"Old American Warplanes Still Scare North Korea " Topic
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Tango01 | 23 Jan 2016 10:30 p.m. PST |
"Even though some are more than 50 years old, the North Korean government pays attention when Washington flies its strategic warplanes nearby, a top U.S. general said Thursday. On Sunday, Jan. 10, just days after North Korea claimed it had carried out a hydrogen bomb test, the Pentagon flew B-52 over the Korean Peninsula in support of its ally to the south. "Without revealing anything classified, the intelligence reports that I get on the North Korean reaction to the B-52 flying a low approach at Seoul say no, they do not shrug," U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday at a Brookings Institution event. "They actually pay attention."…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
thorr666 | 23 Jan 2016 10:57 p.m. PST |
Old does not mean ineffective |
Mako11 | 24 Jan 2016 12:48 a.m. PST |
Yep, a single B-52 could ruin your whole century. |
Lion in the Stars | 24 Jan 2016 3:14 a.m. PST |
@Mako: Yup, especially when there's only one city in all of North Korea: Pyongyang. Everything else is a village so small that a single F16 could flatten it with a pair of 2000lb bombs. |
GarrisonMiniatures | 24 Jan 2016 3:47 a.m. PST |
It isn't the plane that scares people, it's what it carries. |
David Manley | 24 Jan 2016 4:09 a.m. PST |
Indeed, no different from Bears making trips close to the US, the UK etc. |
Legion 4 | 24 Jan 2016 7:57 a.m. PST |
Yes, BUFFs still can carry a Hell of a payload ! And the Norks need to be afraid … very afraid … Maybe just to mess with Un and his crew, we should fly B-52s along their border daily … |
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