Friday, October 01, 2004
USS Curtis Wilbur Deployed to Sea of Japan
Heads up. Paul Harvey (website: http://www.paulharvey.com/ ) reports that DDG-54 (http://www.curtis-wilbur.navy.mil/ ), a Guided Missile Destroyer (AEGIS equipped), has been deployed to the Sea of Japan for interdiction duties having to do with North Korea.
Why is this important? Well, at a guess, I’d have to say that because the Wilbur is part of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63, website: http://www.kittyhawk.navy.mil/main.html ) battle group, and is being deployed separately to the Sea of Japan, it kind of looks serious. If we were doing the “show of force” thing we’d send the carrier. Sending an AEGIS-capable ship (with the ability to shoot down missiles), alone, means that somebody is taking the situation quite seriously.
Heads up. Paul Harvey (website: http://www.paulharvey.com/ ) reports that DDG-54 (http://www.curtis-wilbur.navy.mil/ ), a Guided Missile Destroyer (AEGIS equipped), has been deployed to the Sea of Japan for interdiction duties having to do with North Korea.
Why is this important? Well, at a guess, I’d have to say that because the Wilbur is part of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63, website: http://www.kittyhawk.navy.mil/main.html ) battle group, and is being deployed separately to the Sea of Japan, it kind of looks serious. If we were doing the “show of force” thing we’d send the carrier. Sending an AEGIS-capable ship (with the ability to shoot down missiles), alone, means that somebody is taking the situation quite seriously.
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