webfact Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 U.S. fly bombers over Korean peninsula late Tuesday - Yonhap Undated handout photo of a B-1B Lancer soaring over the Pacific Ocean after air refueling training at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III/USAF/Handout via REUTERS SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday amid high tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. There was no immediate confirmation from the U.S. military. (Reporting by Soyoung Kim; Editing by Paul Tait) -- © Copyright Reuters 2017-10-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 U.S. flies bombers over Korean peninsula with South Korean, Japanese fighter jets By Christine Kim A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, takes-off to fly a bilateral mission with Japanese and South Korea Air Force jets in the vicinity of the Sea of Japan, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, October 10, 2017. Staff Sgt. Joshua Smoot/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military flew two Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday amid high tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes, South Korea's military said. The two B-1B bombers were accompanied by two F-15K fighters from the South Korean military after leaving their base in Guam, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a news release on Wednesday. The U.S. military said in a separate statement Japanese fighters had also joined the drill, making it the first night-time combined exercise for the U.S. bombers with fighters from Japan and South Korea. After entering South Korean airspace, the two bombers carried out air-to-ground missile drills in waters off the east coast of South Korea, then flew over the South to waters between it and China to repeat the drill, the South's release said. The South Korean military said this was part of a regular exercise to bolster military defences and also to display the alliance between the United States and South Korea. U.S. Air Force Major Patrick Applegate said: "Flying and training at night with our allies in a safe, effective manner is an important capability shared between the U.S., Japan and the Republic of Korea and hones the tactical prowess of each nations' aviators." "This is a clear demonstration of our ability to conduct seamless operations with all of our allies anytime, anywhere," the U.S. release quoted him as saying. The U.S. bombers had taken off from the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. In August, Pyongyang threatened to shoot intermediate range missiles towards the vicinity of Guam, a target frequently subjected to sabre-rattling from the North. South Korean and U.S. government officials have been raising their guard against more North Korean provocations with the approach of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of North Korea's ruling party, which fell on Tuesday. North Korea has launched two missiles over Japan and conducted its sixth and biggest nuclear test in recent weeks in defiance of U.N. sanctions as it races towards its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States. The North Korean party anniversary passed without any missile launches or nuclear tests, but officials are wary the North could engage in more provocations at any time, especially with China to begin its all-important Communist Party Congress on Oct. 18. (Reporting by Christine Kim and Soyoung Kim, Additional reporting by Eric Beech in WASHINGTON; Editing by Paul Tait) -- © Copyright Reuters 2017-10-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuaBS Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Time for another missile test , Kim ! Meanwhile the US navy is having fun too : http://nypost.com/2017/10/10/us-navy-crew-monitoring-north-korea-says-ship-is-a-floating-prison/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBOP Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 it was part of a "regular deployment training" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 27 minutes ago, BuaBS said: Time for another missile test , Kim ! Meanwhile the US navy is having fun too : http://nypost.com/2017/10/10/us-navy-crew-monitoring-north-korea-says-ship-is-a-floating-prison/ I wonder what types of comments you'd hear from the North Korean sailors! LOL. Or pretty much any other nationality for that matter. It's a really tough job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Media1 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Blast that fat Asian. Finish it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandor Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 2 hours ago, BuaBS said: Time for another missile test , Kim ! Meanwhile the US navy is having fun too : http://nypost.com/2017/10/10/us-navy-crew-monitoring-north-korea-says-ship-is-a-floating-prison/ ...solly..getting velly low on stock..have to kreep some for rater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over it Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 It seems, Kimmie got slapped on the annie of his regimes creation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Practice targeting run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouse Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 10 minutes ago, OMGImInPattaya said: Practice targeting run? What kind of air defence has NK got? Wouldn't surprise me if Putin didn't offer some new toys just for devilment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, Grouse said: What kind of air defence has NK got? Wouldn't surprise me if Putin didn't offer some new toys just for devilment! That would be good...nothing our military likes better than testing an adversary's defensive weapons in live-fire situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerangutang Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 3 hours ago, Media1 said: Blast that fat Asian. Finish it now Finish it? What an odd choice of a verb. When is a modern-time war 'finished'? Maybe Vietnam, but it started with the French-VN battles in the late 1950's, and went on into the early 1970's, .....and the effects of Agent Orange never finished - they're on-going. Iraq II was supposed to be a quick in 'n out. Same with Afghanistan, yet both are on-going decades after their starts. If Trump thinks he can do a quick in 'n out (which is what his father should have done 72 yrs ago), then he's as dumb as he is ignorant of military history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuaBS Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 6 hours ago, Grouse said: What kind of air defence has NK got? Wouldn't surprise me if Putin didn't offer some new toys just for devilment! Yes Putin should offer NK the latest of air defence "toys" .... maybe he already does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 may be just an action to be prepared for the expected new provocation on that day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 29 minutes ago, BuaBS said: Yes Putin should offer NK the latest of air defence "toys" .... maybe he already does. Other than satisfying some posters' fantasies, what would Putin gain by doing something like this? Such a move would undermine his current grown-up-in-the-room status, not to mention Russia is party to the sanctions regime. As for NK, I think the best available is a locally produced s-300 clone, probably equivalent to earlier models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuaBS Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 6 hours ago, Morch said: Other than satisfying some posters' fantasies, what would Putin gain by doing something like this? Such a move would undermine his current grown-up-in-the-room status, not to mention Russia is party to the sanctions regime. As for NK, I think the best available is a locally produced s-300 clone, probably equivalent to earlier models. Better the S 400. Don't you know there is a new cold war going on ( and a cyber war) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 24 minutes ago, BuaBS said: Better the S 400. Don't you know there is a new cold war going on ( and a cyber war) ? Let's try this again - what would Putin gain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 4 hours ago, OMGImInPattaya said: Practice targeting run? Yes. Sadly. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/11/politics/us-b-1-bombers-korea/index.html US bombers conduct drills off both coasts of Korean Peninsula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerangutang Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 US and Russia already tested their state-of-the-art weapons over Korea - 60 years ago when MIG-15's were dogfighting with US F-86 Saber jets. As Yogi Berra might say, "It's deja vu all over again." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilostmypassword Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Another day, another bomber. Or 2. Yawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attrayant Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Almost one year ago, this happened: Trump warns of World War III if Clinton is elected And two days ago, this happened: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxo1947 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Apparently, North Korea now has a missile that can hit New York, …which is a bit scary...... Because….."If it can make it there,..... it can make it anywhere"...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, boomerangutang said: US and Russia already tested their state-of-the-art weapons over Korea - 60 years ago when MIG-15's were dogfighting with US F-86 Saber jets. As Yogi Berra might say, "It's deja vu all over again." And those MIG-15s were damn good planes...better than what the good guys had at the time. Today it would be an American turkey shoot. Edited October 11, 2017 by OMGImInPattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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