Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un almost daily exchange threatening statements, after which, in theory, an exchange of nuclear missiles should begin immediately. However, the US Armed Forces do not seem to suspect that the war will begin any minute. Army, aviation and the U.S. Navy is engaged in normal daily activities.
Despite the extremely harsh rhetoric of the leaders of the United States and North Korea, the United States armed forces not only show signs of a strategic, but even operational deployment of troops, forces and assets of the army and fleet. According to Defense News, if you track the latest news world news agencies or read the messages of US President Donald Trump on Twitter, you might get the impression that the United States is one step away from a nuclear war with North Korea. But, according to the publication, it seems that the American troops forgot about this warning.
North Korea threatens to launch a missile attack on Andersen’s airbase on Guam, US President Donald Trump tweeted that military solutions to the North Korean problem are ready, NBC claimed that the United States had prepared a plan to hit North Korea’s missile bases with the help of B-1 bombers “Lancer ". In short, the lack of such messages recently there.
However, while such rhetoric in the District of Columbia is approaching an extreme degree of heat, at the headquarters of the joint command of US forces in the Pacific, no one knows that the world is on the verge of nuclear war.
On the basis of the US Navy in Yokosuka, the nuclear assault aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is peacefully standing at the pier. The command and staff ship 7 of the US Blue Ridge fleet is moored nearby. The US State Department has not yet given a command to US citizens to urgently leave the Republic of Korea, and the members of the families of the US military also do not evacuate from this country in fire order.
US marines are not loaded onto landing craft, and officers and sailors of the 7 fleet of the United States do not withdraw from holidays to carry out urgent combat missions.
US Navy ships with a missile defense potential did not proceed to operational deployment in the waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula, or to protect the island of Guam. In other words, the practically unbridled rhetoric from the US President and some other American politicians do not correspond much to what is actually happening in the region.
Just in case, the US military declares that the troops are highly alert and ready to repel any attack from the enemy. "We are always at a high level of alert and have all the necessary capabilities to counter any threat, including those coming from North Korea," said Christopher Logan, lieutenant colonel of the Marine Corps.
Nevertheless, the US military in their statements often follow the general political line of Washington. In particular, not so long ago, very controversial information came from the leadership of the US Navy's 3 fleet. In accordance with this statement, instantly spread by all the news agencies of the world, the US Navy nuclear attack aircraft carrier Carl Vinson was heading in all directions towards North Korea. And only then figured out that the ship is located many thousands of miles from the DPRK in the Indian Ocean.
The militaristic rhetoric is far ahead of the real facts on the ground, and the general background information is not very close to reality. In this regard, a number of experts remind that in many respects the First World War was unleashed precisely because of a series of diplomatic blunders.
At the same time, in the parts and formations of the US armed forces in the Pacific, calm reigns, and personnel are engaged in daily activities.
“No one in the headquarters of the joint command of the armed forces in the Pacific Ocean region tears hair on his head. Here calm and professionalism reigns
- said the source of the publication Defense News. “As for the close start of a nuclear missile war, this is so far only the rhetoric of the federal district of Columbia.”
The B-1 strategic bombers from the Andersen airbase, about which so much was said on the news agency tapes, have recently been flying solely according to the combat training plan and not heading towards the Korean Peninsula.
Nevertheless, at the official level, it is constantly stated that the US armed forces are ready to defend South Korea, other Pacific Allies and the continental part of the United States from nuclear and missile strikes by Kim Jong-un. In particular, the chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps General Joe Dunford and General Vincent K. Brooks, the commander of the combined armed forces in Korea, said that the capabilities and means deployed in South Korea are enough to protect this country from strikes from the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
Both commanders at the headquarters of the joint armed forces in the Republic of Korea said that American and South Korean specialists would continue to investigate threats from North Korea and, if necessary, make changes to the composition of the forces and assets required to repel a possible missile strike. Both generals made these statements after meetings with high-ranking Korean leaders, including President of the Republic of Korea Moon Zhe Ina, Secretary of Defense Song Yang Mua and General of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Korea Lee Song-jin. The parties once again confirmed the invariance of allied obligations.
The United States and South Korea want a peaceful solution to the crisis, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States said. “I would like to see Kim Jong-un to commit himself to stop developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests, ”said Joe Dunford.
In response to questions about what the US command would do if North Korea launched missiles in the direction of Guam, General Dunford once again asked journalists not to confuse hostilities with politics.
“Today, discussing a preemptive strike on North Korea is at least premature,” said Joe Dunford. According to him, the United States is currently focused on diplomatic and economic pressure on the regime of Kim Jong-un to force North Korea to abandon its harmful intentions. “The military aspect is today viewed by us only as a means of supporting diplomatic and economic efforts,” said Dunford, “and we are currently seeking a peaceful solution to the crisis.”
General Brooks, in turn, reaffirmed that the alliance of the United States and South Korea has sufficient forces and is ready to repel threats from North Korea. According to him, on the peninsula today is 28,5 thousand American troops. In addition, the armed forces of South Korea have 660 thousand chelochek, at any time ready to defend their homeland.
General Brooks noted the important role played by the joint military exercises of units and formations of the armed forces of the United States and the Republic of Korea. Regular exercises are scheduled to begin soon. The warlord said for granted that this is condemned by North Korea.
“Therefore, our joint exercises are so important,” the general stressed, “we must have a deterrent, and this should support our diplomatic actions. The threats from Kim Jong-un are serious and we must be prepared for them. ”