Sources: 3rd US Naval Strike Force Deployed to Deter North Korea

[Calista241]

Source: Voice of America

The United States is sending a third aircraft carrier strike force to the western Pacific region in an apparent warning to North Korea to deter its ballistic missile and nuclear programs, two sources have told VOA.

The USS Nimitz, one of the world’s largest warships, will join two other supercarriers, the USS Carl Vinson and the USS Ronald Reagan, in the western Pacific, the sources told VOA's Steve Herman.

The U.S. military has rarely simultaneously deployed three aircraft carriers to the same region.

But North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threat is seen as a major security challenge for President Donald Trump, who has vowed to prevent the country from being able to strike the U.S. with a nuclear missile, a capability experts say Pyongyang could have some time after 2020.

Read more: https://www.voanews.com/a/third-naval-strike-force-deployed-north-korea/3873637.html

[msongs]

1. 3 carriers there means weaknesses elsewhere nt

[Gore1FL]

3. The Federal Budget. nt

[longship]

8. We only have 10 of them.

More than any other country. Russia has one; China has one. (They both have more on the way, but they take years to build.)

So maybe we need to build MOAR!!!!!

It invites the question: Are 10 too many? Are twenty enough?

I remember similar arguments in the 1950's. It was called the missile gap with the Soviets. N.B., It didn't exist. We still got tens of thousands of nuclear weapons regardless.

[Turbineguy]

14. There's already a mine shaft gap.

Can a Carrier gap be far behind?

[longship]

15. Love Dr. Strangelove!

The mineshaft gap was a spoof by Kubrick and Sothern.

[ewagner]

16. True!

What's terrible is that Strangelove is becoming reality!

[bora13]

20. you are right

i was going to add that putey must be awful proud of his chimp to mass much of our
critical offense/defenses.

[democratisphere]

2. Don't look HERE. Look over THERE!

[orangecrush]

4. He is going to provoke a crisis

And use it as an excuse to once and for all end our Constitutional government.

[heaven05]

5. As theRussia crisis of this administration

grows so will the danger of what you're posting. The deplorables have set in motion the destruction of our country...the bankers....the real powers behind the throne have us over a barrel and maybe just maybe they have wrung enough from our wallets that they really don't give a damn anymore. So it goes with the real presidents, bannon, miller, jared and ivanka et al. A fascist police state is being cemented in place. We are all in very serious jeopardy of losing the america we know to the ameriKKKans that the racist want running this country.

[orangecrush]

22. Agree

Good post!

[DallasNE]

6. How Does This Deter North Korea?

Short answer, it doesn't. If anything, it provokes them. How many missiles have they fired since the 2nd carrier was sent into the region so expect that to continue. Then what. How many lines in the sand is Trump going to draw only for them to call his bluff. He can't keep 3 carriers in the region that long. Does Trump even have a plan. So far he has been highly ineffective and looking weak could cause him to do something really stupid - and that is where I think we are headed.

[Igel]

9. It's the same as with rewards.

If the target doesn't think something's a reward--or, in this case, a deterrent--then it's simply not. The person imposing the reward (or deterrent) can rant all s/he wants about how it's a really, really good reward (or deterrent) but that opinion really doesn't matter.

Lots of that kind of "If I think it, it must be so" magical reasoning.

[mopinko]

11. cheato is not even in charge. he is letting the generals play w their toys.

civilian control of our military is off the table right now.

[ewagner]

17. Deter? No...Provoke? Yes

If there is a plan in the Trump Administration it is to provoke the other idiot into doing something stupid so Trump can look tough and hear the chant, "USA,USA,USA" everytime he steps to the podium.

[Liberalagogo]

7. SQUIRREL!!!

[EX500rider]

10. Sounds like a prelude to a strike on NK perhaps.

Could get ugly.

[SergeStorms]

12. Time to wag the dog again.

It seems to be the only thing that gets the media off Trump's back, so you KNOW he's going to use it. And this is going to be a B-I-G wag, with all sorts of other far-right Constitution destroying acts thrown in for good measure.

Dear Congress, could you file Articles of Impeachment Tuesday, please? PLEASE?

[nitpicker]

13. Three carriers at a time is unlikely

They could extend the Vinson's deployment if need be.

BUT the Vinson has been deployed since January.

If matters settle down, this will be a normal swap-out of carriers on station, with the Nimitz replacing the Vinson.

[Stuart G]

18. I think there are some countries who don't want war in that area....Let's see....

Russia
China
North Korea
South Korea
Japan
etc...

all other countries in area.. War sucks.....

[left-of-center2012]

19. One day they'll leave

And Trump will be seen 'giving in' to North Korea.

[Bradical79]

21. Is it heading the right direction this time? -nt

[Greywing]

23. He is going to get us into a new war while sending more troops to Iraq/Syria

I hate this fucking asshole ... if he wants a war to prove how macho he is, he should be on the front line.

[furtheradu]

24. K & R..& thanks :( nt