President Moon Designates Yellow Sea Defense Day; Doubles Down on Aircraft Carrier Development
Besides the US-ROK joint exercise that the North Koreans are unhappy about, this designation by President Moon might also be why the North Koreans conducted their recent missile test:
The government designated the fourth Friday in March as the Yellow Sea Defense Day to remember those who were killed in waters off the west coast during three battles against North Korea’s provocations in 2002 and 2010.
This year marks the 11th anniversary of two of the three incidents — North Korea’s deadly sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan on March 26, 2010, and the communist nation’s artillery shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, a front-line island in the Yellow Sea, on Nov. 23, 2010.
Moon said that the government has worked hard to possess “overwhelming” military strength to preserve and create peace.
“Not a single soldier has been injured or killed in the past four years in the Yellow Sea due to armed clashes or military provocations. This is proof that a powerful force creates peace,” he said.
The president also highlighted the government’s plan to deploy a light aircraft carrier by 2033 produced by South Korean technology and deploy a 3,000-ton submarine program, which has been in development since 2018, by 2024.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but I was a bit surprised that the Moon administration actually made this designation considering their default appeasement policy towards North Korea. Plus many in the Korean left still believe that North Korea did not sink the Cheonan.
By the way there has been far more incidents than just the sinking of the Cheonan and the Yeonpyeong Island shelling in the Yellow Sea. The 2002 West Sea Naval Battle was another major deadly clash in these waters:
Because there’s absolutely no US influence in East Asia… And Trump had no impact on nork behavior… /sarc
Commie moon trying to be a statesman before the G7 conference.
“Why South Korea’s Aircraft Carrier Makes Sense
Critics argue the carrier is a costly distraction, too vulnerable to be useful. They’re wrong.”
https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/why-south-koreas-aircraft-carrier-makes-sense/
Notice this part:
“To this point, some might argue that South Korea should simply allow the United States to carry to burden of maintaining regional maritime security and openness. Again, this criticism is short-sighted. The U.S. is still committed to preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific, but it also faces mounting fiscal constraints and strengthened regional competitors. Consequently, Washington routinely calls on Seoul to do more to promote regional security beyond the Korean Peninsula. A ROKN carrier group would support an overstretched U.S. while also highlighting the enduring value of South Korea as an alliance partner and an emerging regional leader.”
Korean Man,
The article was written by a ROK naval officer and professor of the ROK Naval Academy. Since the ROK Navy is all in for this project, and is trying to gain public support for this unpopular program, a CVX friendly article written by a ROK Navy officer is well too obvious.
Personally, I won’t be surprised if the Superintendent of the ROK Naval Academy, encouraged this guy to write an English article supporting the CVX considering that he has a Phd from Syracuse University. Or he may have simply decided to write it to score points with his bosses.
You should have done more research, you fool.
To be fair, TOK, NPCs quote POGs and REMFs all the time…
seti@nasa, for clarification:https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Pogue
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/REMF#:~:text=Noun,especially%20during%20the%20Vietnam%20War.
As a Tanker I find it offensive some weenie writer assumes it’s only Infantry at the front. But ignorance is bliss.
“Consequently, Washington routinely calls on Seoul to do more to promote regional security beyond the Korean Peninsula.”
Ha!
America, tired of shouldering all the expense and political risk, wants Korea to abandon infrastructure, energy, and science funding, and throw money they don’t have into an entry-level target-grade carrier group.
…and they make Koreans think it was THEIR idea!
Just when I think America is lost, I realize the brilliance that purposefully guide so many thoughtful decisions behind the illusion of directionlessness and incompetence.
Thank you, Korea Man, for assisting America in pushing endless expense and levels of liability off on Korea in return for the empty pride of ownership in a fleet of boats that would all tie for first place in a Chomanham look-alike contest at the first sign of real conflict.