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Over North Korea, USA practises nuclear strikes

Strategic U.S. bombers fly practice nuclear strikes in Korea http://www.prisonplanet.com/strategic-u-s-bombers-fly-practice-nuclear-strikes-in-korea.html Washington Free Beacon  March 18, 2013

United States B-52 bombers carried out simulated nuclear bombing raids on North Korea as part of ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises, Pentagon officials said on Monday.

Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters that B-52 bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted a training mission over South Korea March 8 during war games known as Exercise Foal Eagle.

“It’s not any secret that we are in the midst of sending a very strong signal that we have a firm commitment to the alliance with our South Korean allies,” Little said.

Deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter said during a visit to South Korea on Monday that the bomber flights are part of the U.S. “extended deterrence”—the use of U.S. nuclear forces to deter North Korea, which conducted its third underground nuclear test Feb. 12.

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March 21, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war