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North Korea's Missile Designed to Launch From Submarine
North Korea's Missile Designed to Launch From Submarine
By: By Joe Crowe | Monday, 13 Feb 2017 01:41 PM RE: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Nor...t_nbr=owtctw6w Officials said the KN-11-mod-2 missile was launched in the northwest region of North Korea Saturday evening and traveled around 300 miles into the Sea of Japan. The missile test this weekend happened around the same time as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's appearance in the U.S. with President Donald Trump. The missile traveled farther than any other missile that North Korea has launched, according to a Pentagon spokesman. The launch was a "clear grave threat to our national security," Capt. Jeff Davis said, according to Fox News. Kim Jong Un, North Korea's 33-year-old dictator, witnessed the launch in person, officials said. The U.S. Navy has stationed two warships in the Sea of Japan in the last few weeks as part of a "heightened presence," one official said.
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Boats O Almighty Lord God, who neither slumberest nor sleepest; Protect and assist, we beseech thee, all those who at home or abroad, by land, by sea, or in the air, are serving this country, that they, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore in all perils; and being filled with wisdom and girded with strength, may do their duty to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. "IN GOD WE TRUST" |
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U.S. Navy to propose stronger South China Sea presence
The plan would be a departure from President Obama’s more cautionary policy. By Elizabeth Shim Contact the Author | Feb. 13, 2017 at 1:34 PM RE: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-Ne...l&utm_medium=2 Ships with the San Diego-based Carl Vinson carrier strike group may take part in freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, according to sources in the U.S. Navy. Photo by Specialist 3rd Class Sean Castellano/U.S. Navy/UPI | License Photo Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy may be planning a freedom of navigation operations, or FONOPS, near disputed islands in the South China Sea. Several Navy officials told the Navy Times both the Navy and the U.S. Pacific Command are to propose sailing near China's artificial islands in the disputed Spratlys, and possibly the Paracel Islands, where China has been building a military presence. China's neighbor Vietnam is also a claimant to the Paracels. FONOPS is viewed by many in the Navy's leadership as a standard mission, according to the report. During his last term, U.S. President Barack Obama did not allow the Navy to engage in FONOPS, part of his policy of caution and avoidance of extra confrontation with Beijing. That policy could change under U.S. President Donald Trump. Advocates of the operation think FONOPS could remove ambiguity from U.S. policy in the South China Sea. In recent years, while the Navy suspended the operations, China began to aggressively build in the Spratly Islands, installing military-grade runways and deploying surface-to-air weaponry, according to satellite images. Ships with the San Diego-based Carl Vinson carrier strike group, which is en route to the South China Sea from the Pacific Ocean, are likely to take part in the operations, according to the report. China's navy is building more aircraft carriers as its activities in the South China Sea continue to play a prominent role in its maritime policy. The South China Morning Post reported Monday that Beijing's third aircraft carrier, the Type 002 vessel, is in development. Beijing has decided to rely on a conventional system, rather than sophisticated electromagnetic take-off technology, for the aircraft carrier, according to the report. "There are still some technical problems applying nuclear propulsion to the carrier platform, so the Type 002 will still use steam catapults," a Chinese source told the Post.
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Boats O Almighty Lord God, who neither slumberest nor sleepest; Protect and assist, we beseech thee, all those who at home or abroad, by land, by sea, or in the air, are serving this country, that they, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore in all perils; and being filled with wisdom and girded with strength, may do their duty to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. "IN GOD WE TRUST" |
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