North Korea does not want to participate in any real talks to settle the old conflict once and for all. Why isn't there a treaty by now ending our technical state of war with it?
-Alex Kurtagic
#16. To: Lod (#13)
A source: American Society of International Law - asil.org Continuing with next two paragraphs @ article posted there: Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Each party shall in exercising its national sovereignty have the right to withdraw from the Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events, related to the subject matter of this Treaty, have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country. It shall give notice of such withdrawal to all other Parties to the Treaty and to the United Nations Security Council three months in advance. Such notice shall include a statement of the extraordinary events it regards as having jeopardized its supreme interests. On January 10, 2003, North Korea announced (a) that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), effective immediately, and (b) that its withdrawal from the NPT left it free from the binding force of its Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
NORTH KOREA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY | ASIL
By: Frederic L. Kirgis
Date: January 24, 2003
North Korea became a party to the NPT in 1985 as a non-nuclear-weapon state. Article III of the NPT requires each non-nuclear-weapon state to accept safeguards in an agreement with the IAEA, in order to verify its compliance with its obligation under Article II to refrain from manufacturing or acquiring nuclear explosives. Article X, paragraph 1 of the NPT provides:
Cross-referencing archived info and sources @ Post #4 of 4um Title: Why Does North Korea Want Nukes?
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
#17. To: GreyLmist (#16)
Would you buy a used car from Lil' Kim? Would you trust him to tell you the truth about the condition of the car?? North Korea is a despotic tyranny, adhering to international laws and living up to treaties/agreements means nothing to the Kim dynasty.
-Alex Kurtagic
#18. To: All (#16)
U.S. Military Responds After North Korea's Latest Missile Test - YouTube, 5 minutes Published on Jul 4, 2017 by CBS Los Angeles The Trump Administration confirmed Tuesday night the claim by North Korea that the missile it launched was in fact an intercontinental ballistic missile, Dave Bryan has details. [@ 2:30: "So, now the question is: What to do about it?" ... CBS News reports the Pentagon is working on Military Show of Force options, like long range nuclear bomber flights over the Korean peninsula ... ] ‘When US simulates the bombing of N.Korea, nobody calls that a provocation’ - RT article 6 Jul, 2017 w/video and transcription RT: North Korea has been provoking the international community with its weapons tests for years. What's Pyongyang trying to achieve? So far, they've only landed themselves in hot water with more sanctions and foreign pressure. BB: They want a peace treaty and an end to economic sanctions. And they want to secure their country from any kind of imperial invasion, such as took place in Iraq and Libya. They are not provoking the international community; that is the spin based on Washington’s dominance in the international community at the UN. Just three weeks ago the US carried out a bomb, a nuclear bomb-dropping drill that simulated the nuclear destruction of North Korea. Nobody called that provocative. When North Korea sends off a missile test saying, ‘we are not going to be bullied – that is provocative. The narrative of North Korea’s ‘provocative activity’ in the face of US and South Korea carrying out the largest war exercises in the world, simulating the invasion and the destruction of North Korea that is never considered a provocation. That is a double standard, and we need to stop accepting the dominant narrative offered by Washington, the Pentagon and echoed by the mainstream media. Published on Jul 8, 2017 by ARIRANG NEWS [S. Korea media: Arirang (TV network) - Wikipedia]
'N. Korea now has capacity to target heart of US Pacific Command' - RT article 5 Jul, 2017. Excerpts: North Korea is obviously not a party to the NPT; it is not a US ally but now appears to have the capability to threaten a nuclear attack on the US. This is why this missile test is a big deal and it makes Washington very nervous. If the US wants North Korea to stop, then the path is very clear – it has to stop its provocations and its military exercises and then resolve the conflict fundamentally by signing a peace treaty to end the ongoing state of war between the US and North Korea. ... The only thing that is standing in the way is, not surprisingly, the interest of the military-industrial complex, which feeds off of perpetual war.
The DPRK is a sovereign country, no foreign troops occupy its land, unlike South Korea where tens of thousands of Americans troops occupy the southern part of Korea and have a big influence. No foreign power has a lot of influence in Pyongyang. So, the US and the Trump administration are lashing out against China…North Korea is saying to the world: "Look, if you have war exercises, so-called war games, which we do not consider to be games or funny, that simulate the destruction of our country, a country that had been destroyed by the US between 1950 and 1953, we are going to take action, including gaining new nuclear and missile technology to have a deterrent."
