{"id":17136,"date":"2013-04-01T02:50:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T06:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=17136"},"modified":"2013-04-01T02:50:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T06:50:19","slug":"ensuring-peace-and-stability-american-f-22-jets-join-war-drills-with-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2013\/04\/ensuring-peace-and-stability-american-f-22-jets-join-war-drills-with-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring \u201cPeace and Stability\u201d: American F-22 Jets Join War Drills with South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fighter F-22 Raptor. (AFP Photo \/ USAF)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

South Korea has changed its rules of engagement ordering its troops to immediately respond to provocations from the North. Following the deployment of F-22 stealth fighters, the US has now sent a destroyer into Korean coastal waters.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday, the South Korean president warned that the country\u2019s military has been ordered to strike back without waiting for permission from Seoul in the event of any attack from the North.<\/span><\/p>\n

“If there is any provocation against South Korea and its people, there should be a strong response in initial combat without any political considerations,”<\/i>\u00a0Park Geun-hye, South Korean President, is cited as saying by Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the Korean Peninsula is now in a \u201cstate of war\u201d announced by Pyongyang and the country\u2019s ballistic rockets are allegedly targeting American bases in the region and even the US mainland, the US has decided to continue its military drills with South Korea as planned.<\/span><\/p>\n

The White House issued a statement saying that the US takes seriously North Korea’s war threats, but at the same time it is not seeing\u00a0\u201clarge-scale mobilizations and positioning of forces\u201d<\/i>\u00a0by Pyongyang,\u201cdespite the harsh rhetoric.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The USS Fitzgerald, positioned next to North Korea, will serve to shoot down any missiles launched from the country. It is the latest move in a rapidly escalating confrontation with the communist state. The vessel was initially supposed to return to base in Japan following recent joint exercises with the South, according to a US defense official.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official told AFP the re-positioning of the USS Fitzgerald was a\u00a0\u201cprudent move\u201d<\/i>\u00a0aimed at providing\u00a0\u00a0\u201cgreater missile defense options, should that become necessary.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The advanced radar-evading F-22 Raptors were redeployed from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa to the Osan Air Base, the main US base in South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Korea will achieve nothing by threats or provocations, which will only further isolate North Korea and undermine international efforts to ensure peace and stability in Northeast Asia,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0the statement from the US military command said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The American military did not specify the number of fighting units that were re-deployed. The repositioning of force, the army claims, follows routine shifts among US bases in the Western Pacific since 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Observation Post Ouellette near Panmunjom on the border between North and South Korea. (AFP Photo \/ Jewel Samad)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The relocation of the F-22 fighters follows earlier US displays of air dominance in the region, including the mock bombing of South Korea staged by B-52 bombers and B-2 stealth bombers.<\/span><\/p>\n

US command in S. Korea explained earlier this month that,\u00a0\u201cdespite challenges with fiscal constraints, training opportunities remain important to ensure US forces are battle-ready and trained to employ airpower to deter aggression, defend the ROK and defeat any attack against the alliance.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier on Sunday, North Korea vowed to<\/span>\u00a0boost its nuclear arsenal<\/span><\/a><\/span>, a\u00a0\u201ctreasure of a reunified country\u201d<\/i>which it will never trade for\u00a0\u201cbillions of dollars\u201d<\/i>\u00a0worth of aid.<\/span><\/p>\n

The annual US-South Korean military exercise has angered North Korea, especially after US showcased it\u2019s most advanced capabilities, including the the B-2 stealth bomber. In retaliation, the North threatened to\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>blow up US bases<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0for aggression in its mainland and in the Pacific operational theatres including Hawaii and Guam.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The threat to the peninsula peace worsened when on Saturday North Korea announced that\u00a0any issues between the two countries will be resolved in a\u00a0<\/span>“wartime manner”<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, threatened to close the border factory complex, a major source of exchange between two hostile neighbors. The two Koreas have<\/span>\u00a0formally been at war<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0since fighting ended in the 1950-53 conflict as a peace agreement was never signed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fuente<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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