sábado, 14 de octubre de 2017

The US on the brink of war with North Korea - World Socialist Web Site

The US on the brink of war with North Korea - World Socialist Web Site

 

Amid accelerating US preparations for conflict with North Korea,
yesterday’s night-time flight by two B-1B bombers over the Korean
Peninsula was designed to provoke a North Korean response that could be
used as the casus belli for all-out war.


The supersonic bombers were joined by Japanese and South Korean
fighter jets for the first joint night-time training exercise that
involved practicing air-to-ground missile drills in waters off the east
coast of South Korea, then off the west coast. This rehearsal for war
with North Korea followed another first when two B-1B bombers late last
month flew the furthest north along the North Korean coast since the
start of this century.


At the same time, the Pentagon is assembling a naval armada off the
Korean Peninsula. The nuclear attack submarine USS Tucson arrived off
South Korea on Saturday. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and its
strike group of cruisers and destroyers is due to arrive later this
month for joint exercises with the South Korean navy. Two Australian
frigates are also en route to Korean waters.