Fox News reports that a pair of B1 bombers flew from Guam right up to the intra-Korean border as a show of force. Accompanied by Japanese fighter jets, they dropped an inert payload on Pilsung Range in South Korea. The mission was a second “show of force” since the July 4th North a Korean launch of a ballistic missile, and a third is planned;
Amid heightened tensions with North Korea, the U.S. will conduct a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), an element of the nation’s ballistic missile defense system, Fox News has learned. The test, which will be conducted by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), is scheduled to take place this month.
The THAAD test will be conducted against an intermediate ballistic missile. THAAD is not a weapon used against ICBMs, but only short and medium range missiles.
There is currently a THAAD battery in South Korea but only two of the scheduled six launchers on the battery are operational as the South Korean government performs an “environmental impact” study at the golf course where the battery is deployed.
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9 responses to “B1s drop dummy bombs near North Korea”
Kick knack, patty whack, give the norks a B-one
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thanks. not bad for a TAH break at a stop light, with the exception of the spelling errors.
Environmental impact study on a golf course?
Riiiight.
I think the impact of a 10 kiloton nuke or a chem/bio warhead would have far greater an impact on the golf course and a larger are around it than the THAAD battery.
I was kinda thinking the same thing, “Nuke, Chem, Bio or conventional bomb on Honabre Gawrf Coulse?
Knock knock, asshole!
My guess is the third test launch will be the joint US/Nork THAAD test. Just sayin’…
Dummy bomb
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