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SEAL Team 6 is reportedly training for a decapitation strike against North Korea's Kim regime

Alex Lockie 7 HOURS


A Navy SEAL emerges from the water during a training exercise.

The annual Foal Eagle military drills between the US and South Korea will include some heavy hitters this year — the Navy SEAL team that took out Osama bin Laden, Army Special Forces, and F-35s — South Korea's Joon Gang Daily reports.

South Korean news outlets report that the SEALs, who will join the exercise for the first time, will simulate a "decapitation attack," or a strike to remove North Korea's leadership.

Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Gary Ross later told Business Insider that the US military "does not train for decapitation missions" of any kind.

Yet a decapitation force would fit with a March 1 Wall Street Journal report that the White House is considering military action against the Kim regime.

The SEALs boarded the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and should arrive in South Korea on Wednesday, Joon Gang Daily reports.

South Korea has also made efforts toward a decapitation force, and international calls for action have increased in intensity after North Korea's latest missile test, which simulated a saturation attack to defeat US and allied missile defenses.

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

The Foal Eagle exercise includes 3,600 US troops, in addition to the 28,000 US troops permanently stationed in South Korea. The drills include air, land, and sea operations designed to prepare the joint forces in case of a conflict with North Korea.

This year's exercise also integrates preparation for the deployment of US missile defenses to South Korea.


South Korean marines participate in a US-South Korea joint-landing operation drill as Amphibious assault vehicles of the South Korean Marine Corps throw smoke bombs in Pohang March 30, 2015. The drill is part of the two countries' annual military training called Foal Eagle, which runs from March 2 to April 24. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Additionally, the US's newest combat aircraft, the F-35, will fly in to simulate attacks on North Korea's missile infrastructure, Joon Gang Daily reports. The F-35 will accompany many of the US's highest-end platforms, like F-22s and a nuclear-powered submarine.

"A bigger number of and more diverse US special operation forces will take part in this year's Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exercises to practice missions to infiltrate into the North, remove the North's war command and demolition of its key military facilities," the an unnamed military official told South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.

This post has been updated to include the statement from the Pentagon.

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South Korea has contingency plans to wipe the North Korean capital 'completely off the map'

David Choi 13 Sep 2016 5:57 PM


South Korea's Hyunmoo-1 ballistic missile is seen during a military parade to mark the 65th anniversary of Armed Forces Day on a street in central Seoul, October 1, 2013.

After North Korea's latest successful nuclear test, the Hermit Kingdom isn't the only nation that's using colorful rhetoric to publicize its militaristic intentions.

In response to the "higher level" fifth nuclear test conducted by North Korea last week, Yonhap News Agency reports that South Korea's Defense Ministry made public its plans for an extensive bombing operation called "Korea Massive Punishment & Retaliation" (KPMR).

"Every Pyongyang district, particularly where the North Korean leadership is possibly hidden, will be completely destroyed by ballistic missiles and high-explosive shells as soon as the North shows any signs of using a nuclear weapon," a South Korean military source told Yonhap.

"In other words, the North's capital city will be reduced to ashes ..."

KPMR outlines a preemptive strike on high-profile North Korean leaders, including Kim Jong-Un, in the event of either a war or the use of nuclear weapons is determined to be an imminent threat.

"The defense ministry's … [KPMR] is aimed at wiping a certain section of Pyongyang completely off the map," the military source stated in Yonhap.

In order to achieve these goals, South Korea has plans to mobilize its own arsenal of ballistic weapons - the Hyunmoo missiles, or "Guardian of the Northern Sky" - that have a range of up to 600 miles.

The total number of Hyunmoo missiles South Korea has in its arsenal is unknown, after reports surfaced of its intention to bolster production of the home-grown missile last month.

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South Korean commandos participate in a training exercise on January 8, 2015 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. The soldiers operated in below minus 20 degrees Celsius with a scenario to defend the country from any possible attacks from North Korea.

To supplement bombing runs and missile strikes, Yonhap also reported that a source indicated a special operations unit had been founded with the purpose of taking out North Korean military leaders.

"This military unit is dedicated to targeting the North Korean leadership and launching retaliatory attacks on them," he stated in Yonhap.

Since Seoul's statement was released, two US B-1 bombers, accompanied by South Korean F-15K fighter jets, performed a low-altitude show-of-force over Osan Air Base, about 48 miles from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

But just like the doubts that accompany North Korea's frequent threats, foreign policy experts share the same sentiment for South Korea's KPMR plan.

In a Japan Times interview, Georgetown University professor Victor Cha claimed that although the possibility of a plan to strike Kim Jong Un and other military leaders may exist, it would be "more an expression of anger and frustration than a strategic attempt to deter the adversary."

Additionally, Peterson Institute for International Economics analyst Kent Boydston also hinted at the difficulty of South Korea's plans.

"Certainly North Korea would take precautions against a decapitation strike and it is unlikely that South Korea and the US could know exactly where the top leadership is located in a crisis," Boydston stated in The Japan Times.

Given the nature of the rhetoric behind both Koreas' preemptive and subsequent retaliatory strikes, it's hard to imagine a scenario where mutually assured destruction isn't a possibility.

"It is also hard to imagine a decapitation strike not escalating to broader hostilities," said Boydston.


So sorry for the big pictures --
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/south-korea-military-plans-raze-pyongyang-2016-9/

I need to read from another site on N. Korea & our plans.S. Korea's plans .. etc... I do know for certain that we have had additional military personnel fly into the South . and why not? .. so I do believe that .. It's just business insider has not earned my trust completely on foreign policy issues since their ownership change .... and the petersen institute has a horrible reputation .. so ...... if interested You & me need to do more reading if we are interested ...