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Post by Wes Gear on May 29, 2012 13:23:35 GMT 10
US commandos parachuted into N. KoreaUS and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to gather intelligence about underground military installations, a US officer has said in comments carried in US media. Army Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of US special forces in South Korea, told a conference held in Florida last week that Pyongyang had built thousands of tunnels since the Korean war, The Diplomat reported. "The entire tunnel infrastructure is hidden from our satellites," Tolley said, according to The Diplomat, a current affairs magazine. "So we send (South Korean) soldiers and US soldiers to the North to do special reconnaissance." "After 50 years, we still don't know much about the capability and full extent" of the underground facilities," he said, in comments reported by the National Defense Industrial Association's magazine on its website. Tolley said the commandos were sent in with minimal equipment to facilitate their movements and minimize the risk of detection by North Korean forces. At least four of the tunnels built by Pyongyang go under the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea, Tolley said. "We don't know how many we don't know about," he admitted. Among the facilities identified are 20 air fields that are partially underground, and thousands of artillery positions. In February, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that had built at least two new tunnels at a nuclear testing site, likely in preparation for a new test. au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/13803438/us-commandos-parachuted-into-n-korea-report/
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Post by brillbilly on May 29, 2012 20:16:28 GMT 10
I find this strange that they would announce to the world ongoing military operations? I'm reluctant to buy this story wes!
The secret bases underground could well be true,but i'm wondering if this is just keeping the fear tactics going regarding NK,getting us conditioned to accept then indorce military action in the near future?
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Post by Wes Gear on May 29, 2012 22:56:04 GMT 10
I find this strange that they would announce to the world ongoing military operations? I'm reluctant to buy this story wes! Yeah Brill you may be right. US military denies parachuting into N KoreaTHE US military has vehemently denied a media report that special forces have parachuted into North Korea on intelligence-gathering missions, saying a source had been misquoted. Current affairs magazine The Diplomat quoted Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of special forces in South Korea, as saying soldiers from the US and South Korea had been dropped across the border for "special reconnaissance" missions. But Colonel Jonathan Withington, public affairs officer for US Forces Korea, said some reporting of the conference had taken Tolley "completely out of context". "Quotes have been made up and attributed to him," he said, denying that any US or South Korean forces had parachuted into the North. "Though special reconnaissance is a core special operations force (SOF) mission, at no time have SOF forces been sent to the north to conduct special reconnaissance," he said. The Diplomat quoted Tolley as saying that the North had built thousands of tunnels since the 1950-53 Korean War. "The entire tunnel infrastructure is hidden from our satellites," the magazine reported him as saying at a press conference in Florida last week. "So we send (South Korean) soldiers and US soldiers to the North to do special reconnaissance." According to the magazine, he said commandos parachute in with minimal supplies to watch the tunnels undetected. At least four of the tunnels built by Pyongyang go under the Demilitarised Zone separating North and South Korea, Brig-Gen Tolley was reported as saying. "We don't know how many we don't know about." www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/us-military-denies-parachuting-into-n-korea/story-e6frf7jx-1226372266044
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Post by boxfree on May 30, 2012 9:06:40 GMT 10
I haven't seen this report anywhere else.
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