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| U.S. embassy in Seoul warns North Korea with photo: This B-2 stealth bomber is just across border |
| 2013-03-28 |
| The U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, sent a not-so-subtle message Thursday to the rogue regime in the North: This stealth bomber is right across the border. "Two B-2 bombers flew over South Korea today, demonstrating the US's ability to conduct precision strikes at will," the embassy tweeted in Korean and English. The vaunted B-2 is designed to penetrate deep into enemy territory without detection and can carry conventional and nuclear air-to-surface weapons. Revelations of two B-2 stealth bomber missions over South Korea were revealed as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel vowed an "unwavering commitment" to protect America's ally in the South following escalating threats from the North on the Divided peninsula. Mr. Hagel spoke with his South Korean counterpart Kim Kwan Jin early Thursday Seoul time, to assure him of "the steadfast U.S. commitment to the defense of South Korea," Bloomberg News reported, citing a statement from the Pentagon. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 B-2's over the east China Sea, while the USS Frank Cable is down PHIL ways in the SOuth China Sea. And where there is a USN Sub Tender, there is or will be USN Subs. Incidentally, "Sub-vs-Sub" is one of the likely USDOD war scenarios for the SCS - back in the Cold War it was agz the Soviets, now agz the PLAN? wid post-Cold War/USSR Russia watching the situation in the Sea of Okhost/Kamachatka + potens back again in Cam Ranh Bay. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-28 23:08 |
| #4 Not 9/11 - the 2008 and 2012 elections. (And we were wavering during the 2nd Bush administration...) As for the B-2 - I think we if we demostrate their abilities by sinking the U.S.S. Pueblo some dark night might send a message - it is still technically US Territory right? Might be a bit risky.. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-03-28 18:05 |
| #3 The problem with Hagel's statements is that the 9/11 war has given the West's and America's enemies reason to believe that the US' commitment to the defense of the US itself is actually wavering and anything but steadfast. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2013-03-28 16:35 |
| #2 Borde is now Border |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-03-28 16:09 |
| #1 I've never been very knowledgeable about airplanes but I've admired the B-2 since it was first unveiled. IIRC, back in those days there was some controversy about whether we needed such an expensive weapon. But I always wanted it to be built if not for its capabilities as a weapon but for the design and the technology. Forget what it can do to people on the ground. It is a work of art and a technological marvel. One thing I never understood about Bill Clinton sending cruise missiles into bin Laden's Afghan compound is why he didn't send B-2s instead. Then there would have been no need to alert the Paks who then alerted bin Laden. If you have a stealth weapon of such amazing potency, why would you not use it in a situation like that? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-28 15:41 |