MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. and South Korean militaries began five days of simulated war drills on the peninsula Monday [12-4-17], involving bombers, fighters and thousands of troops, less than a week after North Korea tested its most advanced missile.
The annual drills, known as Vigilant Ace, are aimed at developing interoperability between the two countries’ air forces, a spokesman for South Korea’s Defense Ministry told reporters at a briefing in Seoul…
The drills come as tensions build over North Korea’s missile program. Some security analysts fear Pyongyang is close to mastering the technology needed to hit U.S. cities with nuclear-tipped missiles…
Comments from a senior Trump administration official and a U.S. lawmaker over the weekend appeared to suggest war may be approaching.”
-Andrew Jeong, “U.S. Parades New Warplanes in Military Drill With South Korea,” The Wall Street Journal online, Dec. 4, 2017 03:35am