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*** 29-May-17 World View -- North Korea launches another ballistic missile test, as talk of war increases
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** North Korea launches ninth ballistic missile test this year
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USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group (Reuters)
South Korea reports that early on Monday morning, North Korea
test-fired a ballistic missile, its ninth ballistic missile test this
year. This comes just one week after another ballistic missile test.
The missile flew about 450 km (280 miles), and landed in the Sea of
Japan.
The missile is assumed to be a "Scud" missile known as the KN-06, that
can be launched from a mobile platform, to target enemy aircraft or
nearby ground targets. North Korea has a large stockpile of Scud
missiles, originally developed by the Soviet Union.
North Korea's child dictator Kim Jong-un is quoted as saying that the
system should be deployed "all over the country like forests so as to
completely spoil the enemy’s wild dream to command the air, boasting
of air supremacy, and weapon almighty."
The usual steps have been taken in response to the latest ballistic
missile test: South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, who had hoped to
have friendly relations with North Korea, called a meeting of the
country's National Security Council. Japan launched a protest and
called the test "highly problematic, while Japan's prime minister
Shinzo Abe vowed action to deter North Korea's repeated provocations.
Reuters and The Diplomat and Sky News (Australia)
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**** The US deploys three aircraft carriers to Korean waters amid talk of war
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The US Navy is deploying a third aircraft carrier strike group to the
waters around North Korea. The USS Nimitz will join the USS Carl
Vinson and USS Ronald Reagan, which were already in the region. That
decision was made before Sunday's ballistic missile test, so tensions
are growing high in the region.
These events are causing people to worry about war, and specifically
to worry that president Donald Trump will launch airstrike
on North Korea.
It's impossible to predict what any individual will do, and that
certainly includes politicians. So it's possible that Trump may order
some kind of attack on North Korea, and thus trigger a major new
Korean war, and subsequently a world war. My personal belief is that
three aircraft carriers are there to pressure North Korea politically,
and that the actions are being taken with the cooperation of the
Chinese, and possibly even the Russians.
For example, one scenario short of an attack is that China and the US
are playing good cop / bad cop. That's just a guess. Anyway, we'll
just have to wait and see.
Sunday's test was of a short-range mostly defensive ballistic missile,
so it may be possible to have fanciful thoughts that North Korea is
backing down, or at least slowing down. A new test of either a
nuclear weapon or an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), two
technologies which could be combined to deliver a nuclear weapon to
the US mainland, would raise tensions enormously.
No one doubts any longer that North Korea will inevitably develop the
technology to deliver a nuclear weapon to the US mainland. So there's
going to be a war now or in the near future. That's what Generational
Dynamics has been predicting anyway, so there's no surprise. Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo) and Daily Beast and CBS News
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, North Korea, Scud KN-06 ballistic missile,
Kim Jong-un, South Korea, Moon Jae-in, Japan, Shinzo Abe,
USS Nimitz, USS Carl Vinson, USS Ronald Reagan
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- North Korea launches ninth ballistic missile test this year
- The US deploys three aircraft carriers to Korean waters amid talk of war
****
**** North Korea launches ninth ballistic missile test this year
****
USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group (Reuters)
South Korea reports that early on Monday morning, North Korea
test-fired a ballistic missile, its ninth ballistic missile test this
year. This comes just one week after another ballistic missile test.
The missile flew about 450 km (280 miles), and landed in the Sea of
Japan.
The missile is assumed to be a "Scud" missile known as the KN-06, that
can be launched from a mobile platform, to target enemy aircraft or
nearby ground targets. North Korea has a large stockpile of Scud
missiles, originally developed by the Soviet Union.
North Korea's child dictator Kim Jong-un is quoted as saying that the
system should be deployed "all over the country like forests so as to
completely spoil the enemy’s wild dream to command the air, boasting
of air supremacy, and weapon almighty."
The usual steps have been taken in response to the latest ballistic
missile test: South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, who had hoped to
have friendly relations with North Korea, called a meeting of the
country's National Security Council. Japan launched a protest and
called the test "highly problematic, while Japan's prime minister
Shinzo Abe vowed action to deter North Korea's repeated provocations.
Reuters and The Diplomat and Sky News (Australia)
Related Articles
- North Korea test-fires another ballistic missile (22-May-2017)
- North Korea sends a message with a medium range ballistic missile test (15-May-2017)
- China announces it will block imports of North Korea's coal (19-Feb-2017)
- China-North Korea tensions high after nuclear test (09-Jan-2016)
****
**** The US deploys three aircraft carriers to Korean waters amid talk of war
****
The US Navy is deploying a third aircraft carrier strike group to the
waters around North Korea. The USS Nimitz will join the USS Carl
Vinson and USS Ronald Reagan, which were already in the region. That
decision was made before Sunday's ballistic missile test, so tensions
are growing high in the region.
These events are causing people to worry about war, and specifically
to worry that president Donald Trump will launch airstrike
on North Korea.
It's impossible to predict what any individual will do, and that
certainly includes politicians. So it's possible that Trump may order
some kind of attack on North Korea, and thus trigger a major new
Korean war, and subsequently a world war. My personal belief is that
three aircraft carriers are there to pressure North Korea politically,
and that the actions are being taken with the cooperation of the
Chinese, and possibly even the Russians.
For example, one scenario short of an attack is that China and the US
are playing good cop / bad cop. That's just a guess. Anyway, we'll
just have to wait and see.
Sunday's test was of a short-range mostly defensive ballistic missile,
so it may be possible to have fanciful thoughts that North Korea is
backing down, or at least slowing down. A new test of either a
nuclear weapon or an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), two
technologies which could be combined to deliver a nuclear weapon to
the US mainland, would raise tensions enormously.
No one doubts any longer that North Korea will inevitably develop the
technology to deliver a nuclear weapon to the US mainland. So there's
going to be a war now or in the near future. That's what Generational
Dynamics has been predicting anyway, so there's no surprise. Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo) and Daily Beast and CBS News
Related Articles
- US aircraft carrier strike force heads for Korean peninsula (10-Apr-2017)
- Ancient tensions flare between China and North Korea (08-May-2017)
- Russia's policies thrown into confusion as US resumes its 'world policeman' role (09-Apr-2017)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, North Korea, Scud KN-06 ballistic missile,
Kim Jong-un, South Korea, Moon Jae-in, Japan, Shinzo Abe,
USS Nimitz, USS Carl Vinson, USS Ronald Reagan
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