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On the Brink! North Korea: US Bombers Show of Force as Trump Hints at North Korea's Total Annihilation (Videos)

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9-24-17

 

President Trump being personally attacked by North Korea as the tensions continue to rise.Trump sounds like he is about to invade.

US bombers have flown close to North Korea’s east coast to demonstrate the military options available to defeat any threat, the Pentagon has said. It said the flight was the farthest north of the demilitarised zone between the Koreas that any US fighter jet or bomber had flown in the 21st Century. Tensions have risen recently over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.


WHY U.S BOMBER FLEET CAN DESTROY NORTH KOREAN MILITARY IN A SINGLE DAY

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said President Donald Trump will “pay dearly” for his address to the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week. In the statement, Kim also said North Korea is considering the strongest possible response to what he called Trump’s provocation. Kim according to The Associated Press said, “I’d like to advise Trump to exercise prudence in selecting words and to be considerate of whom he speaks to when making a speech in front of the world”.

Source Defense Updates

PRESIDENT TRUMP HINTS AT TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF NORTH KOREA

Source Right Wing

North Korea: US bombers stage show of force – BBC News

Source BBC News

Asking People In North Korea What They Think About President Trump

Remember, this is the part they are allowing us to see. Our cameras are not allowed to go capture footage of the prison camps and mass poverty. The best way to describe layout of North Korea is with a Hunger games analogy. Pyongyang is like district one and only the elite are allowed to live there. The rest of the country is made up of the other districts, controlled by the government and forced into poverty. Not a pleasant life. Be thankful that you live in a free country. Take advantage of your freedom by liking this video and subscribing to my channel.

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President Donald Trump, in his first speech to the United Nations, had slammed Kim Jong Un using his new favorite nickname ‘Rocket Man’. Trump said, referring to the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un: “No nation on Earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear weapons and missiles”. He added, “The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.” The US Air force fleet as of 2017 has 3 strategic bombers B-52 Stratofortress, B1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit “Stealth Bomber”.

In this video, Defense Updates analyzes WHY US BOMBER FLEET CAN DESTROY NORTH KOREAN MILITARY IN A SINGLE DAY? Lets get started. B 52 STRATOFORTRESS The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. The B-52 has been in active service with the USAF since 1955. As of now, 58 are in active service with 18 in reserve. Superior performance at high subsonic speeds and relatively low operating costs has kept the B-52 in service despite the advent of more advanced aircraft. With regular upgrades, it is expected to serve into the 2040s. The bomber is capable of carrying up to 70,000 pounds (32,000 kg) of weapons, and has a typical combat range of more than 8,800 miles (14,080 km) without aerial refueling. This combination of outstanding range and high payload capacity and ability to incorporate modern weapons makes B 52 apt for strategic bombing missions. B1B The B1B Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force (USAF). It is commonly called the “Bone”. U.S has 100 of these. B1B has an excellent range of Range: 5,900 mi or 9,400 km. It has a Service ceiling of 60,000 ft. The bomber has many design elements, which makes it hard for the enemy radar to detect it. B1B has 6 external hardpoints for 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of ordnance and 3 internal bomb bays for 75,000 pounds (34,000 kg) of ordnance. Hence it has a massive payload of 125,000 lb (56,700 kg) internal and external ordnance combined. This makes B1B deadly. For example it can carry 84× Mk-82 Air inflatable retarder (AIR) general purpose (GP) bombs or 81× Mk-82 low drag general purpose (LDGP) bombs or 24× Mk-84 general-purpose bombs 24× Mk-65 naval mines B2 SPIRIT The B-2 Spirit was developed to take over the United States Air Force’s (USAF) vital penetration missions, able to travel deep into enemy territory to deploy their ordnance, which could include nuclear weapons. Stealth capability provides greater freedom of action as the bomber can evade enemy air defenses. U.S has 21 of these. The U.S. Air Force reports B2’s range as approximately 6,900 miles or 11,000 km. It has an excellent payload too. B2 has 2 internal bays for ordnance and payload with maximum estimated limit of 50,000 lb (23,000 kg). It can carry 16 B61 or B83 nuclear bombs on Rotary Launcher Assembly. CONCLUSION North Korean air defense are good in numbers but not in quality. The missile defense like SA-2 Guideline, SA-6 Gainful, SA-5 Gammon are all designed in 1960s and have vintage technology by today’s standards. These systems also may not be in proper working order and the missile availability is expected to be low. The B-2 and B1B were designed specifically to evade such defenses, and the relatively low tech B-52s can simply fire AGM-86 cruise missiles at North Korea from well beyond the range of the country’s air defenses.

