Sunday, October 15, 2017
It looks like a US Navy armada will return to waters near North Korea
The Michigan, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, carries with it some 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles that experts told Business Insider could prove incredibly useful in a strike on North Korea’s nuclear infrastructure.
Additionally, the submarine is known to sometimes carry special forces. In April, South Korean media reported that Navy SEALs aboard the Michigan had trained with a local force to decapitate North Korea’s Kim Jong Un regime.
The USS Ronald Reagan, the U.S.’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier based in Japan, also should head to South Korea in the coming days, according to Yonhap.
Additionally, the U.S. Navy has reshuffled some Arleigh Berke-class destroyers to bolster missile defenses in the region.
South Korea news outlet Chosun reported recently that the U.S. has been considering using this armada to test North Korea like never before, by sailing the aircraft carrier north of the Northern Limit Line, the de facto maritime border of North Korea.
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