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This is part of a joint military drill that occurs every year around this time. Making this seem like an aggressive action by the U.S. is FUD.
by SteveNuts 10y ago
This is part of a joint military drill that occurs every year around this time. Making this seem like an aggressive action by the U.S. is FUD.
- petre 10y agoMilitary drills are used to discourage overconfident dictators like Kim and show him the proverbial "stick" (of Teddy Roosevelt foreign policy fame).
- okket 10y agoThere was a change in plan: > Carl Vinson Strike Group, including Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), will operate in the Western Pacific rather than executing previously planned port visits to Australia. http://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/130123 http://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/130123