US Responds To North Korean Nuke Test, Flies B-52 Over South Korea
On Tuesday, North Korea announced it had “successfully” tested a hydrogen bomb.
According to Kim Jong-Un, the test was necessary because America is “a gang of cruel robbers” hell bent on waging nuclear war. “This is a self-defensive step for reliably defending the peace on the Korean Peninsula and regional security from the danger of nuclear war caused by the U.S.-led imperialists,” Kim said.
Subsequently, experts weighed in, noting that based on the device’s yield, it likely wasn’t a “true” H-bomb. Nevertheless, analysts said the test showed the North’s nuclear program is evolving, a decidedly unwelcome prospect for Washington’s ally in Seoul.
In a hilariously absurd retaliatory measure, the South resumed anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the DMZ.
Adding insult to injury, the loudspeakers were fired back up on Kim’s birthday.
That prompted the North to declare that the peninsula is “on the brink of war.” Now, for the second time in six months, tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang have reached a fever pitch.
And so, just as The Pentagon was "forced" to send a warship and a B-52 to the Spratlys to deter Chinese "aggression", the US conducted a B-52 flight in South Korea on Sunday.
"The bomber, which can carry nuclear weapons, flew over the Osan Air Base about 45 miles south of the inter-Korean border around midday local time, the U.S. military said," WSJ writes, adding that "the B-52, based in Guam, was joined by American and South Korean fighter planes before returning home."
“This was a demonstration of the ironclad U.S. commitment to our allies in South Korea, in Japan, and to the defense of the American homeland,” Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of the U.S. Pacific Command said. Here are a series of amusing tweets from Pacific Command's official Twitter account:
[1/4] Responding to unlawful #NorthKorea nuclear test, a @USAirForce B-52 conducted a low-level flight over the ROK https://t.co/WD0ZPqf4rT
— U.S. Pacific Command (@PacificCommand) January 10, 2016
[2/4] The B-52 took off from #Andersen AFB, #Guam, and was escorted by @PACAF F-16 and #ROKAF F-15 fighters. pic.twitter.com/5K3rQUdKgZ
— U.S. Pacific Command (@PacificCommand) January 10, 2016
[3/4] This bilateral mission demonstrates U.S. and ROK
resolve to maintain stability and security on the Peninsula. pic.twitter.com/MFtB2dTxaz
— U.S. Pacific Command (@PacificCommand) January 10, 2016
[4/4] US demonstrated "ironclad commitment to our allies in South Korea, in Japan, and to the defense of the American homeland." -#ADMHarris
— U.S. Pacific Command (@PacificCommand) January 10, 2016
Kim didn't immediately respond to the show of force, but as The Journal dryly notes, the North "typically calls such action evidence of the U.S.’s intention to invade."
Obviously, Washington has no interest in "invading" the North, but the US is quite adept at making a bad situation worse, and sure enough, Yonhap is out reporting that Ash Carter may deploy a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Korean peninsula next month for joint naval "exercises" with Seoul, a move which is sure to infuriate Pyongyang.
In reality, the most effective way to counter Kim would likely be to simply ignore him. Responding to the North's sabre rattling effectively legitimizes Kim's threats and sends a message to the North Korean people that the regime actually has some shred of international credibility. In short, it's critical for Kim to perpetuate a narrative that revolves around a kind of epic, ongoing struggle between the DPRK and America. The US plays into that when Washington does things like fly B-52s near Kim's borders. As soon as North Koreans figure out it's all a charade, the music will stop for Kim.
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+1 for mentioning Quad.
It's gone downhill a bit since the days of Ross Walker, but my Quad 405 still rocks my Leak 3090's...
Never fear, Nubian. John Kerry is on his way to Korea to negotiate a new agreement. The South Koreans will turn it down after 11:00 P.M.
You've got to bomb it to know what's in it.
...Nana Kim Jung Pelosi.
Does anyone know the English translation or derivation of "Krasukha" ? Krasukha not in my Russian dictionary.
Suka is bitch. I would have to see the context in Russian to figure it out. The K could be a separate word in front meaning "to". And my Russian is not very good, so I probably won't decode it anyway.
I suspect the OP may have meant "Khibiny"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khibiny_%28electronic_countermeasures_syst...
Ass Carter doesn't know his from a hole in the ground.
Stupid fucking moron.
Replace B-52 with "Reggie's Cock" and South Korea with "Obama's Face".
Wow, tha'll show 'em
Great show, but B-52s can't stop missles from hitting L.A., which is a win for him, whether he loses or not.
be a win for us too.
Impressive.
...........if it was 1967, and the plane flew over Hanoi.
And even in 1967 it was an old, slow plane.
Why doesn't America de-colonize the DMZ and go home. Samsung can look after itself.
Cause it's not about SK or NK.
Both are pretexts. It's all about China.
They should have sent a whole squadron of B-52's. ONE plane doesn't say very much.
BETTER YET - they should have buzzed Kim Jong-Bombs' palace with a few stealth fighters, about 500 feet above the ground. That would send a message that the young punk would understand. It's unbelievable that this kid (Jong-Un) in N. Korea is causing these kinds of problems.
China also needs to get the message ... enough is enough.
You abviously haven't got the message either.
TWAT.
double post
US says Iran has no right to develop nuclear bombs like the US already has done because "they are different that us". US says North Korea cannot develop H bombs like the US already has done because "they are different that us". But when muslims terrorize, drive airplanes into buildings, rape and sexually assault white girls en masse. have a 1500 years history of seizure of Christian lands using decapitation, enslavement, rape and plunder under the tenet of jihad, practice sharia law - unseen in any other religion, commit murder, mass shootings, and video-taped decapitaions and burn people aliveand justified it using the quran --- for anyone to call for them to be barred from entering the civilized world because "they are different than us" means you are a "racist"
"..."they are different than us" means you are a 'racist'"--and of course we'll protect and buy your oil and kiss your chief psychopath...
which is ironic beacuse the people whose shoes he would lick created the ISIS monster for the very purpose of spreading fear and hate.
