BATTLE STATIONS US Warship Sails Within ‘Striking Distance’ of North Korea

The Nimitz-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson sailing towards the Korean coast this morning
It seems we are now in escalation mode. They move militarily, we move militarily.  It is move, counter-move.  Let's see if the little dictator will blink....and how drastically China will react to each move. Pray America.
-W.E. 

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A HUGE US Navy super-carrier is gearing up for war off the coast of North Korea after Kim Jong-un’s third test fire flop this month.

USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group arrived in waters near the Korean peninsula, where it will join the USS Michigan, a guided missile submarine that docked in South Korea on Tuesday.





The enormous aircraft carrier is bristling with fighter and bomber jets as well as missiles
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The enormous aircraft carrier is bristling with fighter and bomber jets as well as missiles
Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyers on their way to join the US Navy warships for the seaborne war games
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Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyer
A Japanese man in Tokyo walks past a TV showing news of USS aircraft carrier Carl Vinson while reporting North Korea's missile test
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A Japanese man in Tokyo walks past a TV showing news of USS aircraft carrier Carl Vinson while reporting North Korea’s missile test
The nuclear-powered submarine USS Michigan approaches to join the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson
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The nuclear-powered submarine USS Michigan, which is armed with 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles, is set to join the US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson
A North Korean ballistic missile is fired from a submarine during an earlier rocket test this week
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A North Korean ballistic missile is fired from a submarine during an earlier rocket test this week
People watch a TV broadcasting of North Korea's failed missile launch at a railway station in Seoul
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People watch a TV broadcasting of North Korea’s failed missile launch at a railway station in Seoul
Tensions with the West have reached fever pitch over recent weeks as North Korea flouts the UN missile testing ban
EPA

Tensions with the West have reached fever pitch over recent weeks as North Korea flouts the UN missile testing ban

It comes as the Trump administration said a raft of new economic sanctions and military manoeuvres may be speedily deployed after the rocket threat.

A source told Reuters that new naval drills and more war ships could be sent to the region in a further show of force.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that failure to curb Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes could lead to "catastrophic consequences".

Mr Tillerson said: "The threat of a nuclear attack on Seoul, or Tokyo, is real, and it's only a matter of time before North Korea develops the capability to strike the US mainland.

"Failing to act now on the most pressing security issue in the world may bring catastrophic consequences."

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