Seems this North Korea **** is Getting Real

[Tim Steelersfan]

Nuke-sniffer aircraft arrives on Okinawa as tensions rise on Korean peninsula

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A U.S. aircraft that specializes in detecting radioactive debris after the detonation of a nuclear device has arrived on Okinawa amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula.

An Air Force WC-135 Constant Phoenix — commonly referred to as a nuke-sniffer — arrived at Kadena Air Base last Friday evening, said Satoru Kuba, an Okinawan who monitors military aircraft traffic at Kadena Air Base.

The Pentagon has often deployed one of the Air Force’s two WC-135 aircraft to the Asia-Pacific region since North Korea detonated an underground nuclear device in 2006. The plane also flew over Japan in 2011 after the meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, according to the Washington Post.

The modified C-135B uses external flow-through devices that collect air samples and debris. The samples later go to a lab for analysis.

The Constant Phoenix arrives at a time of growing tensions with North Korea, which has conducted two nuclear tests and test-fired nearly 30 missiles since last year.

Acting South Korean President Hwang Kyo-ahn has warned that the North may conduct “provocations” in connection with several upcoming events.

On Saturday, Pyongyang will celebrate the 105th birthday of Kim Il Sung, its late founder and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un. On April 25, the communist state will mark the 85th anniversary of its Korean People’s Army. In May, South Korea will hold presidential elections.

In reaction to last week’s U.S. missile launches against Syria, North Korea warned of “catastrophic consequences” if the United States attempts a pre-emptive strike.

The tensions led Pacific Command to order the USS Carl Vinson strike group toward waters near the Korean peninsula for the second time in recent months, rather than onward to Australia for planned port visits.

President Donald Trump’s administration has signaled it will take a hardline stance against Pyongyang’s nuclear-weapons program and has called on further action from China to rein in its communist ally.

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Elite US Navy Seal squad that killed Osama bin Laden ‘is training up in South Korea to take out Kim Jong-un’

Seal Team Six has been taking part in drills in South Korea as tensions with Kim's regime mount, according to reports

Seal Team Six is taking part in secretive drills alongside other elite US forces in South Korea amid rising tensions with Pyongyang, news.com.au reports.

US military officials confirmed “ground, air, naval and special operations” are taking part in “several joint and combined field training operations” which involve up to 17,000 troops.

And South Korean newspaper JoongAng Daily has claimed the teams would take part in a drill to simulate the removal of Kim Jong-un.

But US officials denied the elite troopers are preparing a raid to take out Kim.

Asked about drills, Former US Navy Commander Gary Ross said: “There are variety of Special Operations Forces (SOF) participating in Foal Eagle, as they do in most regional exercises.”

“Foal Eagle is a regularly-scheduled, annual exercise that is the culmination of many months of planning and it is not being conducted in response to the current situation on peninsula.”

The special operations teams are thought to also include the Army Rangers, Delta Force and Green Berets.

The training started one day after US deployed its state-of-the-art THAAD missile defence system to the region.

 

[Spike]

no ****

http://www.steelernation.com/showth...lear-Attack-At-Any-Sign-Of-Pre-Emptive-Strike

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

I'm loving the part that we are planning to take him out with Navy Seals, and advertising it (wtf?)

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US Special Forces Units May Be Training To Take Out Kim Jong-Un

U.S. special forces will take part in joint combat exercises on the Korean Peninsula.

The Korea JoongAng Daily, along with several other South Korean outlets citing military officials and the South Korean Ministry of National Defense, initially reported that SEAL Team Six, famous for taking out al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, would take part in the ongoing Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exercises.

SEAL Team Six, part of the national mission force, will not be taking part in the exercises, a senior defense official told Fox News. Local U.S. special forces units, however, will participate in the exercises, which may include drills simulating a “decapitation” strike to eliminate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and the young despot’s stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.

“A bigger number of and more diverse U.S. special operation forces will take part in this year’s Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exercises to practice missions to infiltrate into the North, remove the North’s war command and demolish its key military facilities,” an unnamed military official told Yonhap News Agency, emphasizing that the troops participating in the drills would “practice incapacitating North Korean leadership.”

