- If this happens, it will be a very risky and provocative military operation that could lead to full scale war. Let's hope saner and calmer heads prevail. BBI-
US military alert level raised in Seoul, 24 stealth fighters jets ready
by Nick Doms
May 29, 2010
The US military has raised its alert level for its South Korean troops and has placed 24 stealth fighter jets within easy reach of the Korean Peninsula, according to US military sources.
The sources deny that such actions were taken as a reaction to North Korea’s threat of confrontation and an all-out-war, but confirm that the stealth fighter jets may participate in an upcoming joint anti-submarine exercise between US and South Korean military personnel.
The exercise will be conducted close to or in the disputed maritime borders between South and North Korea and may very well be viewed by Pyongyang as an intimidation and threat. Kim Jong-Il, through his spokesperson, has stated on several occasions that any threat, sanction or punishment, resulting from the march 26 incident during which a South Korean warship was sunk, will be met with outright war.
http://www.huliq.com/9990/93762/us-military-alert-level-raised-seoul-24-stealth-fighters-jets-ready