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The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States

Air Force. It is commonly called the "Bone". It is one of three strategic bombers in the

USAF fleet as of 2017, the other two being the B-2 Spirit "Stealth Bomber", and the B-52

Stratofortress.

In the early 1990s, following the Gulf War and concurrent with the disestablishment of

SAC and its reassignment to the newly formed Air Combat Command, the B-1B was converted

to conventional bombing use. It first served in combat during Operation Desert Fox in 1998

and again during the NATO action in Kosovo the following year. The B-1B has supported

U.S. and NATO military forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. The USAF had 66 B-1Bs in service

as of September 2012. The B-1B is expected to continue to serve into the 2030s, with

the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider to begin replacing the B-1B after 2025. The B-1s currently

in inventory will reach the end of their service lives by 2045.

Unlike the B-1A, the B-1B cannot reach Mach 2+ speeds; its maximum speed is Mach 1.25

or 1,530 km/h, but its low-level speed increased to Mach 0.92 or 1,130 km/h. The speed of the

current version of the aircraft is limited by the need to avoid damage to its structure

and air intakes. To help lower its radar cross section, the B-1B uses serpentine air intake

ducts and fixed intake ramps, which limit its speed compared to the B-1A. Vanes in the

intake ducts serve to deflect and shield radar emissions from the highly reflective engine

compressor blades.

The B-1's main computer is the IBM AP-101, which is also used on the Space Shuttle orbiter

and the B-52 bomber. The computer is programmed with the JOVIAL programming language.

The B-1's defensive electronics include the Eaton AN/ALQ-161A radar warning and defensive

jamming equipment, which has three sets of antennas; one at the front base of each wing

and the third rear-facing in the tail radome. Also in the tail radome is the AN/ALQ-153

missile approach warning system.

Beginning in 2014, the B-1 was used by the U.S. against the Islamic State in the Syrian

Civil War. From August 2014 to January 2015, the B-1 accounted for eight percent of USAF

sorties during Operation Inherent Resolve. The 9th Bomb Squadron was deployed to Qatar

in July 2014 to support missions in Afghanistan, but when the air campaign against IS began

on 8 August, the aircraft were employed in Iraq. During the Battle of Kobane in Syria,

the squadron's B-1s dropped 660 bombs over 5 months in support of Kurdish forces defending

the city, one-third of all bombs used during OIR during the period, killing some 1,000

ISIL fighters. The 9th Bomb Squadron's B-1s went "Winchester", dropping all weapons on

board, 31 times during their deployment. They dropped over 2,000 JDAMs during the 6-month

rotation. B-1s from the 28th Bomb Wing flew 490 sorties where they dropped 3,800 munitions

on 3,700 targets during a six-month deployment. In February 2016, the B-1s were sent back

to the U.S. for cockpit upgrades.

As part of a USAF organizational realignment announced in April 2015, all B-1B aircraft

are to be reassigned from Air Combat Command to Global Strike Command effective 1 October

2015.

On 8 July 2017, the USAF flew two B-1 Lancers near the North Korean border in a show of

force amid increasing tensions, particularly in response to North Korea's 4 July test of

an ICBM capable of reaching Alaska.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Crew:

4 (aircraft commander, copilot, offensive systems officer, and defensive systems officer)

Height: 10.4 m Wing area: 181.2 m²

Empty weight: 87,100 kg Loaded weight: 148,000 kg

Max. takeoff weight: 216,400 kg

Fuel capacity, optional: 37,900 L fuel tank each in 1–3 internal

weapons bays

Powerplant:4 × General Electric F101-GE-102 augmented turbofans

Dry thrust: 77.4 kilonewton each Thrust with afterburner: 136.92 kilonewton

each

PERFORMANCE: Maximum speed:

At altitude: Mach 1.25 or 1,340 km/h at 12,000 m altitude

At low level: Mach 0.92 or 1,100 km/h at 60–150 m altitude

Range: 9,400 km Combat radius: 5,543 km

Service ceiling: 18,000 m Rate of climb: 1,731 m/min

Wing loading: 816 kg/m² Thrust/weight: 0.38

ARMAMENT:

Hardpoints: 6 external hardpoints for 23,000 kg of ordnance

and 3 internal bomb bays for 34,000 kg of ordnance.

Bombs: 84× Mk-82 Air inflatable retarder general

purpose bombs 81× Mk-82 low drag general purpose bombs

84× Mk-62 Quickstrike sea mines 24× Mk-84 general purpose bombs and others..

Previously up to 24× B61 or B83 nuclear bombs could be carried.

Number built: B-1A: 4

B-1B: 100

Unit cost: US $283.1 million

in 1998 (B-1B)

For more infomation >> Rockwell B-1 Lancer - US Supersonic Heavy Strategic Bomber [Review] - Duration: 7:31.