The US is past being the policeman of the world.
It actually wants to be the godfather and all that goes with it......obedience, respect and a cut of the action.
When B-52's are flying over North Korea, wake me up.
That'll show 'em
Concept is easy, to save nk you must destroy it. That is how you spread democracy.
One of the other headlines on this called it a 'powerful bomber" - then I read further and learned it was just a B-52 (which has been around since North Korea got first generation MiGs!
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43891.htm
The above post tells the rest of the story on NK.
This flight was just childish. Proves nothing, and will solve no problems.
Truth is that the US is a bloodthirsty war state, not at all interested in peace. Our way of the highway? I think the days of pushing the world around are over.
The sooner we embrace peace, the sooner we can start to fix some of the structural financial problems. ZH ers are an astute bunch and know that if we continue down the path we are on the country will fail.
Until the normal US people gain comtrol of their rogue state, the US should be boycotted and sanctioned.
No response would have been the best response but bullies being what they are...
The US Dept of State wouldn't know diplomacy if it kicked them in the ass. To them, the Washington maniacal crooks, and two thirds of the neurotic US it's "We Came, We saw, He died"
Soon it'll be "We Came, We saw, Everything died"
China doesn't want the United States bringing nuclear weapons up to its' doorstep like they are doing to Russia.NeoCons controlling the U.S. Government create the tension for war to keep the military-industrial complex going.Keep the homeland safe,blah,blah,blah.All the military brass want jobs after they get their big,fat pensions.Either that or they go to work for news organisations in order to spew the same ongoing bullshit.
Uh...we have bases there. How is that statement different than:
In this case, the B-52 was flown from its base in Guam. So the question I have is how much taxpayer money did the US waste on this stupid meaningless gesture.
"experts weighed in, noting that based on the device’s yield, it likely wasn’t a “true” H-bomb."
Depends... if they got the core down to .5kT and the yield ( based on seismic ) seems
to be in the 4-5kT... then Yeah it IS a true fusion bomb.
Keep in mind, if you live on a strip of land the size of half of Vermont,
you really don't want to "test" 100mT bombs anywhere near
said strip of land for very obvious reasons... and the NK
has seemed to focus on 4kT as a useful size... so far...
Why can't the US military learn to keep it in its pants?
This pointless "show of force" is akin to a flasher opening his trenchcoat to a three year old who called him names.
Good thing it's not a dick-waving contest, 'cause, you know....
What happen to Asian man who run into wall with hard on?
Broken nose.
What happen to U.S. politician who run into wall with hard on?
Find slower boy next time.
and on monday morning janet yellen will help the chinese prop up their stock market, the chinese being the enabler of north korea since 1951. there something wrong with all this and its not kim dumb sum, including bushes decision to pull troops back from the dmz and lecture taiwan on a return to their mainland roots. but obama has never seen anything he didnt like in the previous administration, while bush never saw anything of clintons that he did like, except for one thing, WTO for china. fly that b-52 over bejing and lets see what the stock market does
Too many people, even on ZH, are falling for the FALSE NARRATIVE of "the US should/should_not be the Policeman of the World".
The US is merely the Enforcers* (the police and military), used by the Private Cartel of Global Banksters, to (a) Create a branch in every country, and (b) grow the national debt to the hilt.
* Q: What's the difference between the Fed and a Counterfeit operation?
A: Only one of them is backed by the DOD/military.
The real ABC bombs need to fall in places like Davos (right now), and in certain cities where these CB/Rothschild maggots congregate.
Remember the real narrative: "All wars are banker's wars"
(Unless you read this over and over until it really sinks in, you will keep falling for all these distractions and side-shows, like a puppy going for every bouncy, bright, noisy object. Now go back to the NFL games, TV and Gaming.)
Don't forget the Cayman Islands.
I guess the MSM will be showing videos of this, while Congress silently sneaks through some law inventing new taxes on the peasants.
I was one of a ton of people that watched a B52 buzz Asheville airport years ago. It would almost touch down and then put the peddle to the metal and go around for another. HELL of a noise and you don't turn those things around on a dime. I figure a twenty mile circle. I was impressed. Little-Un would be too.
when i was a child we lived right outside Eaker AFB in Arkansas.
Every so often they would do what they called TDY ( i think) when FOR DAYS ON END they would touchdown and immediately take off again. B52s KC 135s etc etc Very Large planes........the entire house would shake for days.
Worse than the airport adjacent to MCRD SanDiego ( at least they shut down at night )
if you wanted to make a statement....uhh....you should probably sack up and make it over the country youre making it to.........not it's buttpuppet neighbor.
ffs
works only if Major Kong is hanging out the pilots window waving his cowboy hat
"Obviously, Washington has no interest in "invading" the North..." until it finds something it wants.
How many of those do they have left? About 20?
US Government is wearing its military down to a nub. No plan to replace equipment either.
I seen one of those tin cans at an air show, It was smaller than I thought, and on close inspection it did not look very secure to me, I would not fly in one of those outdated rickety things.
My cousin works for the RAF, I called him a terrorist, he runs a unit that repairs and maintains the engines, he has lots of blood money. We no longer talk obviously.
That B-52 has no parts of the original B-52.
Every part has been re-engineered, improved, and replaced many times over.
One overflight can bomb the norks back to the stone age.
one day Americans will build a country