Happy Caturday folks. Maybe cat pics later cause much of the news is pretty somber.

I was looking closer at the makeup of the task force sent to Korea. The Carl Vinson of course we know as a top line super-carrier. 60 or more strike craft. Plus her CG and Aegis DDG’s. Normally they also have Desron 1 another six destroyers. ASW in depth, mid course + terminal BMD. That is a strike group equipped to hold off a peer opponent like China. One of those ships in the group is the one that shot down a satellite.

I’m not saying any of this brinkmanship is the best plan, or that Trump is helping in any way. The US Navy is above the political fray, and is displaying a force designed to deter as loudly as it possibly can. That’s our sons and daughters doing what the Navy does. I have to admit I’m a little bit more hawkish than some about the DPRK and ICBM’s. But more as in making the missiles at Greely and Vandenberg more reliable than sparking a Korean land battle or worse. I’m old enough I really did duck and cover drills in elementary school.