The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group arrived in waters near the Korean peninsula this morning where it will join the USS Michigan, a guided missile submarine.
USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group
The Sun reported, via Free Republic:
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 Nimitz-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson sailing towards the Korean coast this morning.
It comes as the Trump administration chiefs 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”.