U.S., South Korea begin military exercises. [Archive]

Gerald

07-26-10, 11:47 PM

(CNN) -- Amid heightened tensions with North Korea, the United States and South Korea on Sunday began joint military exercises, according to a spokesman for U.S. Forces Korea.

The military exercise, dubbed Invincible Spirit, is scheduled to run through Wednesday and demonstrate the alliance's resolve. In addition to the 8,000 personnel involved, military officials say, it will include 20 ships and submarines and about 200 aircraft.

The U.S. Defense Department said the drills are in response to the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan and are intended to send a strong message to Pyongyang to stop "provocative and warlike acts."

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/south.korea.drills/index.html?hpt=T2

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/26/stealth-fighters-sub-warfare-focus-of-korea-exercises/

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#

Jimbuna

07-27-10, 05:00 AM

So we await the NK response.

Oberon

07-27-10, 05:08 AM

Keep waiting. :haha:

Gerald

07-27-10, 09:00 AM

http://edition.cnn.com/video/

TFatseas

07-27-10, 11:13 AM

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/100724-N-9500T-336.jpg<--- Click for big.

TLAM Strike

07-27-10, 11:30 AM

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/100724-N-9500T-336.jpg<--- Click for big.

Awesome Pic!

Lets see left to right...
Tico class
ROKS Sejong KDX III class
JMSDF Atago class
Burke Flt I
AOR?
2? Canadian Halifax class FFG
USS Carl Vinson
Burke Flt I
Perry
USCG Hamilton Class Cutter?
Tarawa class
RAN Newport class
Austin class LPD?
Harper's Ferry
another Harper's Ferry?
Perry
Burke
Cimarron AO
Candian Iroquois class
Perry
Perry
Burke Flt II

Oberon

07-27-10, 12:25 PM

Looks like a giant pile of kick-ass to me... :hmmm:

As they say in the UK...

"It's all gone quiet over there! Oh, it's all gone quiet over there!" :O:

TLAM Strike

07-27-10, 01:00 PM

Looks like a giant pile of kick-ass to me... :hmmm:

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/7361/att00137.jpg

Oberon

07-27-10, 01:21 PM

:yeah:

SteamWake

07-27-10, 02:50 PM

Anti submarine 'bomb' tested...

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/us-shows-its-power-to-north-korea-with-carrier-drills/19569530

Jimbuna

07-27-10, 03:19 PM

Looks like a giant pile of kick-ass to me... :hmmm:

As they say in the UK...

"It's all gone quiet over there! Oh, it's all gone quiet over there!" :O:

Be sure to give uncle Kim Jong a wave as you sail by http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img126/3175/****es9.gif :DL

Weiss Pinguin

07-27-10, 03:32 PM

@ TLAM: Nice :haha: :salute:

Ducimus

07-27-10, 05:15 PM

I'd be more excited if it wasn't that US bases have Exercises nearly monthly, with about 3 (if memory serves) large scale joint exercises annually.

The DPRK has saber ratteling down pat, and they've wrote the book on brinkmanship, but they're still all show and no go.

Tribesman

07-27-10, 05:21 PM

The DPRK has saber ratteling down pat
They are not sabre rattling, its a collection tin they are shaking as they are going begging again.

Ducimus

07-27-10, 05:33 PM

They are not sabre rattling, its a collection tin they are shaking as they are going begging again.

:haha: :har:

Depth

07-27-10, 06:23 PM

The U.S. prides itself on the self proclaimed "world police" role, yet it squats and ****s whenever the opportunity presents itself. It is absolutely impossible to invade North Korea by any means, they have nuclear weapons and they hate the west with a passion, and here the U.S. brings tons of military equipment and personell to Korean soil?

Ducimus

07-27-10, 06:43 PM

The U.S. prides itself on the self proclaimed "world police" role

Not really.

yet it squats and ****s whenever the opportunity presents itself.
That's politics, but no matter what the US does, it will be criticized. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.

It is absolutely impossible to invade North Korea by any means
Who said anything about wanting to invade the DPRK? The country will collapse on itself eventually, and why risk pissing off 20 million chinamen?

they have nuclear weapons
Maybe, but regardless, they have no reliable way to deliver them.

and they hate the west with a passion
So does everybody else. They can take a number and stand in line.

and here the U.S. brings tons of military equipment and personell to Korean soil?
And has been doing so for the last 60 years, annually. But you know, i'll wager that the average American GI could give less then a schitt about the ROK. Most would rather not be there at all, and ALL count the days they have left until they can go home from the moment they arrive.

Depth

07-27-10, 07:44 PM

Easy to taunt, too.

Ducimus

07-27-10, 08:27 PM

No, just bored, and don't really give a crap. And if that's the best come back you can conjur, you need to go back to the Dojo of forum trolling and work on your Troll Fu, it's weak. I'd have more fun if i knew you were Korean, then i could say stuff that would really piss you off. Frankly though, I don't think your worth the time.

TLAM Strike

07-27-10, 09:51 PM

Anti submarine 'bomb' tested...

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/us-shows-its-power-to-north-korea-with-carrier-drills/19569530

The ROKN still used Depth Charges and Bombs quite a bit. They are quite useful in the shallow Yellow Sea where torpedoes run the risk of going in the mud if dropped from a helo. Also they would be devastating against the slower DPRK wet subs and infiltration craft.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7407/20p51yv.jpg
^Depth Charge in use from "PCC" class vessel.

Considering the quality of North Korean subs they could actually be effective. :hmmm:

Takeda Shingen

07-27-10, 10:20 PM

As Ducimus said earlier, it is not as though the DPRK has the intention of engaging in any conflict. Vague threat is the only card Kim Jong Il has to play.

