POSTED BY: RICHARD SISK
The North Korean regime headed by Kim Jong-Un seems rattled by the presence of the USS Michigan near the Korean peninsula.
The former doomsday “boomer” was once loaded with Trident nuclear ballistic missiles but has since gone retro for a more conventional role, including the transport of elite American commandos in the form of Navy SEALs.
“The moment the USS Michigan tries to budge even a little, it will be doomed to face the miserable fate of becoming an underwater ghost without being able to come to the surface,” the North’s propaganda website Uriminzokkiri said.
That was how the North greeted the arrival of the 560-foot, Ohio-class Michigan at the South Korean port of Busan on April 25 — the anniversary date of the founding of North Korea’s army.
The U.S. Navy let it be known that the Michigan would join the battle group of the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson for exercises off the peninsula with the South Korean navy in a show of force against North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s regime. The North issued a barrage of threats against the Vinson as well.
“The urgent fielding of the nuclear submarine in the waters off the Korean Peninsula, timed to coincide with the deployment of the super aircraft carrier strike group, is intended to further intensify military threats toward our republic,” the North said.
The Michigan was commissioned in 1982 as an SSBN capable of firing Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles with MIRV, or Multiple Independently targetable Reentry Vehicle, nuclear warheads as part of the nation’s nuclear triad deterren
https://www.defensetech.org/2017/05/09/north-korea-rattled-commando-carrying-ballistic-missile-sub/