Pentagon officials said the U.S. military “does not train for decapitation missions,” reports Business Insider. At the same time, it is believed that certain operational plans calls for preemptive strikes on North Korean leadership, as well as the country’s nuclear weapons caches, missile bases, and military command centers using all available assets, including special forces, in the event that North Korea starts a war or uses a nuclear weapon.

The Wall Street Journal reported in early March that policy options for the North Korea threat included the use of military force and even the possibility of regime change to curb the country’s nuclear ambitions.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

We aren't just testing Kim. Russia is taunting Japan too.

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Russian nuclear-capable bombers fly near Japan, US officials say

For the first time in nearly three months, Russia flew nuclear-capable “Bear” bombers near Japan, Wednesday, the latest sign of increasing tensions in the region, two US officials tell Fox News.

The officials said three Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers took off from a base in eastern Russia flying in the Sea of Japan and remained in international airspace.

One U.S. official described the Russian bomber flight as “clearly meant to send a message.”

This latest provocation from Russia comes as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits Moscow, Wednesday, the first visit by a cabinet member to Russia since President Trump assumed office.

Joining the three Russian long-range bombers was a IL-20 spy plane.

The Russian bombers took off Wednesday from an air base in Ukrainka in eastern Russia, home to one of Russia’s largest fleet of strategic bombers.

In late January, a pair of Russian bombers circumnavigated Japan for the first time in a year.

On July 4, 2015, Russian bombers flew 40 miles off the coast of California on the same day President Vladimir Putin called President Obama to wish him a happy Independence Day.

 

[steel dino]

Not to mention the Ruskie subs off the Delaware coast recently..

Don't be messing with my beaches.....*******!

 

[jitter77]

I highly doubt they are training to assassinate Kim. I do not think that story would get leaked. They are probably just trying to make pee his pants

 

[Ron Burgundy]

I highly doubt they are training to assassinate Kim. I do not think that story would get leaked. They are probably just trying to make pee his pants

I don't think he's smart enough to figure that out. He thinks he's the **** and on an equal plane with other world leaders when all he's leading is a third-world shithole.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

I don't think he's smart enough to figure that out. He thinks he's the **** and on an equal plane with other world leaders when all he's leading is a third-world shithole.

Seth Rogen and James Franco took him out once. Shouldn't be that hard for our Seals to accomplish.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

Japan readying for N. Korea emergency

By Hiroyuki Ishida / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

The United States has deployed the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to waters near the Korean Peninsula amid rising military tensions over North Korea. The Japanese government, which has asked the United States to provide advance consultation if it decides to launch military action against North Korea, has ramped up preparations for unexpected situations.

The Japanese government anticipates the possibility of a joint response with the United States should a contingency arise.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stressed on Wednesday that the region is becoming increasingly tense. “[U.S. President Donald Trump] has stated that all options are on the table. It’s a fact tensions are rising,” he said at the Prime Minister’s Office after receiving a written proposal calling for tougher sanctions on North Korea from the Liberal Democratic Party’s Eriko Yamatani, chief of the headquarters for the abduction issue.

“If an unexpected situation occurs, we’ll ask the United States to cooperate in rescuing the abduction victims,” Abe added.

The Trump administration is reviewing U.S. policy toward North Korea and has not ruled out military options, including a preemptive strike. Tensions in the region have risen sharply since the United States carried out a missile attack on Syria on April 6.

During a series of meetings between Japanese and U.S. officials, the Japanese side asked for advance consultation regarding any U.S. military action against North Korea. The U.S. side is said to have responded positively to the request. This is because Japan would need to take appropriate precautions given that, as an ally of Washington, it could be a target for retaliation should the U.S. military attack North Korea.

It is expected that a North Korean attack on Japan would involve ballistic missiles. The Japanese government has been bolstering defensive measures against ballistic missiles, including making permanent in August 2016 an order to the Self-Defense Forces to intercept and destroy incoming missiles.

57,000 would need rescuing

A difficult issue that would emerge in a contingency on the Korean Peninsula is the rescue and protection of an estimated 57,000 Japanese, including tourists, in South Korea. The government started compiling an evacuation plan in the 1990s and has updated and changed it several times. The government plans to convene a meeting of the four ministers who form the National Security Council to review the strategy for dealing with this issue at an early date.

Security legislation that came into force in March 2016 newly allows the SDF to take steps to protect, rescue and transport Japanese overseas. The Japanese government plans to use government-chartered aircraft and SDF transport vessels for such evacuations, which would be conducted in cooperation with the U.S. military.

