US Delta Force, SEAL Team 6 Prepare To Take Out Kim Jong-Un

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US Delta Force, SEAL Team 6 Prepare To Take Out Kim Jong-Un, Practice Tactical North Korea "Infiltration"

by Tyler Durden

Mar 13, 2017 4:45 PM

On March 1, the WSJ reported that the options contemplated by the White House in response to recent North Korean acts, include "the possibility of both military force and regime change to counter the country’s nuclear-weapons threat." The review came amid recent events which have strained regional stability including last month's launch by North Korea of a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, and the assassination of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia.

And, according to a report in Yonhap, said "regime change" may come far sooner than expected: the South Korean website writes that U.S. special operations forces, including the unit that killed Osama Bin Laden, will take part in joint military drills in South Korea "to practice incapacitating North Korean leadership in the case of conflict", a military official said Monday.

The U.S. Navy’s Special Warfare Development Group, better known as the SEAL Team 6, will arrive in South Korea for joint military drills and take part in an exercise simulating a precision North Korean incurion and "the removal of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un", according to the Ministry of National Defense Monday.

The U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six will join the annual Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exercises between the two allies for the first time, along with the Army's Rangers, Delta Force and Green Berets.

The counterterrorism unit is best known for its removal of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011, known as Operation Neptune Spear. It will be the team’s first time participating in the annual Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exercises, which will run through late April.

The ministry did not say when the SEAL Team 6 will arrive. The Japan Times reported that the American unit boarded the USS Carl Vinson, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, last Friday and are currently training in South Korean waters. The carrier will arrive in Busan Port Wednesday, according to the Japanese newspaper. The ministry did not say when the SEAL Team 6 will arrive, however according to The Japan Times, the American unit will arrive in Busan Port Wednesday, according to the Japanese newspaper.

As Korea JoongAng Daily adds, also set to touch down in South Korea is Delta Force, a special mission unit of the U.S. Army whose main tasks include hostage rescue and counterterrorism, said the Defense Ministry. Together with SEAL Team 6, they will practice removing Kim Jong-un and destruction of North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction.

“It will send a very strong message to North Korea, which is constantly carrying out military provocations,” a ministry official said...

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[Ozarks Tom]

Very misleading title, typical of Zero Hedge. They might be there, but they're not going to N Korea. It was announced several months ago the S Koreans are training special forces to "decapitate" the N Korean regime in case of attack. I don't doubt the American forces will help with the training, but they're not there to invade N Korea.

[joebill]

And if they were, I'd not expect to read about it on the internet......Joe

[fordy]

..............And , so , I'm thinking what message has the US Military sent to N. Korea as well as it's buddy China about any attack on S. Korea just prior to elections ? Actually , this is a good way for China to test it's new military while allowing NK to be the aggressor  . So , I have to believe that any attack that The USA\SK mount against NK will be an overwhelming response in scope and ferocity .

...............Specifically , the US and SK must neutralize those 14,000 artillery pieces NK has pointed towards the SK population . Something like 38 million I read somewhere . This would turn into a blood bath very quickly . , fordy 

[Ozarks Tom]

Yep, the loss of life would be horrific in the South. You can bet we know where each and every one of those artillery pieces are, and have them zeroed in with both artillery and drones. The North most likely doesn't have the accuracy to take out our defenses quickly, but we've got the artillery technology to pretty much pinpoint our rounds.

China is getting a little fed up with NK, cancelled coal imports from them which is going to hurt. Also, Malaysia, one the NKs main channels for export money is more than a little hacked over the assassination of kim's brother on their soil.

If the North gets desperate enough they just might do something stupid.  My biggest concern are those two "satellites" the North has passing over us each day.  They could very possibly have some EMP weapons in them.

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Analysts: Military Options Against North Korea Fraught With Danger

March 08, 2017

By Brian Padden

Frustrated that North Korea has been undeterred by international sanctions, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is conducting a policy review to look for more effective ways to counter Pyongyang's missile and nuclear threats.

Adding new urgency to this longstanding security threat is North Korea’s accelerated efforts to develop the capability to strike the U.S. mainland with a nuclear tipped intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM.)

In January President Trump tweeted “it will not happen,” in response to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s statement indicating that his country would soon test an ICBM.

U.S. administration officials say that all options are on the table to deal with the increasing North Korean threat, including military action and deploying nuclear weapons in South Korea and Japan.

Regional security analysts Grant Newsham with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies in Tokyo, and Bong Young-shik with the Yonsei University Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul talked to VOA about the risks and the benefits of some measures being considered.


High risk: Military strike

Preemptive U.S. military air or missile strikes to take out North Korean nuclear and missile sites are unlikely to end the nuclear threat, and there is a high risk of deadly counterattacks that could draw China and the entire region into war, say these analysts.

“Really if a military strike or approach is considered, the U.S. had better be ready to go all in and be ready to finish it,” said Newsham.

North Korea has hundreds of mobile missile launchers, many of which are kept in underground bunkers that would be hard to detect and target.

Even if U.S. strikes could destroy all of the country’s nuclear and long-range missile facilities, North Korea could still attack Seoul and other regions near the inter-Korean border with artillery and chemical weapons that could kill millions in South Korea.

By taking unilateral military action against North Korea, the United States would be putting its own security needs ahead of its allies in Asia and would likely trigger a regional political backlash.

“They will put almost all South Korean citizens against the United States because it is totally against the very purpose of the security partnership between the United States and South Korea,” said Bong.

Even limited military actions, these analysts say, could too easily draw the United States into another military quagmire that could cause massive devastation and economic ruin.


No benefit: Nuclear allies

Either deploying American nuclear weapons in South Korea and Japan or allowing them to acquire their own may bolster U.S. support for its allies in Asia, but these analysts say they will not likely restrain North Korea.

The United States withdrew tactical nuclear weapons from South Korea in 1991. Subsequently the two Koreas signed an agreement to keep the peninsula free of nuclear weapons.

North Korea later walked away from the agreement, citing the threat of a U.S. invasion.

Analysts say reintroducing nuclear weapons in the South, and deploying them in Japan for the first time, would likely legitimize the North’s nuclear arsenal and justify its efforts to develop long-range ballistic missile deterrence. It would also weaken the international commitment to maintain sanctions against Pyongyang and could spark a global nuclear buildup.


Difficult: Effective sanctions

Imposing real economic pain remains the best of the bad options to restrain North Korea from continuing to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities.

“You have to put North Korea in a situation where the leadership has to decide between the continuous pursuit of nuclear weapons and missiles, and its survival. And I don’t think North Korea is very close to being forced to make such a big decision,” said Bong.

The international sanctions imposed on North Korea have not had a restraining influence so far, in part because of lax enforcement.

“They have allowed the regime to get the money they need to survive and that has always been the regime’s key vulnerability, the need for money,” said Newsham.

The North’s key economic trading partner China is reluctant to strictly implement crippling measures that might destabilize the region or lead to the collapse of its ally...

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