U.S. Flies B-52 Bomber Over South Korea In Show Of Force After North's Nuclear Test

[Purveyor]

Source: Mirror.co.uk

The plane was flanked by two fighter jets as it flew over an air base close to the North-South border today

08:51, 10 Jan 2016
Updated 09:31, 10 Jan 2016
By James Pearson , Tony Munroe

The United States has sent a B-52 bomber on a low-level flight over South Korea in a show of force today after North Korea said it had tested a nuclear weapon.

The plane was flanked by two fighter jets, a U.S. F-16 and a South Korean F-15, as it flew over an air base close to the North-South border, the U.S. military said in a statement.

It added that the flight was "in response to recent provocative action by North Korea".

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un maintained that Wednesday's test was of a hydrogen bomb and said it was a self-defensive step against a U.S. threat of nuclear war.



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Who's your daddy now lil Kimmy?

[enlightenment]

1. The New Cold War

Just like the old Cold War, complete with old Cold War era bombers.

If you listen, you can hear the echo of Curtis LeMay, chomping his cheroot and saying, "told you we should have bombed them in '52".

http://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/curtis-lemay



*My dad was one of LeMay's "atomic bombers" - he said the guy was brilliant and the best commander SAC ever had, but too trigger happy by half.

[doc03]

2. They should have flown it over North Korea n/t

[Kaleva]

4. North Korea's most modern fighter is a Chinese version of the Mig-21

[Angleae]

5. They have a squadron of Mig-29s, however a Mig-21 can easily take down a B-52.

[doc03]

7. I doubt they have anything that can touch us n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. I bet we said the same thing in 1950

We'll be home by Christmas.

[doc03]

10. We could whipe them off the face of the earth then or now if we used

what we have. That nut in Korea is capable of doing anything with a nuke or selling one to anybody.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. MacArthur!! Is that you??!!

http://b-29s-over-korea.com/NorthKorea-A-Bomb/US-Planned-To-A-Bomb-N-Korea-In-1950-War_02.html

[PersonNumber503602]

19. I think the how easily NK would rollover would be dependent on China's reaction.

[davidpdx]

24. Very true

And although China has a legitimate beef with North Korea, they prefer to have a buffer between themselves and South Korea. That buffer is North Korea. China has and always will oppose the reunification of the two Koreas. It is also possible China would lay claim to some of the territory that is part of North Korea on a historical basis.

[davidpdx]

23. Actually they have a ton of artillery that can hit the Seoul Metropolitan Area

That's only 23.5 million people and 3/4th of the Korean economy that would be destroyed. It would be a very bad idea.

[Chef Eric]

25. Well, thank you for that, General Ripper. nt

[Marrah_G]

27. What they have that SK does not have is the ability to cause massive civ casualties...

... without fear of their own populous turning on them.

[doc03]

6. We should have leveled North Korea the day they tested their first nuke,

we will regret letting that nut have the bomb.

[polly7]

12. Leveled, as in destroying 24 million people? nt.

[doc03]

14. What if we wake up one day and hear he leveled South Korea or maybe Hawaii n/t

[polly7]

15. Well he hasn't, has he?!?

What if Saddam dumped babies out of incubators?

[Marrah_G]

28. By leveling you are talking about the mass killing of innocents.

That is not who we should aspire to be.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. The day they fly a B2 near that border

is the day when I would consider raising an eyebrow.

[pediatricmedic]

16. Happened back in 2013

Now, about that eyebrow.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. It would have raised

but that's about it.

[Reter]

8. Nothing more than a dick-wagging contest between the US and NK

I guess we'll see who's is bigger.

[Purveyor]

21. Or crazier/stupider... Eom

[leanforward]

13. Impressive

I've had a few opportunities to be around those BUFFs in my distant past on the ground and just off the flight path on a low altitude training run. I'm always impressed and in awe. Still am, with any aircraft.

Talk about force projection. Speak softly. You know the CinC was aware.

[PersonNumber503602]

18. This I actually don't get.

I understand a show of force in some cases, but I don't see what it does here. I can understand the theory behind why a country would send planes/ships into international waters that are being claimed by another nation. Maybe I just don't understand North Korea or something else.

[daleo]

20. Nothing like sending a nuclear bomber on a thretening pass near another nuclear power's border

To make a nuclear power even more determined to keep its nukes - and perfect them.

[GreydeeThos]

22. How is the bomber? How old is it's pilot?

Grandpa waving his cane yelling at kids to "Get off my grass!"

[CentralMass]

29. The B52 is still a very cäpable and relevent aircraft.

http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104465/b-52-stratofortress.aspx

The B52 is still a very capable aircraft. "Current engineering analyses show the B-52's life span to extend beyond the year 2040."

[Marrah_G]

26. The problem is not NK, the problem is China

Will they put a leash on that puppy to stop his insanity and what will their response be if someone else stops him.