Castout

07-27-10, 11:24 PM

It wasn't vague threat when someone sank the Cheonan :D.

Never be sure of North Korea :DL

Takeda Shingen

07-28-10, 12:24 AM

It wasn't vague threat when someone sank the Cheonan :D.

Never be sure of North Korea :DL

Even the novice in world affairs knows that there is a tremendous difference between a clandestine sinking and the conduct of a full-scale military campaign. North Korea cannot adequately conduct such a war; a fact it's leaders are painfully aware of, if not willing to publically concede.

Castout

07-28-10, 12:48 AM

Even the novice in world affairs knows that there is a tremendous difference between a clandestine sinking and the conduct of a full-scale military campaign. North Korea cannot adequately conduct such a war; a fact it's leaders are painfully aware of, if not willing to publically concede.

Yea they may not be able to wage a war but they are fully capable of provoking one :D

I'm just waiting if they would do that when the joint US-South Korea naval exercise is still ongoing or later.

Oberon

07-28-10, 07:23 AM

The US/ROK will not strike first, it would work against their favour. Propaganda bonuses are awarded to the defendants after all in this game. :yep:

Raptor1

07-28-10, 07:30 AM

It is absolutely impossible to invade North Korea by any means, they have nuclear weapons and they hate the west with a passion

Care to explain?

Takeda Shingen

07-28-10, 07:58 AM

Yea they may not be able to wage a war but they are fully capable of provoking one :D

Which would result in the end of the regime. Kim Jong Il likes being in power.

Oberon

08-08-10, 10:32 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10907074

In before News Vendor :O:

Still, business as usual again on the peninsula. Figured Kim would retaliate somehow to the massive naval exercises, and here it is. They'll get released in a few weeks no doubt.

Raptor1

08-08-10, 10:38 AM

Bah, I expected something more impressive. At least a show of force from the mighty Korean People's Nav...err...well, maybe not....

Oberon

08-08-10, 10:45 AM

mighty Korean People's Nav...err...

http://www.virusuk.demon.co.uk/Yole-Club-rowing-boat.jpg

Fear it!

Takeda Shingen

08-08-10, 10:55 AM

http://www.virusuk.demon.co.uk/Yole-Club-rowing-boat.jpg

Fear it!

There is no way that they are using composite materials. :O:

TLAM Strike

08-08-10, 10:57 AM

There is no way that they are using composite materials. :O:
Sure they are, the Dear Leader invented them himself. :D

Takeda Shingen

08-08-10, 10:58 AM

Sure they are, the Dear Leader invented them himself. :D

:haha: :up:

Torvald Von Mansee

08-08-10, 12:07 PM

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/100724-N-9500T-336.jpg<--- Click for big.

Is the third ship from the left flying the JSDF's naval ensign?

Torvald Von Mansee

08-08-10, 12:08 PM

Sure they are, the Dear Leader invented them himself. :D

Did you know the first time he played a round of golf, he got a hole-in-one on every green?

Raptor1

08-08-10, 12:10 PM

Did you know the first time he played a round of golf, he got a hole-in-one on every green?

The only green in all of North Korea, no less.

TLAM Strike

08-08-10, 12:33 PM

Did you know the first time he played a round of golf, he got a hole-in-one on every green? Did you know he invented the game of golf?

Is the third ship from the left flying the JSDF's naval ensign? Yes I tried to ID all the ships in this post:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1454266&postcount=6

:salute:

Tribesman

08-08-10, 12:35 PM

Fear it!
Don't ya mean this fella?

http://gallery.puntgunner.co.uk/humber-estuary/aab

Gerald

08-08-10, 12:54 PM

Did you know he invented the game of golf?

Yes I tried to ID all the ships in this post:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1454266&postcount=6

:salute: :hmm2:

TLAM Strike

08-08-10, 01:09 PM

Is this information reliable,

:hmm2:

The Golf stuff? Naw :haha:

The ships, as far as I can tell those are the correct classes. :up:

Raptor1

08-08-10, 01:18 PM

The Golf stuff? Naw :haha:

Are you implying the Great Leader didn't invent Golf?!

That sounds awfully like reactionary imperialist propaganda to me...

Gerald

08-08-10, 01:53 PM

The ships, as far as I can tell those are the correct classes. :up:[/QUOTE] classes of ships,
but we are talking about golf, I am puzzled :roll:

TLAM Strike

08-08-10, 01:59 PM

...but we are talking about golf, I am puzzled :roll:
This is subsim, just flow with the crazyness. :03:

Gerald

08-08-10, 03:05 PM

This is subsim, just flow with the crazyness. :03:
that....:roll:

Gerald

08-08-10, 07:45 PM

A South Korean fishing boat missing in the Sea of Japan has been detained by the North, coastguard officials say.The officials said the crew of the Daeseung was being investigated by North Korean authoritie Tension remains high between the Koreas amid a naval exercise carried out by the South in the Yellow Sea.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10907074

Oberon

08-09-10, 02:51 AM

Gerald

08-09-10, 05:05 AM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1462716&postcount=28

:hmmm: Sorry, :roll:

Oberon

08-09-10, 09:14 AM

My fault for stealing your thunder...and I'm afraid I'm going to do it again:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10914191

TLAM Strike

08-09-10, 09:20 AM

My fault for stealing your thunder...and I'm afraid I'm going to do it again:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10914191

This isn't a military exercise. Kim Jong Ill is out fishing. See he watches Mythbusters...
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/4447/politicalpicturesfishin.jpg