North Korea issues warning as US strike group heads to Korean Peninsula

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(CNN)North Korea warned Monday it would respond to "reckless acts of aggression" by the United States, with "whatever methods the US wants to take," as a US aircraft carrier strike group headed toward the Korean Peninsula.

The Pentagon is sending the 97,000-ton USS Carl Vinson with an escort of a guided-missile cruiser and two destroyers following another missile test by North Korea last week.

According to a statement provided to CNN by officials in Pyongyang, the "current grim situation" justifies Pyongyang's "self-defensive and pre-emptive strike capabilities with the nuclear force at the core."

"We will make the US fully accountable for the catastrophic consequences that may be brought about by its high-handed and outrageous acts," the statement said.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/politics/us-aircraft-carrier-carl-vinson-north-korea-strike-capabilities/index.html

[Calculating]

1. Would it be possible to just assassinate little kim?

And then hope somebody sane would take his place? Or would it just create a power vacuum and much bigger problems?

[Lurks Often]

2. It would be very difficult

I'll skip the legalities of assassinating the leader of another country.

Realistically the only two options of assassinating Fat Boy would be with a cruise missile or B-2 bomber using guided missiles. The hard part is knowing exactly where and when Fat Boy is going to be at a given location.

As you said, does assassinating Fat Boy resolve the problem for the time being or will his replacement be as bad or even worse and without far better intelligence then is publicly available we have no way of knowing.

[Vinca]

3. This is going to end badly. Dear Leader vs. Dear Leader.

[Kentonio]

4. This sounds like they're worried and sending a very clear message.

There's a lot less of the pomposity and bravado they usually include in these messages. I hope to hell Trump doesn't order anything stupid like an punishment air strike, or this could go to hell incredibly quickly.