‘Barking Dogs’ and Trump’s Visit to Asia in the Face of Likely North Korean Provocation
US President, Donald Trump, is set to depart today for a five-nation tour of Asia including China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines and while a host of issues will be discussed North Korea tops the agenda. With little doubt, this is China’s last chance to step on its ally the Hermit Kingdom once and for all. President Trump and his advisers have made it clear that they will not allow North Korea to threaten its neighbors or the American homeland. The Trump admi
North Korean Tensions Increase Ahead of Trump Visit to China and South Korea
Three US aircraft carrier strike groups have now converged in the waters off the Korean peninsula including the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the USS Nimitz and the USS Ronald Reagan. This comes after the US replenishment and increase in munitions being held in Guam, reported concerns that Secretary of State Tillerson’s efforts to find a diplomatic solution had hit an impasse, and reports that the US was in the process of increasing the readiness and alert status of its strategic,
Parsons Green Terror Attack and North Korean Summary
Parsons Green Terror Attack and North Korean Summary On Friday morning, a teenage Iraqi refugee planted a bomb on a British subway train that exploded at Parsons Green train station. Some thirty people were injured in the attack likely inspired by the Islamic State (ISIS). Fortunately, the bomb, likely TATP, only partially exploded and in so doing avoided a massacre at rush hour. The 18-year-old Iraqi refugee who planted the bomb on the tube train and another 21-year-old Syri
North Korea’s Eighth Ballistic Missile Launch This Year. Second in a Week.
This morning, North Korea test-fired its eighth ballistic missile this year, and the second within a week, as the US dispatched the USS Ronald Regan carrier strike group to join the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group in the Sea of Japan for exercises. The missile launched today is widely believed to be the KN-15 Pukkuksong-2 Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM). The missile was launched from Pukchang flying east about 500 km before landing in the Sea of Japan, and reached
NORTH KOREA READY TO CARRY OUT NUCLEAR TEST TUESDAY
NORTH KOREA READY TO CARRY OUT NUCLEAR TEST TUESDAY As three US Carrier Strike Groups, the USS Carl Vinson, USS Ronald Reagan, and USS Nimitz approach the Sea of Japan, North Korea is threatening to destroy the USS Carl Vinson, and to obliterate Australia. Recent satellite photos suggest that work has restarted at the North Korea nuclear test facility at Punggye-ri. Images from last Wednesday reportedly show trailers near the test portal of the tunnel where North Korea is bel
