North Korea likely preparing to strike U.S. military bases in Japan
By Elizabeth Shim Contact the Author | March 6, 2017 at 11:03 AM
March 6 (UPI) -- The four missiles North Korea launched on Monday were likely practice for targeting U.S. military bases in Japan.
According to South Korea's joint chiefs of staff, three of the four missiles landed in Japanese territorial waters, making it likely North Korea is rehearsing attacks against U.S. military stations in Japan, from where reinforcements for the Korean peninsula would arrive in the event of war.
Seoul said all four projectiles were most likely midrange ballistic missiles that are not capable of reaching the continental United States, South Korean newspaper Kukmin Ilbo reported Monday.
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Saw the headline and thought it was going to be rubbish from some fringe site, no, UPI.
Seoul (AFP) - Nuclear-armed North Korea said Tuesday its missile launches were training for a strike on US bases in Japan, as global condemnation of the regime swelled.
Three of the four missiles fired Monday came down provocatively close to US ally Japan, in waters that are part of its exclusive economic zone, representing a challenge to US President Donald Trump.
In separate phone calls, Trump -- whose rhetoric on the campaign trail had raised doubts about the issue -- reaffirmed Washington's "ironclad commitment" to Japan and South Korea.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/n-korea-missile-launch-training-exercise-strike-us-225108241.html
UPI is pretty fringe these days, it's owned by Reverend Moon of the Reunification Church. It does not have a reporter in the White House press corps.
In the event they did, Pyongyang should evaporate. From Kim to kimchi.
Also saw where Red China is rattling swords over concerns of a SK deployed antimissile systemMy father fought both (North Korean and Communist Chinese troops). I'd prefer my grandchildren don't have to.China is going for more than just Hegemony, they are after the probable and known Oil and Gas reserves offshore in the Western Pacific (Spratleys et al).
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These Chicom bastards are a bigger long term threat and enemy to us than the radical Islamic Muzzies.
Wish the country would wake up.
My father fought both (North Korean and Communist Chinese troops). I'd prefer my grandchildren don't have to.China is going for more than just Hegemony, they are after the probable and known Oil and Gas reserves offshore in the Western Pacific (Spratleys et al).
The Muzzies are a thorn in China's side, too, but I doubt they are playing pattycake with them.
I don't know why Japan isn't raising more of a stink over the S China sea farce PRC is pulling, a ridiculously high percentage of their imports sail through waters China is now claiming as territorial.
Neville Chamberlin tactics come to mind. Japan basically has no military, and is no position kick the shins of the neighbor bully.Japan has not much offensive capability, but I believe their navy is one of the world's largest.
Japan has not much offensive capability, but I believe their navy is one of the world's largest.
I heard that too, but aren't they mostly of defensive posture?Offensive capability as far as a navy is concerned means aircraft carriers, and Japan is slowly edging towards having naval air service again.
I don't know why Japan isn't raising more of a stink over the S China sea farce PRC is pulling, a ridiculously high percentage of their imports sail through waters China is now claiming as territorial.
North Korea warns of 'actual war', U.S. calls it 'pariah'
[Reuters] By Stephanie Nebehay
Reuters March 7, 2017
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it would pursue its nuclear deterrent and weapons program as huge U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises it says model a "pre-emptive nuclear attack" against Pyongyang continued.
South Korea and the United States, which led condemnation of North Korea's latest missile tests at the Conference on Disarmament, said their military drills were to test defensive readiness against possible aggression from the North.
North Korean diplomat Ju Yong Choi told the United Nations-backed forum that the allies' annual exercises were "a major cause of escalation of tension that might turn into actual war".
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