Two U.S. B-1B bombers dispatched to South Korea for joint drill - YouTube, 2 minutes
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
#19. To: X-15 (#17) (Edited)
No and no. Did we or did we not just intentionally sidestep a number of international laws/treaties/agreements (re: territorial land, waters and airspace) to use the Korean DMZ/Demilitarized Zone border for a Military show of force and bombing demonstration? North Korea and China, too, seem to think so. Is it ok if we did because we are still at war with North Korea and the WWIII Warhawk escalators here [in the U.S. & the West] want it regime changed? When they speak of defending "our allies" in the region, they speak of Japan (the nation that brought us WWII) and of South Korea (that was arranged at the end of WWII to be the next staging ground for war casualties). This is our ally Australia's neighborhood. Who cares if they'd prefer another World War in the Pacific be averted diplomatically? Not many in D.C., apparently. If war in that region happens again, how long should we think that China (a nation which spent much of the Clinton administration acquiring our Defense data) would do this?: China Cuts All Military Communication w/North Korea 7/10/17 - YouTube, 2.5 minutes Published on Jul 10, 2017 by JustInForTheTruth Would you buy a used car from Lil' Kim? Would you trust him to tell you the truth about the condition of the car?? North Korea is a despotic tyranny, adhering to international laws and living up to treaties/agreements means nothing to the Kim dynasty.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
#20. To: All (#19) (Edited)
Demilitarized zone | Korean Demilitarized Zone: Location - Wikipedia Refs. The Korean Demilitarized Zone [DMZ; Hangul/Hanja] ... is established by the provisions of the Korean Armistice Agreement to serve as a buffer zone between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The Demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier that divides the Korean Peninsula roughly in half. It was created by agreement between North Korea, China and the United Nations in 1953. ... Within the DMZ is a meeting-point between the two nations in the small Joint Security Area near the western end of the zone, where negotiations take place. The Korean Demilitarized Zone intersects but does not follow the 38th parallel north, which was the border before the Korean War. It crosses the parallel on an angle, with the west end of the DMZ lying south of the parallel and the east end lying north of it. The DMZ is 250 kilometres (160 miles) long, approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) wide. ... the zone separating both sides [of the Korean Peninsula, North Korea and South Korea] is demilitarized ... The Northern Limit Line, or NLL, is the disputed maritime demarcation line between North and South Korea in the Yellow Sea, not agreed in the armistice. Published on May 8, 2017 by Youtupe Mania Published on Apr 1, 2017 by Youtupe Mania Pyongyang's state-controlled news agency KCNA said that from March 15 to 30, the B-1B nuclear strategic bomber was deployed from its location in Guam, flying with planes in formation five times, up to 9 aircraft at a time, then rampaging through South Korea airspace, while engaging in bomb-drop training that would target its major buildings. KCNA also denounced the deployment of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, and claimed the U.S. military deployed the nuclear-powered submarine USS Columbus, and F-35B stealth fighters to the peninsula. The B-1B bomber has a Mach 1.25 speed capability at high altitude. The supersonic bomber is cause for concern in North Korea, as it is capable of reaching the Korean peninsula from its station in Guam within 2 hours. According to South Korean press, the United States did deploy at least four B-1B Lancers across two separate training events participated in the joint annual exercises Foal Eagle. non-DoD endorsement disclaimer: "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement." Published on Jul 8, 2017 by The Next News Network Reuters reports, Two U.S bombers have flown over the disputed South China Sea, the U.S. Air Force said on Friday, asserting the right to treat the region as international territory despite China's claim to virtually all of the waterway. Did we or did we not just intentionally sidestep a number of international laws/treaties/agreements (re: territorial land, waters and airspace) to use the Korean DMZ/Demilitarized Zone border for a Military show of force and bombing demonstration? North Korea and China, too, seem to think so. Is it ok if we did because we are still at war with North Korea and the WWIII Warhawk escalators here [in the U.S. & the West] want it regime changed?
A DMZ may sometimes form a de facto international border, such as the 38th parallel between North and South Korea. ... Many demilitarized zones are considered neutral territory because neither side is allowed to control it, even for non-combat administration.
