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Highest alert level for US military in South Korea

Policeman USANorth Korea: US forces in South put on highest level of alert; allies discuss ‘strategic assets’ , ABC News, 11 Jan 16 

Key points:

  • Media reports say a US aircraft carrier, B-2 bombers, submarines and F-22 fighters being considered for deployment to South
  • Inter-Korean Kaesong industrial park restrictions to increase on Tuesday
  • South Korea and Japan used a military hotline for the first time after North’s test
  • North’s state media says Kim Jong-un congratulated nuclear scientists
United States forces in South Korea have been put on their highest level of alert in case of any provocation from North Korea following Pyongyang’s nuclear test last week.The commander of combined forces, Curtis Scaparrotti, made the order during a visit to the Osan Air Base which is operated jointly by the US and South Korea, a United States Forces Korea (USFK) official said.

The US and its ally South Korea are in talks to send further strategic assets to the Korean peninsula, a day after a US B-52 bomber flew over the South in response to the test…..

Under the US-South Korea military alliance, there are nearly 30,000 US troops permanently stationed in South Korea, which is also protected by the US “nuclear umbrella”. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-11/us-troops-in-south-korea-on-high-alert-after-north-nuclear-test/7081296

January 12, 2016 - Posted by | South Korea, USA, weapons and war

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