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Gov't holds second public hearing on South Korea-U.S. FTA renegotiation - Duration: 2:33.

South Korea's trade ministry is holding its second public hearing on possible amendments

to the free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States.

Our Kim Hyesung joins us on the line from the Coex Convention Center in southern Seoul.

Hyesung, can you walk us through the key points of the hearing so far....

Hi, Mark.

The public hearing started at 9:30am sharp.

It started with presentations by trade and legal experts, and was followed by a panel

discussion.

The trade ministry unveiled its economic feasibility studies on the Korea-U.S. FTA.

With regards to the agricultural sector, it said agricultural imports from the U.S. increased

by a yearly average of 15 percent, or 940 million U.S. dollars, between 2012 and 2016...

compared to the 2007 and 2011 period, the five year period before the FTA went into

effect in 2012.

The report also said U.S. beef imports have surged 124 percent since the FTA took effect.

Basically, the report said Korea's agriculture sector should be exempted from the renegotiations.

As for the manufacturing sector, experts said Korea's exports to the U.S., saw a surplus,

mostly from the automobile sector, while steel and petrochemical industry exports dropped.

The report argued the trade surplus is not because of lower tariffs from the FTA, but

because of Korea's competitiveness in those manufactured goods.

Basically, the government's main point is that they will not just be on the defense

when it comes to the renegotiations, it will protect its agricultural industry, and also

address the antidumping issues raised by the Trump Administration, according to the WTO

regulations.

What's the mood like?

The first gathering last month was disrupted by furious farmers, right?

Right, the first public hearing on November 10th ended in less than 30 minutes due to

a disruption by angry farmers and livestock breeders.

Agricultural representatives held a press conference half-an-hour before the meeting,

at nine a.m. calling for the termination of the Korea-U.S. FTA, and even interrupted before

the panel talks began at 9 40 a.m.

After some fuss, the meeting restarted.

Today, unlike the first hearing, agricultural representatives were also given seats at the

panel talks, who raised their concerns over Korea's livestock industry.

I'll have more updates later in the day.

Back to you, Mark.

For more infomation >> Gov't holds second public hearing on South Korea-U.S. FTA renegotiation - Duration: 2:33.

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Trump considers replacing Tillerson with CIA chief: U.S. officials - Duration: 0:45.

It's not easy turning the screw on a country so heavily sanctioned as North Korea.

One option is cutting off its oil supplies, as President Trump had already pushed for--

but there are other alternatives,... such as intercepting ships suspected of carrying

goods to or from the regime.

Oh Jung-hee reports.

While the international community is looking for ways to up the pressure against North

Korea after its latest ICBM launch,... maritime interdiction is rising as a possible option.

That's... increasing inspections on vessels suspected of transporting North Korean goods...

to block North Korea's trade routes.

On Wednesday, U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters... that she

expects a maritime transport ban on a whole new level to come out... though the details

are still being ironed out.

An unnamed high-level official from the South Korean government has also said...

there are not many areas left for additional sanctions on North Korea... except maritime

interdiction and cutting oil supplies.

(Korean) "This measure is not limited to inspecting

vessels at ports, but inspecting all of North Korean goods and any vessels suspected to

be carrying them...

anywhere in international waters.

So if this is reflected in the UN Security Council resolution, then this resolution will

be very powerful because it will be blocking all of North Korea's maritime routes."

But it is not clear if the U.S. will take that as a unilateral sanction against Pyongyang

or have it reflected in the UN Security Council resolution.

The measure was included in the draft resolution when Pyongyang carried out its sixth nuclear

test in September,... but was ultimately dropped due to opposition from China and Russia.

Experts see that China and Russia may stay against maritime inspection this time too,...

which means the U.S. might have to coordinate only with countries sharing its stance.

Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.

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S. Korea's Moon, U.S. Trump discuss next steps - Duration: 2:13.

It's a bitterly cold winter morning.

It's colder than yesterday and the wind chill is only making it feel colder than the actual

temperatures.

Dress in layers and cover up.

The air is getting drier each day with dry weather alerts in place in most of the east,...

including Busan and Daegu.

Drink plenty of water and apply a good amount of moisturizer.

As for the highs, Seoul will make it to 3 degrees Celsius,... while the rest of nation

will also have single digit afternoon highs with 8 degrees down in Busan.

The harsh start to December will start to ease from tomorrow.... but be aware of a mix

of rain and snow on Sunday.

With that, let's take a look at the international weather for viewers around the world.

While colder air has gripped much of the nation mostly under sunny skies, North Korea will

have colder temperatures under brighter skies.

As for major cities in Asia,..Seoul seems to be the coldest city on Friday, Beijing

will have a repeat of yesterday's weather conditions.

Meanwhile, the heat has eased in Melbourne,... but a dangerous storm will batter the state,

it could possibly dump three months' worth of rain in three days.

