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| North Korea Puts Artillery Forces on Combat Alert |
| 2013-03-26 |
| North Korean state media said Tuesday that the country's military command had ordered its rocket and artillery units to be on "highest alert" to strike bases on the U.S. mainland, Guam, Hawaii, and other targets in the Pacific and South Korea. The threat came after the U.S. and South Korea signed a military contingency plan to respond to possible attacks from North Korea, Washington's latest step to reassure its Asian ally as Pyongyang's increasing provocations and China's growing territorial ambitions fuel anxieties among its neighbors. The announcement of the new agreement was timed to the anniversary of the sinking of a South Korean warship, the Cheonan, on March 26, 2010, according to a U.S. defense official. South Korean officials have been anxious to signal to the public that they would not let similar future attack go without a swift response. Seoul said it hadn't detected any unusual military activity in the North that might precede an attack. The Pentagon condemned North Korea's threats to target U.S. military bases Tuesday, saying it was ready to respond to "any contingency." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 The longer any NE Asia conflict lasts, the more proficient/expert the "rusty" PLA will become. Reinforced by this article. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-03-26 21:05 |
| #1 IMO again read, SSSSHHHHHH CHINA. At last check, the "DPRK/NOKORS" said ... > War can "begin at any time", wid or widout warning. > Accused new Nippon PM Shinzo Abe of bellicose "confrontationism". It is my belief that China covertly intends for the DPRK to keep ROK, USFK, USFJ, JSDF, + UNCOM militarily preoccupied while the PLA focuses on Taiwan all the way southward to the SCS + SE Asia. The advantage for the US-Allies + UNCOM may lay in China's desire to have Japan + ROK, etc. under its wing vee the US, + keep SCO-CSTO + "strategic partner", BFF Russia as neutral as possible in any NE Asian mil conflict that does occur. THIS INFERS THAT CHINA IN THE WORST-CASE, OTHER THAN MASSIVE CONVENTIONAL WAR ONLY,COULD CHOOSE TO WAGE A LIMITED NUCLEAR CONFLICT, I.E. USE ONLY BATTLEFIELD = TACNUKES IN COMBAT EXCHANGES. Also, as per WMF + Other PLA Perts worry that the PLA's Boyz per se may be too long in the tooth = militarily "rusty/deficient" due to decades of inactivity as per support of overseas Chinese foreign policy, espec as compared to the post-Yugoslavia, post-9-11 USDOD includ National Guard + Reserves??? The longer any NE Asia conflict lasts, the more proficient/expert the "rusty" PLA will become. IFF ONE BELIEVES THAT CHINA + PLA STILL DESIRE GUAM + HAWAII, ETC. PACOAS FOR VIABLE FUTURE MILBASES, THEN THE ABOVE APPLIES - GUAM, ETC. WILL SEE EITHER MASSIVE CONVENTIONAL = AIRBORNE + COMMANDO LED ASSAULT, OR A LIMITED TACNUKE STRIKE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-26 19:43 |