North Korea has a fleet of different kinds of fighters, which even includes Chinese derivatives of very old fighters like Mig 17 and Mig 19. The MiG-29 is the Korean People’s Army Air Force’s (KPAF) most modern fighter and it operates approximately 40 of these. Though the Mig 29 is a proficient fighter but North Korea has been isolated for long with very little access to spare parts and other maintenance infrastructure. These will be easy prey for US fighter jet escorting the bombers. With little challenge from air defenses and enemy fighter jets, these bombers can operate with impunity and the massive destructive power is capable to bring down North Korean military to its knees in a single day.


Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea. I asked 8 experts how worrisome that is.

One expert responded just by sending a photo of Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream.

On September 19, President Donald Trump gave his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly. His harsh rhetoric toward North Korea stood out — mostly because he threatened to obliterate the country of 25.4 million people.

“No nation on Earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear weapons and missiles,” Trump said, referring to the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.”

“Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime,” he continued, using his new favorite nickname for Kim.

Trump clearly believes that using this kind of belligerent rhetoric to threaten North Korea is the best way to get Kim to back down. But is it? Or does this kind of saber rattling only serve to increase the tension and make war more likely?

To find out, I reached out to eight North Korea experts and asked them for their reactions to the president’s remarks.

Several said that Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” North Korea was counterproductive and might encourage Kim to continue his nuclear and missile programs. Melissa Hanham, senior research associate in the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterrey, merely responded with a photo of Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream.

A few noted that it was similar to what other presidents, including President Obama, have said before. Several also expressed concern over the ambiguity of the threat — that it wasn’t clear if what, exactly, Trump was willing to do.

Only one expert I talked to felt Trump’s comment was a net positive. Matthew Kroenig told me that the president’s comments “reinforced the deterrence message.”

The experts’ full responses, lightly edited for clarity and style, are below.


Trump’s comments were dangerous

Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia nonproliferation program, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

I think it’s important to understand why these remarks are so dangerous. I keep seeing people defending Trump, saying, “Who cares of we hurt Kim Jong Un’s feelings?” That totally misses the point.

Trump’s remarks make two mistakes. First, they actively aid North Korea’s propaganda because a lot of people in Japan and South Korea will conclude that Trump is as much the problem as Kim. Americans seldom pay attention to politics in allied countries, but they can be tremendously important.

Second, Trump is basically creating audience costs for Kim to back down. If you dare Kim, it creates pressure for him to respond with his own provocation. The last time we saw the North Koreans let a Trump threat pass, it was the comment about the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test not happening. In hindsight, it’s clear North Korea didn’t forget; it just took them time to be ready.

Trump acting like a fool isn’t the end of the world — at least he didn’t pull the nuclear codes out of his jacket and wave them around — but it does make our North Korea policy incrementally more difficult.

Kingston Reif, director for disarmament and threat reduction policy, Arms Control Association

First, the statement that “Rocket Man is on a suicide mission” is another alarming data point suggesting that the president does not believe Kim is rational or can be deterred. This follows on McMaster claiming last month that “classical deterrence theory” doesn’t apply to North Korea.

Never mind that there is no good reason to believe that North Korea can’t be deterred and contained, though of course this approach won’t be easy or risk-free. If the administration truly believes that North Korea can’t be deterred and that a nuclear-armed ICBM is unacceptable, then preventive military action becomes much more likely.

Second, Trump’s threatening and bombastic rhetoric will only serve to reinforce the view in Pyongyang that it must retain and augment its nuclear capabilities to prevent a US attack. It will also likely make it easier for North Korea to make this case to China. Trying to “out-Kim Jong Un” Kim Jong Un is not a winning strategy.

Third, Trump missed an important opportunity to appeal to the international community to better implement existing sanctions and support efforts for a realistic, negotiated solution. Pressure and threats alone won’t convince North Korea to change course. As President John F. Kennedy said following the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: “Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to the choice of either a humiliating defeat or a nuclear war.”

