US holds drills off Korea as Pyongyang talks war

by cool66616 Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:58 am

ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON – Fighter jets buzzed the skies and submarines cruised underwater Sunday as a flotilla of U.S. and South Korean warships led by a nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began exercises that have enraged North Korea.

U.S. officials denied North Korea's claims the maneuvers off Korea's east coast were a provocation, but said they were meant to send a strong message over the sinking of a South Korean warship in March that left 46 sailors dead.

The drills, set to run through Wednesday, involve about 8,000 U.S. and South Korean troops, 20 ships and submarines and 200 aircraft. The USS George Washington, with several thousand sailors and dozens of fighter jets aboard, was deployed from Japan.

"We are showing our resolve," said Capt. David Lausman, the carrier's commanding officer.

The exercises will be the first in a series of U.S.-South Korean maneuvers conducted in the East Sea off Korea and in the Yellow Sea closer to China's shores in international waters.

The exercises also are the first to employ the F-22 stealth fighter — which can evade North Korean air defenses — in South Korea.

by **Tvcoliseum.com** Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:16 pm

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US holds drills off Korea as Pyongyang talks war

US holds drills off Korea as Pyongyang talks war

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