US FORCES WAITING ORDERS TO STRIKE NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR FACILITIES
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES ARE SET TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR, MISSILE, AND OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SITES IN ANY FUTURE CONFLICT, THE COMMANDER OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND TOLD CONGRESS TUESDAY.
Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas stated in testimony to a House subcommittee that Army, Navy, and Air Force commandos are based both permanently and in rotations on the Korean peninsula in case conflict breaks out. advertisement The special operations training and preparation is a warfighting priority, Thomas said in prepared testimony. There are currently around 8,000 special operations troops deployed in more than 80 countries.
Trump said on Sunday that China appears to be pressuring North Korea but that he would be upset if North Korea carries out another nuclear test.
“If he does a nuclear test, I will not be happy,” he said on CBS Face the Nation. Asked if his unhappiness would translate into a U.S. military response, Trump said: “I don’t know. I mean, we’ll see.”
GEN. THOMAS’ TESTIMONY DID NOT INCLUDE DETAILS OF WHAT MISSIONS THE COMMANDOS WOULD CARRY OUT.
A spokesman for the Special Operations Command referred questions about potential operations in Korea to the Pacific Command.
Special forces troops would be responsible for locating and destroying North Korean nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems, such as mobile missiles. They also would seek to prevent the movement of the weapons out of the country during a conflict.
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