The U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington will participate in a joint naval exercise with South Korea next week in the Yellow Sea, the same waters west of the Korean peninsula where North Korea is accused of sinking a South Korean warship last March, ABC News has learned.
A U.S. official said the carrier, which operates from its home port in Japan, "will be sent to the waters off South Korea within coming days to participate in joint exercises" with the South Korean navy.
Slated to begin June 8, the official said this exercise will be "separate and distinct" from an upcoming anti-submarine warfare exercise that Pentagon officials had said recently would be occurring "in the near future." The upcoming exercise was first reported by South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.
Another U.S. official says additional U.S warships will be participating in the exercise, including a Japan-based Aegis destroyer and a Hawaii-based nuclear submarine. South Korea will also deploy a destroyer, a submarine and F-15 fighter jets to participate in the exercise.
Last week, South Korea conducted a one-day anti-submarine exercise close to where the incident with North Korea had occurred.
By: Brant
I think you`ll find that he joint exercises have been cancelled as `the US needs more preparation time` LOL translate that as China and Russia saying `pull your horns in`.
ReplyDeleteA very crude false-flag operation - that rusty old torpedo, hand-signed no less; in the middle of a huge exercise with US and S Korean vessels, satellite and sonar coverage. Give me a break; it was all for Japan - and I guess it worked, the PM fell cos he couldn`t get the Yankees out. There`ll be another challenge though. Yankees go home ! please :)