![]() had pushed the Korean Peninsula to the “brink of war.” Reports of the Carl Vinson’s deployment drew condemnation from North Korea, which slammed the move as “reckless.” The country’s United Nations envoy, Kim In Ryong, said this week that the U.S. Pacific Command spokesman Commander Dave Benham said on Wednesday. The strike group was now heading to the Western Pacific “as a prudent measure” following a “curtailed” period of training with Australia, U.S. Instead, the fleet sailed south into the Indian Ocean for exercises with the Royal Australian Navy, at a time when Kim was parading his military might and tested another missile. was “sending an armada, very powerful” to North Korea. Days later, in response to a question about the warships, Trump told the Fox Business Network that the U.S. Navy announced that a strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson had been diverted north from Singapore to the Western Pacific as speculation mounted that North Korea was preparing a nuclear or missile test. More than a week earlier, on April 8, the U.S. In a message directed at Kim Jong Un’s regime, he said the world mustn’t doubt Trump’s resolve following his “decisive action” against Syria and Afghanistan. ![]() Pence - speaking to sailors and Marines gathered Wednesday on the USS Ronald Reagan at Yokosuka naval base - repeated the Trump administration’s line that all options to end North Korea’s nuclear program were on the table. aircraft carrier in Japan, hours after reports emerged that the approaching “armada” that President Donald Trump touted last week was still thousands of miles away. (Bloomberg) - Vice President Mike Pence issued a fresh warning to North Korea from the deck of a U.S. Pence greets service members on the flight deck of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in Yokosuka, Japan, April 19, 2017. ![]()
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