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North Korea showdown?
- Thread starter jmiller82
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Cobra Commander said:Maybe.... if the Japanese acted like they didn't want the rock any more then maybe the NK's wouldn't want it anymore either. Thats what I would do!
I'm so freakin smart sometimes
It is the South Korean's that are getting pissy over the rocks, not North Korea(ROK=South Korea, DPRK=North Korea).
Some links on the dispute:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4352923.stm
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Liancourt_Rocks
More assets?
Like this (USAF first team backing up the carriers in Valiant Shield):
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The following U.S. forces are participating in Valiant Shield 06:
Joint Task Force 519 staff, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Joint Task Force 519 Joint Force Air Component Command, Kenney Headquarters, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Joint Task Force 519 Joint Force Maritime Component Command, aboard USS Blue Ridge
United States Navy:
Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Yokosuka, Japan Carrier
Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5), Atsugi, Japan
USS Cowpens (CG 63), Yokosuka, Japan
USS John S McCain, (DDG 56), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Lassen (DDG 82), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), Yokosuka, Japan
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Everett, Wash.
Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW 2), Lemoore, Calif.
USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) San Diego, Calif.
USS Shoup (DDG 86), Everett, Wash.
USS Russell (DDG 59) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), San Diego, Calif.
Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW 14) Lemoore, Calif.
USS Decatur (DDG 73), San Diego, Calif.
USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), San Diego, Calif.
USS McCampbell (DDG 85), San Diego, Calif.
USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) Bremerton, Wash.
USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Houston (SSN 713), Guam
USS Honolulu (SSN 718), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705), Guam
USS Tucson (SSN 770) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS 23)
RV Cory Chouest
MV PFC James Anderson Jr (T-AK 3002)
MV MAJ Bernard F. Fisher (T-AK 4396)
USNS Watson (T-AKR 310)
SS Cape Jacob (T-AK 5029)
SS Petersburg (T-AOT 9101)
Patrol Squadron Nine, P-3C Detachment, Kaneohe, Hawaii
Air Recon Squadron One, EP-3E Detachment, Misawa, Japan
Strategic Comms Wing One, E-6 Detachment
United States Air Force:
13th Air Force/Kenney Headquarters (PACAF)
Pacific Air Operations Center, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
36th Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam
5th Air Force (PACAF):
18th Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan (F-15C/KC-135/E-3)
35th Fighter Wing, Misawa AB, Japan (F-16CJ)
8th Air Force (ACC):
509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, MO (B-2)
11th Air Force (PACAF):
3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska (F-15E)
18th Air Force (AMC):
60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB CA (KC-10)
305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB NJ (KC-10)
New York Air National Guard:
107th Air Refueling Wing, Niagara Falls, NY (KC-135)
United States Marine Corps:
III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan
VFA-97 (F/A-18C), Iwakuni, Japan
United States Coast Guard:
USCGC Galveston Island (WPB-1349), Guam
Brett327 said:
Like this (USAF first team backing up the carriers in Valiant Shield):
The following U.S. forces are participating in Valiant Shield 06:
Joint Task Force 519 staff, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Joint Task Force 519 Joint Force Air Component Command, Kenney Headquarters, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Joint Task Force 519 Joint Force Maritime Component Command, aboard USS Blue Ridge
United States Navy:
Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Yokosuka, Japan Carrier
Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5), Atsugi, Japan
USS Cowpens (CG 63), Yokosuka, Japan
USS John S McCain, (DDG 56), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Lassen (DDG 82), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), Yokosuka, Japan
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Everett, Wash.
Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW 2), Lemoore, Calif.
USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) San Diego, Calif.
USS Shoup (DDG 86), Everett, Wash.
USS Russell (DDG 59) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), San Diego, Calif.
Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW 14) Lemoore, Calif.
USS Decatur (DDG 73), San Diego, Calif.
USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), San Diego, Calif.
USS McCampbell (DDG 85), San Diego, Calif.
USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) Bremerton, Wash.
USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Houston (SSN 713), Guam
USS Honolulu (SSN 718), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705), Guam
USS Tucson (SSN 770) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS 23)
RV Cory Chouest
MV PFC James Anderson Jr (T-AK 3002)
MV MAJ Bernard F. Fisher (T-AK 4396)
USNS Watson (T-AKR 310)
SS Cape Jacob (T-AK 5029)
SS Petersburg (T-AOT 9101)
Patrol Squadron Nine, P-3C Detachment, Kaneohe, Hawaii
Air Recon Squadron One, EP-3E Detachment, Misawa, Japan
Strategic Comms Wing One, E-6 Detachment
United States Air Force:
13th Air Force/Kenney Headquarters (PACAF)
Pacific Air Operations Center, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
36th Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam
5th Air Force (PACAF):
18th Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan (F-15C/KC-135/E-3)
35th Fighter Wing, Misawa AB, Japan (F-16CJ)
8th Air Force (ACC):
509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, MO (B-2)
11th Air Force (PACAF):
3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska (F-15E)
18th Air Force (AMC):
60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB CA (KC-10)
305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB NJ (KC-10)
New York Air National Guard:
107th Air Refueling Wing, Niagara Falls, NY (KC-135)
United States Marine Corps:
III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan
VFA-97 (F/A-18C), Iwakuni, Japan
United States Coast Guard:
USCGC Galveston Island (WPB-1349), Guam
Looks like the ship-based TBM system is testing well:
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
June 23, 2006
Latest U.S. Missile-Defense Test A Success
By Associated Press
HONOLULU — A Navy ship on Thursday intercepted a medium-range missile warhead above the Earth's atmosphere off Hawaii in the latest test of the U.S. missile-defense program, the military said.
The Missile Defense Agency said the test had been scheduled for months and was not prompted by indications that North Korea was planning to test-launch a long-range missile.
The USS Shiloh detected a medium-range missile after it was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, then fired a Standard Missile-3 interceptor.
The interceptor shot down the target warhead after it separated from its rocket booster, more than 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean and 250 miles northwest of Kauai, the agency said in a statement.
The test marked the seventh time in eight attempts the military has successfully shot down a missile target with an interceptor fired from a ship.
It also was the second successful attempt by a ship to shoot down a separating target. Medium- and long-range ballistic missiles typically have at least two stages, increasing the challenge for interceptors, which must distinguish between the body of the missile and the warhead.
The military had initially scheduled the test for Wednesday but postponed the drill after a small watercraft ventured into a zone that had been blocked off for the event.
In a first, a Japanese ship took part in the missile test. The Kirishima, a cruiser, practiced tracking the target.
Japan agreed to jointly develop missile-defense technology with the U.S. late last year, broadening an earlier bilateral research pact. Tokyo became interested in acquiring and developing missile-defense technology after the last North Korean ballistic-missile-defense test, in 1998.
Brett
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
June 23, 2006
Latest U.S. Missile-Defense Test A Success
By Associated Press
HONOLULU — A Navy ship on Thursday intercepted a medium-range missile warhead above the Earth's atmosphere off Hawaii in the latest test of the U.S. missile-defense program, the military said.
The Missile Defense Agency said the test had been scheduled for months and was not prompted by indications that North Korea was planning to test-launch a long-range missile.
The USS Shiloh detected a medium-range missile after it was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, then fired a Standard Missile-3 interceptor.
The interceptor shot down the target warhead after it separated from its rocket booster, more than 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean and 250 miles northwest of Kauai, the agency said in a statement.
The test marked the seventh time in eight attempts the military has successfully shot down a missile target with an interceptor fired from a ship.
It also was the second successful attempt by a ship to shoot down a separating target. Medium- and long-range ballistic missiles typically have at least two stages, increasing the challenge for interceptors, which must distinguish between the body of the missile and the warhead.
The military had initially scheduled the test for Wednesday but postponed the drill after a small watercraft ventured into a zone that had been blocked off for the event.
In a first, a Japanese ship took part in the missile test. The Kirishima, a cruiser, practiced tracking the target.
Japan agreed to jointly develop missile-defense technology with the U.S. late last year, broadening an earlier bilateral research pact. Tokyo became interested in acquiring and developing missile-defense technology after the last North Korean ballistic-missile-defense test, in 1998.
Brett
I wish we could just pull out of Korea completely and let the snotty, unappreciative younger generation fend for itself.
Cobra Commander said:Maybe.... if the Japanese acted like they didn't want the rock any more then maybe the NK's wouldn't want it anymore either. Thats what I would do!
I'm so freakin smart sometimes
Read much about the Falklans/Malvinas "War"? Brits were under UN pressure to end their "colonial" rule there and even saying they were going to vacate the islands (like you suggest), but rather than wait for diplomatic resolution, the Argies decided to "invade" rather than wait (for national pride and show of strength). Faster than a magician can say "Presto, chango", the Brits and Argentines had a nice sharp little war going over some godforsaken big rocks that only a few hardy sheep farmers and deep sea fishermen could love.
Talk about stupid and wasteful irony...heyjoe said:
I just read the British Task Force Admiral's memoir, and he says had the Argies waited just a few more months, both of the Brit's two carriers and their second amphibious vessel (the first was already in drydock) would have been in the decommissioning process, and the war would have been impossible to prosecute.