Mon, May 26, 2003
What If There's War Over N. Korea's Nukes?
Air Force leaders from around the world sat down
together at Osan Air Base in Korea May 22 to talk deterrence and to
change the war plan regarding the North Korean threat.
The conference, an annual event, wasn't particularly tied to the
North Korea nuclear crisis. It did, however, provide a chance for
coalition members, who would fight together if deterrence were to
fail, to hear from the commander of US Forces/Korea about his take
on the plan.
“It’s a great opportunity to bring all the members
of the coalition together, the commanders of the units throughout
the peninsula as well as the (Republic of Korea) and US commanders
on the peninsula,” said Lt. Gen. Lance Smith, 7th Air Force
commander. “We’re pulling together to come up with ways
and methods to execute (the war plan) more efficiently and discuss
new technologies and tactics out there.”
What I Learned In Iraq...
With Operation Iraqi Freedom coming to a close, the forces here
will take the lessons and new technological advances, like the
unmanned aerial vehicles and ground tactics, and apply them in
plans and strategies for 2003, the general said.
“Iraqi Freedom and the technology used over there will be
rolled into our plans here,” said Smith. “Though we
haven’t gotten all the lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom,
those that we do know about will impact our strategy.”
Learning lessons from contingency efforts around the world has a
direct impact on the mission on the Korean Peninsula, the general
said. And, improving war plans and deterrence efforts will continue
to keep the ROK and US forces “ready to fight
tonight.”
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