“South Korea’s allergy toward the SDF is still strong, so there has not been much progress regarding concrete talks between the Japanese and South Korean governments,” a senior Defense Ministry official told The Yomiuri Shimbun.

The government must also figure out how to cope with the huge number of refugees expected to descend on Japan from the Korean Peninsula. They would need to be temporarily accommodated, but it also is possible that North Korean agents would slip into Japan with the intention of striking nuclear power plants, heavily populated areas and other targets.

Implementing immigration control procedures for those refugees would not be easy.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

OK, so I wasn't aware of this. Both Iran and North Korea are suspected of potentially trying to take out our electrical grids through cyber or an atmospheric blast. That's nice.

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Getting ready: Pentagon to protect electric grid from massive attack

Amid warnings that North Korea and Iran have plans to take out parts of the U.S. electric grid through a cyber attack or atmospheric nuclear blast, the Pentagon is taking steps to both protect the nation's communications and power lifeline.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has charged BAE Systems to map a system that can detect a cyber attack and gin up an alternative communications network for military and civilian use if the grid is fried, according to Defense Systems, the online newsletter.

Former CIA Director James Woolsey has been warning for years that the grid is extremely vulnerable and recently the Pentagon, and some states, have taken the warning seriously. Woolsey and former EMP Commission chief of staff Peter Vincent Pry have pointed a finger at North Korea, which is now threatening the U.S.

DARPA's focus is on thwarting a cyber attack, but Pry and Woolsey have also warned that North Korea or Iran could attack the grid with an atmospheric nuclear explosion over the East Coast that will disable the grid and that could end up leading to the death of 90 percent of those in the East.

The DARPA plan presented in Defense Systems has several elements react to attack.

First, it would include ways to sense an imminent attack that would trigger protections. And if damaged, it would have an alternative way for communications killed in the attack to continue in a backup system, key for the military and presumably the financial system.

It won't be ready until 2020.

 

[IndySteel]

That would be the same Iran that Obama gave $33.6 billion of our money to.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

That would be the same Iran that Obama gave $33.6 billion of our money to.

Yes, our good friends, Iran. Let us not forget that the Great O, the Great Redeemer, knows Iran's true intentions better than we. I mean, Valerie Jarrett is his right hand man...errr, woman....errr, Iranian woman. They know, we do not. We are but sheeple.

 

[hamster]

We should attack him in the darkness of night, when they only have one lit bulb in the whole country.

Seriously though, an EMP strike on the continental US would be a nightmare.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

This is getting scary.

US Deploys Two More Aircraft Carriers Toward Korean Peninsula: Yonhap

According to a report by South Korea's primary news outlet, Yonhap, the Pentagon has directed a total of three US aircraft carriers toward the Korean Peninsula, citing a South Korean government source.

Yonhap reports that in addition to the CVN-70 Carl Vinson, which is expected to arrive off the South Korean coast on April 25, the CVN-76 Ronald Reagan - currently in home port in Yokosuka, Japan - and the CVN-68 Nimitz carrier group - currently undergoing final pre-deployment assessment, Composite Training Unit Exercise off Oregon - will enter the Sea of Japan next week. According to the senior government official. the US and South Korea are discussing joint drills, which will include the three aircraft carriers and other ships.

USS Carl Vinson, surrounded by a fleet of US warships, was sent by Washington toward the Korean Peninsula in the beginning of April.

While details are scarce, and we would urge confirmation from US-based sources, Yonhap also reports that according to the government source the operation of three aircraft carriers in the same location is unusual, and demonstrates the US commitment to North Korea. Other sources said the Trump administration is demonstrating deterrence by acting on its behalf. "We expect it to be completely different from the previous administration."

On Sunday, Pyongyang launched an unidentified projectile, but the test reportedly failed. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) stated that the attempted launch was conducted from the area near North Korea's eastern port city of Sinpo, but likely ended in a failure.

 

[Sarge]

If **** was going down, I would be on my way to Korea. I am in a hotel in Texas. We are good. For now, anyway.

 

[SteelChip]

We should attack him in the darkness of night, when they only have one lit bulb in the whole country.

Seriously though, an EMP strike on the continental US would be a nightmare.

Better yet.....