Expert: US exercises in the Pacific threaten to start a war with North Korea
As the press service of the US Navy 7 fleet reported earlier on Thursday, three US carrier strike groups will conduct exercises in the Pacific Ocean on the Korean Peninsula from 11 to 14 in November; The aircraft carriers Ronald Reagan, Nimitz and Theodore Roosevelt will participate in them, around 20 cruisers, squadron destroyers and several nuclear submarines.
He explained that the carrier strike group, where one aircraft carrier, is the most powerful operational-tactical compound.
According to him, against American AUG "you can effectively fight cruise missiles or nuclear submarines, which North Korea does not have."
Valuev noted that “around the carrier strike force is an anti-aircraft defense zone with a probability of 0,9 destroying enemy aircraft and cruise missiles; an anti-submarine defense zone” that the North Korean diesel-electric submarines will not be able to force.
Previous exercises involving the three US Navy carrier strike groups were held in 2006-2007 in the area of the American island of Guam. The current maneuvers coincided with increased tensions around the DPRK, reports RIA News
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