Fourth, in trashing the Iran deal and threatening to unravel it, not only is Trump courting a second major nonproliferation crisis but he is putting a negotiated solution to reduce the North Korean threat even further out of reach. If Trump unravels the deal, Kim will understandably conclude that the United States can’t be counted on to live up any agreement he might strike with it.

“TRUMP ACTING LIKE A FOOL ISN’T THE END OF THE WORLD — AT LEAST HE DIDN’T PULL THE NUCLEAR CODES OUT OF HIS JACKET AND WAVE THEM AROUND — BUT IT DOES MAKE OUR NORTH KOREA POLICY INCREMENTALLY MORE DIFFICULT.” 
—JEFFREY LEWIS

Vipin Narang, associate professor of political science, MIT

A lot is being made [about] the “totally destroy” language, but it followed “if [the US] is forced to defend itself or its allies” — so it was still a retaliatory threat. The concern is that the standard formulation “effective and overwhelming” is a bit more calibrated and allows for flexibility in response.

To threaten to “totally destroy” North Korea in retaliation for behavior we find unacceptable seems to imply a devastating nuclear response. But we don’t know, and that’s the problem.

North Korea, the US, and its allies understand what “effective and overwhelming” means. We are left to guess if there is daylight between that and “totally destroy.” Maybe there is, maybe there isn’t. But that ambiguity does not do much to enhance deterrence, which requires clarity and consistency. 

Mira Rapp-Hooper, senior fellow, Yale Law School

I was disturbed by the president’s remarks on North Korea. While the phrasing of his threat to destroy North Korea was unfortunate, Trump actually made that threat contingent: North Korea would be destroyed if it attacked the US or its allies.

This is not inconsistent with threats made by past presidents. I was chilled by his contention that “Rocket Man is on a suicide mission,” because if Trump believes Kim to be suicidal, that implies the North Korean leader is neither rational or deterrable and may constitute a case for preventive war. We don’t know if the president believes this or is using it to put pressure on the Chinese, but either way, it’s dangerous.

I expect that National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, and the president have reminded us that there are military options because they are at least seriously considering some.

Ultimately, I do believe the national security team will conclude that the risks of a military operations are catastrophic, the benefits quite limited, and that some combination of containment, deterrence, sanctions, and eventual diplomacy are strictly preferable.

“THIS WAS BASIC AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY WITH TRUMPIAN CHARACTERISTICS.” 
—ZACHARY KECK

Trump’s comments weren’t that different from what previous US presidents have said

Harry Kazianis, director of defense studies, Center for the National Interest

While what Trump said has been said by President Obama, with the wording being different and in a different format, making remarks at the UN that America would “destroy” North Korea if we or our allies are attacked creates many questions.

For example, if Kim Jong Un were to attack with conventional weapons, does that mean we would launch a nuclear strike — the only way to really destroy a country? Or does that mean we would invade? What if North Korea launched a nuclear attack? Would we attack every military base and city with nuclear weapons in response? The wording, being vague on purpose, was also repeated on Sunday by [UN Ambassador] Nikki Haley, so that means this was a coordinated strategy in someway.

My guess is that team Trump is trying to keep Kim off balance, to make him wonder what we will do if he escalates. I would argue it’s time for policy specifics — and time to stop using such blunt statements.

Zachary Keck, Wohlstetter public affairs fellow, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center

This was basic American foreign policy with Trumpian characteristics.

Nothing he said was much different substantively from any of his predecessors. It was just said with more colorful language, although he did highlight North Korea’s kidnapping of Japanese citizens, which is something Tokyo has long pushed the United States to do. He was right to do this.

That said, I didn’t think it was appropriate to talk about destroying another country at the UN General Assembly.

Trump’s comments were a net positive

Matthew Kroenig, senior fellow, Atlantic Council

An essential element for US strategy toward North Korea is deterring the nuclear threat that exists here and now.

Trump reinforced the deterrence message yesterday by clearly communicating that the costs the US can impose on North Korea outweigh any potential benefit Kim Jong Un might hope to achieve from attacking the US or its allies. Source VOX


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