Article

2013-11-06 China-Japan-Koreas

N.Korea Boosts Special Forces, Conventional Arms

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Steve White 2013-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I fear that the DPRK's claim of a warship being allegedly sunk last month wid loss of life + while performing "combat duties" may be used as a cover story = PCorrect-Deniable propaganda pretext for tit-for-tat, DPRK-claimed,
"retaliatory" LR TLCM, Air strikes by the DPRK agz the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN.

CHINA-ORDERED, NORTH KOREA/DPRK-FIRED OR LAUNCHED???

The above being said, DPRK/NORTH KOREA ICBM = IRAN ICBM???

* ION RELATED TOPIX > [International Business TimEs] DOOMSDAY WW3 RISING? CHINA WARNS JAPAN OF WAR IFF LATTER BLASTS DOWN DRONE.

Caroline Kennedy to the save the day for everybody???

China Foreign Ministry = says JAPAN-N-ONLY-JAPAN WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MILITARY CONSEQUENCES.

As per WORLD MIL FORUM ARTICS, Beijing + PLA would like to remind Japan + US-World that iff China is attacked by Nuclear Weapons, so also will they be counter-attacked by same.

* SAME > PACIFIC COMMANDER PLANS FOR NORTH KOREA MISSLE THREAT.

PACOM Chief USN Adm. Samuel Locklear.

NORTH KOREA ICBM = CHINA-ORDERED, ERGO IS NOT CHINA???

Well, thank goodness thats cleared up.

* RUSSIA TODAY > NORTH KOREA PROGRESSING ON ICBM TO STRIKE US [can reach Seattle + similar US West Coast cities]: THINK-TANK.

ARTIC > JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY US-KOREA INSTITUTE T.T. = DPRK KC-O8 BMS not as fake = "less fake" than originally thought???

* RELATED WORLD NEWS > [The Australian] NORTH KOREA'S FAKE MISSLE NOT SO HARMLESS NOW, EXPERTS FEAR.

* SAME > HAGEL: US MILITARY MUST ADAPT TO SMALLER BUDGETS, as induced by new + deeper Sequester-required cuts.

USDOD MUST PREPARE TO FACE ACROSS-THE-BOARD, ALL-ASPECTS MAJOR UPHEAVALS WHILE DEFERRING TO INCREASED USE OF NEW OR ADVANCED TECHNOLGIES + WHILE ALSO AVOIDING ISOLATIONISM.

The future USDOD will N-O-T be akin to the Cold War or the US Army-Navy Depts. of the early 20th century where a smaller, budget-constrained service allowed servicemembers to stay in-service on one or a few milbases throughout their entire career-tenure or many years, WW1 + WW2 + Cold War per se notwithstanding.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-11-06 01:07|| 2013-11-06 01:07|| Front Page Top

#2 "Special" = two meals a day

Posted by Frank G 2013-11-06 08:13|| 2013-11-06 08:13|| Front Page Top

#3 With a pint of milk for the squad.

Posted by Shipman 2013-11-06 17:32|| 2013-11-06 17:32|| Front Page Top

21:53 badanov
21:50 Frank G
21:21 Alaska Paul
21:09 Alaska Paul
20:44 Bill Clinton
20:28 RandomJD
20:11 JosephMendiola
19:50 Airandee
19:47 Airandee
19:44 European Conservative
19:42 Silentbrick - Oil Rig Insanity Division
19:37 Secret Asian Man
19:31 Raj
19:30 Raj
19:30 tu3031
19:30 Secret Asian Man
19:18 Procopius2k
19:18 tu3031
19:10 tu3031
18:57 swksvolFF
18:33 Rambler in Virginia
18:32 Thing From Snowy Mountain
18:11 Barbara
18:06 Barbara