{"id":26794,"date":"2017-10-13T09:19:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26794"},"modified":"2017-10-13T09:19:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:19:41","slug":"trump-sends-second-aircraft-carrier-to-korean-peninsula-with-7500-marines-aboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26794","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sends Second Aircraft Carrier To Korean Peninsula With 7,500 Marines Aboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump Sends Second Aircraft Carrier To Korean Peninsula With 7,500 Marines Aboard<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Just one week after uttering his now-infamous “this is the calm before the storm”<\/strong> statement to the press ahead of a dinner with military leaders, we now learn<\/a> that President Trump has dispatched a second nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, filled with 7,500 marines, to the Korean Peninsula.\u00a0 Of course, this comes after rumors swirled<\/a> earlier this week that North Korea is preparing to fire multiple short-range rockets around the opening of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s twice-a-decade congress on Oct. 18th.<\/p>\n

The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, is en route to the western Pacific after leaving San Diego port last week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Roosevelt will focus on maritime security operations in the Pacific and Middle East, the US military announced.<\/p>\n

But the \u00a33.4billion ($4.5billion) warship, known as \u201cthe Big Stick\u201d, has been sent to boost US defence on the Korean peninsula, according to South Korean media.<\/p>\n

It is expected to arrive in region in the coming weeks amid fears North Korea is about to test another missile or nuclear weapon.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Per the following map from Stratfor, the USS Theodore Roosevelt will join the USS Ronald Reagan which is already operating in the region.<\/p>\n

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According to a statement from Admiral Steve Koehler, a strike group commander on the ship, the Roosevelt is carrying some 7,500 sailors and marines that are \u201cready as a war fighting force\u201d.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe US Navy carrier strike group is the most versatile, capable force at sea,\u201d <\/strong>he said in a statement before the ship\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter nearly a year of training and integration exercises, the entire team is ready as a warfighting force and ready to carry out the nation\u2019s tasking.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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