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| USFK Nominee Warns of N.Korean Missiles |
| 2013-08-02 |
| North Korea is strengthening asymmetric systems such as special operations, cyber warfare and nuclear arms because its conventional forces have declined in capability, the officer nominated as the next commander of the U.S. Force Korea told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti was speaking at his confirmation hearing for the job. He added the North also has hundreds of medium and short-range ballistic missiles and keeps increasing their range, destructive power and accuracy. He claimed they pose a threat to the western part of the U.S. mainland as well as Okinawa, Guam and Alaska. The North's successful launch of a space rocket in December 2012 showed that its missile capability has been improved and that it is aimed at the U.S., he speculated. Asked about Seoul's request of another delay in the handover of full operational control of the South Korean troops, he said, "I do agree with the [scheduled] timetable. It is a bilateral agreement, Strategic Alliance 2015, to turn over operational control by December of 2015." Once appointed, he pledged to do his best to meet the schedule. But in a written statement to the committee, he hinted at the possibility of readjusting the schedule, saying the handover transfer should cause no unnecessary crisis in South Korea's security given realistic threats from the North. Scaparrotti added he will talk with the South Korean government about detailed plans, terms and conditions for a successful handover once he takes charge of the USFK. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 * WORLD NEWS > [Zee News] CHINESE NAVY SAILS THROUGH FIRST ISLAND CHAIN IN PACIFIC. Onward to the SECOND ISLAND CHAIN, e.g. GUAM-CNMI-WESTPAC. * TOPIX > CHINESE MEDIAS LAUD COUNTRY'S NAVAL POWER AFTER FIRST JAPAN CIRCUIT. * WORLD NEWS, TOPIX > WHY IS CHINA INTERESTED IN TONGA? I dunno - why is the Japan SDF setting up in TINIAN??? * SAME >[Newstrack India] CHINA'S DETERMINATION ON TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY UNSHAKEN BY OUTSIDE INTERVENTION. versus * WORLD NEWS > [US SecDef] HAGEL: SEQUESTRATION COULD FORCE A "DECADE-LONG" [10-year] HOLIDAY [hiatus] FOR MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS. * RELATED SAME > [US] MILITARY CONSIDERING CUTTING 25% OF ARMY PERSONNEL, MARINES TO TRIM BUDGET FOR SEQUESTER. * MARIANAS VARIETY GUAM > "BUILD-UP SLOWDOWN HURTING US REGIONAL CREDIBILITY". versus * WORLD NEWS > [New Straits Businesss Times] AL-QAEDA TRAINEES IN NEW ZEALAND, as per Kiwi = New Zealand PM Keys. And so it begins ... ... Lest we fergit, its NOT just China + PLA that ASEAN + Pacific Islands have to worry about wid any US-specific geopol retreat or fallback from East Asia. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-08-02 22:51 |
| #4 When Joe gets cranked I hear 3 bells and the teletype going. A pleasant flashback. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-08-02 16:32 |
| #3 ..skinny Asian models? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-08-02 09:04 |
| #2 Makes you wonder what Cuba might have been trading Mig 21s and sweet missile parts for... |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-08-02 02:35 |
| #1 Lets not fergit the Backpack Nukes + alleged Nuke tennis-balls. * FYI WND > EXPERT: CUBA COULD HIT US WID DEATHBLOW. * ION TOPIX > [Forbes] FOR STABILITY IN EAST ASIA, US SHOULD ABROGATE COLD WAR-ERA "MUTUAL DEFENSE" TREATIES, in favor of "Collective Self-defense" vee consent of sovereign nations. ARTIC = OF THREE POSSIBLE FLASHPOINTS - ECS + SCS + NOKOR - THE SOUTH CHINA SEA [SCS] IS LIKELY TO EXPLODE/IGNITE FIRST BEFORE THE OTHERS. * TOPIX > COMMANDERS: BUDGET CUTS COULD ERODE NUCLEAR ARSENALS. * TOPIX > [People's Daily Online] CONTAINMENT SPATS INEVITABLE THE PACIFIC. * STARS-N-STRIPES > BULK OF NEW [deeper Sequstration-led] BUDGET CUTS WILL HURT PENTAGON [hard]. * FREEREPUBLIC > HAGEL: BUDGET CUTS COULD FORCE US NAVY TO SIDELINE THREE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. * WAFF > [StrategyPage] THE [new-n-improved, armed] CHINESE WHITE FLEET [revamped Coast Guard] GOES OFF TO WAR. Coming to GUAM-CNMI-WESTPAC near you, once of course Debt-Sequester ridden Amerika PCorrectly-Deniably surrenders in the name of "Globalism" + the OWG "MultiPolar World" of multiple "Co-Superpowers". In parallel wid the USA, all other OWG "Co-Superpowers" are Par, + all ranked at World#1 + desire to be World #1 - WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG??? ARE YOU GLAD OUT OUR FED/GOVT-CRITTERS NEVER ASKED US VOTERS TO VOTE ON IFF THEY WANTED "GLOBALISM" + OWG-NWO, + RELATED! * ASAHI SHIMBUN AJW > US GENERAL [USAF] SAYS AGGRESSIVE CHINESE TERRITORIAL CLAIMS BRING RISK. * WORLD NEWS > TIES WID JAPAN FACE "GRIM TEST" [tests?]: CHINA NAVAL RESEARCHER WRITES. PLA NavResInst Researcher Xing Guangmei. A polite, oh-so-Chinese + Asian way of saying "test(s)" by the CRUCIBLE OF WAR = TRIAL BY COMBAT. Its for Japan + ROK + PHIL + Vietnam, ASEAN to surrender + concede, NOT for "post-US" wannabe, We-see-ourselves/China-as-equal-to-the-US China to stop its escalations = NOT not open fire on Japan + PHIL, etal. AND IN THIS CORNER WE HAVE POTUS BARACK "RED-LINES ARE ACTUALLY GREEN, YA KNOW" OBAMA... The clock is ticking ... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-08-02 02:18 |