The Countess and I were reviewing today’s news events when I spotted this story from the Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n
Carrier strike group wasn’t headed to Korean peninsula despite Trump administration claims<\/a><\/p>\n The premise of their opinion is that President Trump is lying about sending an aircraft carrier task group to North Korea, or the US Navy is unclear on what it is doing.<\/p>\n They never actually cite anyone who says the carrier task group was headed to Korea. The closest they came to evidence was this statement attributed to President Trump:<\/p>\n \u201cWe are sending an armada, very powerful,\u201d to the waters off the Korean peninsula, President Trump told Fox Business News on April 12.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n We both reacted to this line – there is a quote from Trump followed by a paraphrase or an assumption, with the entire sentence attributed to Trump.<\/p>\n What did President Trump actually say?<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/2017\/04\/12\/trump-on-north-korea-threats-are-sending-armada.html<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe are sending an armada, very powerful. We have submarines, very powerful, far more powerful than the aircraft carrier,\u201d Trump told the FOX Business Network\u2019s Maria Bartiromo. \u201cWe have the best military people on Earth. And I will say this: he is doing the wrong thing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So the President was saying the opposite of the implication put forth by the LA Times. Aircraft carriers have little to offer in this scenario since we have B52 bombers<\/a> on station in South Korea. B2 bombers would be the weapon of choice.<\/p>\n In 2009, China let it be known they have a ballistic missile designed to sink an aircraft carrier by flying at Mach 10 up to 2000 km (1,200 miles) and attack vertically, going straight down. It is a weapon for which the US Navy may have no effective defense. An improved model called the DF 26<\/a> has a longer range and the ability to detonate a nuclear warhead on the carrier, guided by satellite targeting. It is very hard to hide an aircraft carrier from an adversary who has satellites.<\/p>\n With advances in pilotless planes and cruise missiles, an aircraft carrier is of limited use when friendly airbases nearby (primarily Japan) are available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Countess and I were reviewing today’s news events when I spotted this story from the Los Angeles Times Carrier strike group wasn’t headed to Korean peninsula despite Trump administration claims The premise of their opinion is that President Trump … Continue reading