U.S. Apparently Amassing B-1 Bombers on Guam [Update: Or Not]
April 6th, 2013U.S. Air Force says B-1s were not deployed to Guam. So, where did five big bombers go last night?
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As you may have noticed, I don’t post much about North Korea’s hissy fits.
But…
If up to seven B-1 bombers were moved to Guam together, that’s finally got my attention.
Via: The Aviationist:
It seems like Washington has taken Kim Jong Un threat seriously.
After moving two Langley’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to Osan airbase, in South Korea, launching a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber on a round-trip training mission over a South Korean’s gunnery range from the Continental U.S., and deploying THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense system to Guam, positioning two guided-missile destroyers in the waters near the Korean peninsula, the Pentagon has decided to strengthen its presence in the region by deploying several B-1 Lancer long range bombers to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
But, for the first time in the last few weeks, the deployment of the “Bones” to the Pacific atoll was not made public (at least, not yet), a fact that could be the sign that the U.S. is not only making symbolic moves (as the above mentioned ones), but it is preparing for the worst scenario: an attack on North Korea.
You’ve got my attention with the possibility of new wars already high. I still think that it’s as likely to be a Pearl Harbor move though. But then, I wondered the same about this:
http://news.usni.org/2013/02/08/navy-lincoln-refueling-delayed-will-hurt-carrier-readiness/five-carriers-in-norfolk
I suppose that makes me a conspiracy theorist or something…