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2/28 B-52S SENT AS WARNING TO N. KOREA
http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/55277.htm
B-52S SENT AS WARNING TO N. KOREA
By NILES LATHEM
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February 28, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is deploying long-range bomber aircraft on the Pacific island of Guam in response to growing tensions with North Korea over its nuclear program, defense officials said.
Deployment of about 24 long-range bombers - including B-52s and B-1Bs along with hundreds of support and maintenance personnel - is expected to take place within days in the latest move in the ever-worsening crisis over North Korea's defiant revival of its nuclear weapons program.
U.S. officials insist that the dispatch of heavy bombers to Guam is a precautionary move and that no military options are now being considered by the White House.
But with the startup of a North Korean nuclear reactor capable of producing five or six bombs in a matter of months, Pentagon officials said additional firepower would be needed if the standoff starts spinning out of control and North Korea launches preemptive strikes on South Korea.
In recent weeks, the U.S. military has increased the alert status of U.S. forces in the Pacific, extended the tours of the 37,000 troops in South Korea by three months, and has the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson steaming toward the region.
In addition, U.S. and South Korean forces begin major military exercises next month.
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