Donald Trump's 'powerful Armada' finally heads
towards North Korea DONALD Trumps powerful armada has
finally begun to approach North Korea after the carrier strike group was spotted 3,500
miles south. White House military bosses talked up the
US response to nuclear-mad Kim Jong-un as the president promised to deal with Pyongyang
There was chaos earlier this week when it emerged the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike
force which Trump had said was heading to North Korea was actually in the Indian
Ocean. But now the battle group has finally begun
to steam towards the Sea of Japan as war talk continues from Kim. Senior administration officials blamed the
previous error about the location of US Navy vessels on a miscommunication.
US Pacific Command yesterday confirmed the
vessel has now turned east and is sailing towards the Pacific. The strike group was able to complete a
curtailed period of previously scheduled training with Australia in international waters off
the northwest coast of Australia. "The Carl Vinson Strike Group is heading north
to the Western Pacific as a prudent measure, a PACOM spokesman said. The carrier group is expected to arrive off
the Korean Peninsula before the end of April.
China hit out at provocative moves by
the US by claiming the warships were heading to the Korean Peninsula earlier this month
accusing Trump of "fake news". Confusions reigned over the strike group which
includes missile destroyers after Trump talked up his armada. The Donald said: We are sending an armada. Very powerful.
We have submarines, very powerful, far
more powerful than the aircraft carrier, that I can tell you. Rear Adm. Jim Kilby, commander of Carrier
Strike Group 1, confirmed the warships will not be heading to North Korea "to provide
a persistent presence in the waters off the Korean Peninsula. Kim is feared to be planning to detonate a
nuke test on April 25 to coincide with the Military Foundation Day holiday in North Korea.
Throughout March and April, US forces have
been in the peninsula carrying out major war drills in South Korea. Tensions have raged after Trump appears to
take a more aggressive stance against Kim. Vice-President Mike Pence told the world the
USs sword stands ready over North Korea. Meanwhile, Kim has pledged a super mighty
response to Trump after he was humiliated when a missile test failed while Pyongyang
celebrated the Day of the Sun national holiday.
British Admiral Lord West said the world is
closer than any time in decades to a nuclear strike, when speaking to Daily Star Online..
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