US Media Creating New Meme that USS Carl Vinson Vulnerable to North Korean Missile Attack

Here is the stupidest article that I have read today that is example of the bias in the mainstream media against the Trump administration:

Trump ‘Armada’ Sent to Deter Kim Can’t Shoot Down His Missiles

The U.S. Navy flotilla sailing toward the Korean peninsula to deter Kim Jong Un’s regime lacks a key capability: It can’t shoot down ballistic missiles.

The USS Carl Vinson and the aircraft carrier’s accompanying destroyers and cruiser are expected to arrive in waters near the peninsula this week, carrying a full complement of weaponry, including scores of Tomahawk cruise and anti-ship missiles, radar-jamming aircraft and non-stealthy “Super Hornet” jets built by Boeing Co.

That firepower brings a lot to any fight, but the Navy’s lack of ballistic missile defense capability on the scene means the Trump administration’s high-profile show of force has a significant gap as it warns North Korea against another missile test and pressures it to back down from its nuclear program.  [Bloomberg]

Does this writer, Anthony Capaccio really think the US Navy is stupid enough to put an aircraft carrier at risk of a North Korean ballistic missile strike without missile defense?  The US Navy will defend the aircraft carrier and any other assets with an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability as needed.  Where the carrier is at now off the coast of Okinawa does not warrant Aegis BMD protection.

The article then goes on to claim the Korean peninsula is at risk from ballistic missile attack as well:

While the Obama administration began the process of deploying Thaad, a high-altitude missile defense system, to the South Korean mainland, the hardware isn’t fully operational yet either. That leaves Seoul — just 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of the demilitarized zone — and the rest of the country more vulnerable to attack.

Obviously Mr. Capaccio does not know that both the US and the ROK militaries have Patriot missile batteries located across the peninsula.  The THAAD battery was installed to add an advanced upper tier missile defense capability to compliment the already existing lower tier Patriot coverage.

It is pretty clear by the title of the article that Mr. Capaccio is trying to make President Trump look dumb by supposedly not having an Aegis BMD ship with the carrier.  The media is now jumping on this meme with Newsweek publishing a similar headline of “USS Carl Vinson Cannot Shoot Down Missiles“.  I wonder how many other media outlets will echo the same claim to where people who read just the headline begin to think it is true?

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MTB Rider
MTB Rider
6 years ago

I saw the one that Newsweek posted. Among other stupid comments was “The Carl Vinson has over 5000 heavily armed soldiers.” (They later corrected this, but come on. Newsweek is pretty much the Daily Kos these days)

Look, mad respect to you ditch diggers of the Army, but Navy personnel are called sailors! We get four hot meals a day, movies after hours, and laundry services. If I had wanted to sleep in ditches and eat out of cans, I would have been a Hobo. Or a Soldier. Same-same… 😉

http://www.newsweek.com/carl-vinson-cannot-shoot-down-missile-590106
(See corrections at the bottom)

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6 years ago

That’s some high quality fake news from Newsweek. “USS Carl Vinson Cannot Shoot Down Missiles” must have surprised all the sailors on that ship who know about the CVN’s RIM-116 and Phalanx CWIS systems.

The know-nothings who wrote the article probably also aren’t aware of the Japanese BMD ships.

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