Heading to North America, Vancouver hit a weather record in November with only three

dry days.

According to Environment Canada, it rained 27 out of 30 days in November and it's a rainy

start to December as well.

As for South America, major cities will have highs in the twenties but it could be rainy

or sunny depending on the region.

Taking you to Europe,... other than Rome, most cities will have single digit highs.

Lastly to Africa, Algiers will have a rainy Friday.

That's all the weather update for now.

For more infomation >> S. Korea's Moon, U.S. Trump discuss next steps - Duration: 2:13.

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US to Withdraw 400 Marines From Syria - Duration: 0:57.

For more infomation >> US to Withdraw 400 Marines From Syria - Duration: 0:57.

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US Navy 'Rushing' To Award 91-Year-Old WWII Vet Purple Heart - Duration: 5:11.

For more infomation >> US Navy 'Rushing' To Award 91-Year-Old WWII Vet Purple Heart - Duration: 5:11.

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Yemen Shows How Weak The US Congress Has Become | Congress 4 | Yemen 7 - Duration: 5:12.

Hey there, over the past couple weeks I've been talking about how weak the US Congress

has become.

I've also spent less time than I should talking about the accelerating horror that

is the crisis in Yemen.

Today I'll point out just how deeply these two things are connected.

The world is full of difficult problems.

Yemen is not a difficult problem.

Saudi Arabia is strangling the country, putting millions in danger of starvation, and the

United States is helping them do it.

The US government could stop it tomorrow, and save thousands or possibly millions of

lives.

Two presidents, one out of political calculation, and one out of an inability to see the world

complexly, signed us up and kept us in this project.

It is not a subtle, easily hidden project.

Real military assets, from intelligence to US military refueling planes are being used

to send Saudi and UAE bombers to kill children.

If we were primarily fighting ISIS or Al Queda here, I'd probably still be bitching about

it, with little hope of correcting the problem.

But we're not fighting Al Queda in Yemen.

We're fighting Al Queda's sworn enemies.

There is no legal authority for what's going on here.

No Declaration of War.

No plausible way to fit this under the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.

Yet it continues.

It seems as if there are no people of principle or power left in the US Congress.

Our congresspeople are supposed to be the ones who rein in our power-mad presidents.

It's congress that's supposed to do the actual work of governing.

Once upon a time that was true.

And I don't mean 100 years ago.

As recently as the 1980s Congress still had the power to tell presidents no.

In 1979 the left wing Sandanista movement took power in Nicaragua.

The Reagan administration decided that the removal of this government was a priority,

so they started funding a bunch of rebel groups, known as the Contras.

Congress thought it was a bad idea.

So they stopped it.

I tend to agree with Congress on that one, but that's not the point.

The point is that as recently as 30 years ago, Congress had the power to slow down a

foreign war it disagreed with.

Let's compare the two situations.

In Nicaragua, Reagan could plausibly defend the Contras as brave freedom fighters.

We now know quite well that they were a bunch of murdering terrorists, but their supporters

could deny it back then.

The Contras were a diverse bunch of non-state actors, and any evil they committed could

be denied or blamed on someone else.

There's no denying what is being done to Yemen, by Saudi Arabia, a powerful, unitary

state, with US support.

Nicaragua was largely a covert operation.

Congress actually had to tighten up its blocking of funds to the Contras multiple times.

It was slippery and under-the radar by design.

The War in Yemen isn't even covert.

The US military is using large expensive refuelling planes to keep it going.

Most importantly Nicaragua was part of a decades long existential conflict.

I'd argue that it wasn't a good way to fight the Cold War, but it fit the fears of

the time.

In the late 1940s it really did look like the Communists could take over the world.

Rational people, and the US public in general, thought that losing the cold war was a real

threat in the 1980s as well.

The CIA's job was fighting communists, and most thought that's what they were doing

in Nicaragua.

Yemen isn't in service to anything really, other than arms sales.

So to sum up, back in the 1980s, in Nicaragua, Congress was powerful enough to stop US participation

in a war that was easy to ignore, arguably on the side of the good guys, and in service

to a decades long fight for the continued existence of the United States and its way

of life.

That took a lot of courage and power.

In 2017, in Yemen, Congress can't get it together to stop a war that is evil, pointless,

public, and helpful to Al Queda, which is supposedly the threat we've been fighting

for the past 15 years.

Congress doesn't just need to stop the war in Yemen because it's the right thing to

do.

Congress needs to stop the war in Yemen to preserve any self respect at all.

Thanks for watching please subscribe, and if you want a free essay, on a completely

different topic, click on the patreon link here to find out more about my crowd-funding

thing.

For more infomation >> Yemen Shows How Weak The US Congress Has Become | Congress 4 | Yemen 7 - Duration: 5:12.