WHY NORTH KOREA FREAK OUT WHEN B-1B LANCER FLY CLOSE TO ITS AIR SPACE - YouTube, 2.5 minutes
North Korea Accused U.S Deployed B-1B Lancer 5 Times Into Its Air Space - YouTube, 1st approx. 2 minutes of 4.5
ALERT: TRUMP JUST THREATENED CHINA WITH THE ULTIMATE WEAPON THEN THEY FIRED BACK - YouTube, 1st approx. 3 minutes of 4.75
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
#21. To: GreyLmist (#20)
We've been doing just that since 1953. So what? Did we or did we not just intentionally sidestep a number of international laws/treaties/agreements (re: territorial land, waters and airspace) to use the Korean DMZ/Demilitarized Zone border for a Military show of force and bombing demonstration?
-Alex Kurtagic
#22. To: GreyLmist, Cynicom (#20)
This is all very old news, we've been flying all around and over North Korea since 1953. This was a little more exciting than Lil' Kim getting all worked up over nothing, look what his grandpa did back in 1981: www.nytimes.com/1981/08/27/world/missile-is-fired-by-north-koreans-at-us-spy-plane-near-the-dmz.html MISSILE IS FIRED BY NORTH KOREANS AT U.S. SPY PLANE NEAR THE DMZ By DAVID SHRIBMAN, Special to the New York Times Published: August 27, 1981 WASHINGTON, Aug. 26— A North Korean surface-to-air missile was fired at an American reconnaissance aircraft near the demilitarized zone of North and South Korea today, Pentagon officials said. The plane was not hit, they added. The missile fired at the American SR-71, an advanced highaltitude, long-range surveillance plane considered one of the fastest aircraft in the world, did not come near its target, an official said. The Pentagon refused to discuss the specific activities of the aircraft but said in a statement that the SR-71 had been flying in South Korean and international airspace. It said that the incident had posed no threat to the aircraft, which landed safely. The pilot saw the missile's vapor trail and subsequent ''airbursts'' several miles from his plane, the Pentagon said. The incident came just one week after two Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan SU-22's, one of which had fired upon them during military exercises over the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean. Missions Regularly Protested A Defense Department official said that SR-71 missions over the area of today's incident were not unusual. North Korea regularly protests what it says is the deployment of United States aircraft over its territory. The incident was discussed at a meeting between President Reagan and Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger at the President's ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., according to Edwin Meese 3d, counselor to the President. Mr. Meese said that there had been a brief discussion between Mr. Weinberger and Mr. Reagan on ''sensitive events,'' including the Korean incident. ''It was just alerting the President to this report,'' he said, adding that a full evaluation was not yet available from the State Department. Mr. Meese described the President as ''concerned'' and brushed aside questions of possible retaliation by the United States. Plane Carries No Arms The SR-71, which is not fitted for armaments, flies at about 2,000 miles an hour and is capable of surveying 60,000 square miles of territory per hour from an altitude of 80,000 feet. The delta-shaped aircraft carries a two-man crew along with specialized surveillance equipment. Like last week's Libyan missile incident, today's firing came in an area marked by international tension. Despite repeated calls for reunification of the Koreas, the two nations have endured an uneasy truce dating from the end of the Korean War nearly three decades ago. Since then, there have been innumerable incidents in the area of the DMZ and occasional crises. After four North Korean patrol boats seized the Navy intelligence ship Pueblo in January 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent two squadrons of fighter planes to South Korea, called up 15,000 Air Force and Navy reservists and ordered the aircraft carrier Enterprise to a position some 200 miles off the North Korean coast. The Pueblo's 82 crew members were released in December of that year. Spy Plane Downed Off Coast A year later, an unarmed United States reconnaissance aircraft was downed off the coast of North Korea and all 31 aboard were killed. Shortly afterward, President Richard M. Nixon ordered a show of United States military might in the region. Less than a month ago, North Korea charged that an American SR-71 aircraft flew ''deep into the sky above our territorial waters.'' It was the 19th time, according to the North Koreans, that American ''spy'' missions had been flown over the coast since June 19. ''These days such espionage acts of the U.S. imperialist aggressors have become all the more frequent, synchronizing with their full-scale introduction of new-type combat equipment of various kinds into South Korea,'' the North Korean Government said in a statement broadcast in English on July 31. The SR-71 was developed by Lockheed as an apparent successor to the U-2, which was also built by Lockheed. Work on a prototype of the SR-71 began in 1959, a year before a U-2 was downed by a missile over the Soviet Union.
-Alex Kurtagic
#23. To: X-15 (#22)
MacArthur was right, we should have gone through Korea and all the way to Peking.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#24. To: Lod (#23)
And they would have had to use nukes to stop the waves of Chinese troops. And that would have aroused the ire of the Soviets. All bets would have been off. ;) all the way to Peking.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
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