Here are some details about the Max Thunder exercise that North Korea is complaining about:
An F-22 Raptor stealth fighter lands at a military base in Gwangju, Wednesday, amid Max Thunder, a joint military drill between the Air Forces of South Korea and the U.S. / Yonhap
Max Thunder, which North Korea claims is the cause of its decision to cancel high-level talks with the South, is a joint military drill between the Air Forces of South Korea and the United States.
It has been held every May since 2009, with this year’s drill starting May 11 and continuing for two weeks.
The drills include annual defensive exercises with mock combat, and the number of fighter jets and troops this year is similar to those in years past, with some 100 aircraft from both countries participating, according to the Korean Air Force.
This year, eight of the U.S.’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighters were deployed for the drills for the first time. It is said the Raptor fighters can penetrate North Korea’s radar fence and make surgical strikes against strategic facilities.
But unlike the initial plan, B-52 strategic bombers, one of the U.S.’s strategic assets, will not be deployed, amid ongoing talks about North Korea’s denuclearization. Pyongyang has been sensitive about the bomber which can carry nuclear weapons. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but this is a fairly low level exercise compared to the Key Resolve and UFG exercises. Plus as the article states this low level exercise was even further downgraded by not including the B-52’s. So it is pretty clear to me that it is just being used as an excuse by the Kim regime to send a message to the Trump administration to reign in officials bringing up suggestions to discuss forbidden topics such as human rights at the upcoming June 12th summit.
Korea Times makes CNN look accurate, fair, and balanced. And they make my neice’s elementary school newspaper look professional.
Flyingsword
7 years ago
imagine that, nK already crying and blaming others for the failure of the agreement in order to justify its continued nuke program. Who, besides commie moon, didn’t see this coming?
setnaffa
7 years ago
Flyingsword, i’ll bet every one of them saw it too. They want to use it as an excuse to bribe him back to the talks.
But Trump, Pompeo, and Mattis might not play the game like previous American administrations.
J6Junkie
7 years ago
Commie Moon just needs to send back the defectors, oil and gold bars and the Fat baby will keep quiet.
North Korea’s top negotiator called South Korea’s government “ignorant and incompetent” on Thursday in the latest installment of Pyongyang lashing out at the U.S. and Seoul for essentially carrying out business as usual.
Ri Son Gwon, the North Korean negotiator, slammed South Korea for participating in military drills with the U.S., following up a series of statements on Tuesday when Pyongyang canceled talks with Seoul and threatened to cancel a planned summit with President Donald Trump.
The funniest bit was the North complaining about the B-52s… Which weren’t included in this year’s training because the peace talks were going so well.
Yep, Fatty is going to break the deal, sooner than later.
Heck, he may even blame it on the fact that people at South Korea’s No. 1 Blogsite ROKDrop keep calling him “Fatty.”
J6Junkie
7 years ago
His Lips and Teeth Chinese allies started it first!
I think he is putting pressure on the ROK government over this because he wants something from them. It could be about the restaurant worker defectors where the Kim regime wants them deported back to North Korea. Likewise he is trying to get voices in the US government to shut up about human rights and other topics he doesn’t want discussed at the upcoming summit.
As far as the Trump summit it seems he would want to attend that in effort to get the sanctions dropped. He has no hopes of getting the sanctions dropped and his payday from Moon Jae-in if he doesn’t show up. Once he shows up he will have to convince Trump to agree to his likely pretend denuclearization. We will see if Trump agrees to play along or not.
Korea Times makes CNN look accurate, fair, and balanced. And they make my neice’s elementary school newspaper look professional.
imagine that, nK already crying and blaming others for the failure of the agreement in order to justify its continued nuke program. Who, besides commie moon, didn’t see this coming?
Flyingsword, i’ll bet every one of them saw it too. They want to use it as an excuse to bribe him back to the talks.
But Trump, Pompeo, and Mattis might not play the game like previous American administrations.
Commie Moon just needs to send back the defectors, oil and gold bars and the Fat baby will keep quiet.
Of course Fatty has his input, a few days late:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-calls-south-korea-ignorant-incompetent-in-meltdown-over-days-old-military-drills/
The funniest bit was the North complaining about the B-52s… Which weren’t included in this year’s training because the peace talks were going so well.
Yep, Fatty is going to break the deal, sooner than later.
Heck, he may even blame it on the fact that people at South Korea’s No. 1 Blogsite ROKDrop keep calling him “Fatty.”
His Lips and Teeth Chinese allies started it first!
I think he is putting pressure on the ROK government over this because he wants something from them. It could be about the restaurant worker defectors where the Kim regime wants them deported back to North Korea. Likewise he is trying to get voices in the US government to shut up about human rights and other topics he doesn’t want discussed at the upcoming summit.
As far as the Trump summit it seems he would want to attend that in effort to get the sanctions dropped. He has no hopes of getting the sanctions dropped and his payday from Moon Jae-in if he doesn’t show up. Once he shows up he will have to convince Trump to agree to his likely pretend denuclearization. We will see if Trump agrees to play along or not.
I love when Commie schemes fail.