U.S., South Korea begin military exercises.
 

(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/as...ex.html?hpt=T2

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/26...rea-exercises/

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

So we await the NK response.

Keep waiting. :haha:

The United States and South Korea begin a third day of military drills.
 

http://www.navy.mil/management/photo...-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

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:

:yeah:

Anti submarine 'bomb' tested...

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article...rills/19569530

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

@ TLAM: Nice :haha: :salute:

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.

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

:haha: :har: