Posts tagged ‘south korea.’

  The United States government has deployed two F-22 Raptor Aircraft to South Korea in response to some of the rhetoric that the North Koreans have been engaging in recently. The planes have been deployed in support of  Foal Eagle which is a yearly training exercise between the US and South Korea. The reason for [...]

   The U.S. military says recent upgrades to manpower and materiel in South Korea are prudent improvements to capabilities, particularly as new technology becomes available, rather than special preparations for a possible North Korean attack or provocation. In recent months, the military has reported it is moving Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, Excalibur artillery shells [...]

A huge North Korean flag disappeared behind a tower of flames and thick black smoke Friday as South Korean fighter jets and U.S. attack helicopters fired rockets in the allies’ biggest joint live-fire drills since the Korean War. The war games south of the heavily armed Korean border come amid rising animosity between the rival [...]

    The North and South Koreans exchanged artillery fire in an artillery duel which was nothing more than a waste of ammunition. According to the account that I read the North Koreans fired about three rounds which landed in international waters close to the South Korean boundary in the Yellow Sea and the South Koreans [...]

Those of you who follow my blog may remember the post on the South Korean Navy ship recently which sank near the disputed waters between the North and South Korean boundaries. At that time the cause of the sinking was not known but an investigation was pending. I find it interseting that the President of [...]