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Stalemate continues, as North Korea warns that ‘nuclear war may break out any moment’

North Korea says ‘nuclear war may break out any moment’ — but that’s the last thing it wants, Business Insider, ALEX LOCKIEOCT 18, 2017

North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador warned on Monday that tensions on the peninsula have escalated so high that “a nuclear war may break out any moment.”

This is exactly the kind of bluster Pyongyang has engaged in for decades.

On the surface, the latest US military movements look like preparations for a preemptive strike on North Korea’s nuclear infrastructure. But its clear the two forces are still locked in a stalemate.

The USS Michigan, a stealthy submarine laden with 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles just arrived in South Korea’s Busan port. It likely carried Navy SEALs and covert submarines designed for operations deep behind enemy lines.

US bombers frequently train on how to strike North Korean targets. Stealth jets like F-35s and F-22s wait in the wings in case of conflict. A US aircraft carrier decked out with dozens of fighter and electronic attack aircraft sits just off North Korea’s shores.

But experts say none of that really matters.
According to Tom Plant, the director the Proliferation and Nuclear Policy program at the Royal United Services Institute, “the US always, at all times, has an overwhelming superiority over North Korea,” so a few new jets doesn’t really change things.

“In terms of its precision strike technology, in terms of its ability to put metal on targets,” there is never really a contest between the US and South Korea versus North Korea, Plant told Business Insider.

 But a stalemate remains. North Korean artillery, before getting obliterated by US and South Korean air power, could kill off as many as 20,000 in South Korea’s capital of Seoul each day. This all but precludes a US preemptive strike…….

Read more at https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-nuclear-war-any-moment-us-threats-likelihood-2017-10#Bhct6Zj5xUZaFF7o.99

October 18, 2017 - Posted by | North Korea, politics international

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