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US holds first Vietnam War draft - 12/1/1969 - Duration: 1:19.

Today, Military History 1969,

a draft lottery was held to determine the order

of call to military service in the Vietnam War.

It was the first lottery used

to order men into military service since 1942.

It applied to registrants born between

January 1, 1944 and December 31st, 1950,

and the event was broadcast on radio, film, and television.

366 blue capsules containing birth dates were mixed in a

shoe box, then placed in a large glass container, and drawn

by hand to randomly assign order of call numbers to all men

born between the 18 to 26 age range specified by law.

New York Representative,

Alexander Pirnie drew the first capsule.

It contained the date September 14th.

So all men born on September 14th in any year

between 1944 and 1950 were assigned lottery number one.

The drawing continued for every day in the year.

The date of the last drawing

for the lottery was on March 12th, 1975.

In total 1,728,344 men were drafted during the Vietnam War

and 648,500 of them were sent to Vietnam.

They accounted for just over 30% of

combat deaths with 17,725 lives lost.

Today, the US Military is an all-volunteer force,

but registration for conscription

remains the law just as a contingency plan.

For more infomation >> US holds first Vietnam War draft - 12/1/1969 - Duration: 1:19.

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North Korea threat: US will 'NOT get early WARNING' of Kim Jong-un attack amid WW3 fears - Duration: 3:46.

North Korea threat: US will 'NOT get early WARNING' of Kim Jong-un attack amid WW3 fears

has similar missiles to China, which means the US will not have a lot of warning before a potential missile strike, says the former four-star general.

  Speaking to , he said: "The fact that they have mobile missiles like the Russians and also like the Chinese, actually their launches look remarkably similar to the Chinese, means that we're not going to have a lot of early warning.

" "So that is a challenge for us and we're still heading towards the main effort here.

" He also said that the US is still depending on China and that it was a good sign they had not gone all in yet.

General Keane sad: "Nikki Haley said it yesterday, is China, the fact that she is publicly asking China to do more means that we know, for a fact, that China has not gone all in yet and we're still depending on them.  He added that US politicians have done a good job of uniting countries around in the world in severing diplomatic and economic ties with North Korea.

He said: "Secretary Tillerson and Haley have done a good job in getting countries to back away from economically supporting North Korea and it would put more pressure on North Korea for sure." North Korea released video footage of Kim Jong-un's latest missile launch on Wednesday after the despot dictator tested world leaders' patience once again.

The secretive state had previously sparked fears that could erupt after a series of ICBM tests. had seemingly paused his ambition to create an arsenal of deadly weapons, having not fired a rocket since mid-September.

However, on Wednesday morning Pyongyang time, the rogue state's leader sent a statement to the world by launching a missile higher than ever before.

Some experts have warned with a different trajectory the ICBM could have reached the United States – something Kim Jong-un has promised after spending months entangled in a furious war of words with.

North Korea has since released video footage of Kim Jong-un watching ones his Hwasong-15 rocket was sent into the night skies above Pyongyang.

The missile travelled for around 53 minutes eastward before crashing into the sea off of the coast of US ally Japan.

North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency said the weapon was "tipped with a super-large heavy warhead which is capable of striking the whole mainland of the US".

Nuclear experts have claimed while North Korea has yet to deliver a nuclear warhead on top of an ICBM, it is likely they will be able to achieve it soon. .

For more infomation >> North Korea threat: US will 'NOT get early WARNING' of Kim Jong-un attack amid WW3 fears - Duration: 3:46.

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Russia claims 16,000mph HYPERSONIC nuke missiles ready by 2020…and US is YEARS behind - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 3:16.

Russia claims 16,000mph HYPERSONIC nuke missiles ready by 2020…and US is YEARS behind

RUSSIA claims its near 16,000mph nuclear missiles will be ready for war within just two years

– boasting they are miles ahead of the US.

Vladimir Putin's defences bosses have said their hypersonic weapons will be ready for

war between 2020 and 2022.

Missiles which can blast at speeds over five times the speed of sound are believed to be

the next arms race between Russia, China and the US.

Kremlin officials have now claimed their research into the futuristic technology is "ongoing

more effectively" than Washington.

Russia is known to be developing hypersonic nuclear weapons which can fly of speeds of

15,882mph.

Meanwhile, both the US and China are currently engineering similar weapons

with top secret tests.

Chairman of Russia's top technical council Yuri Mikhailov revealed Russia is outpacing

the US at a session of the Federation Council.

He said: "As for hypersonic weapons, our research is ongoing more effectively [than in the United

States] but that country is developing the most advanced armaments."

Russia's deputy defence minister Yuri Borisov also said the hypersonic weapons will be airborne

before 2022 and as early as 2020.

Russia's deadly new nation-killer nuke the RS-28 Sarmat – or Satan 2 – will be armed

with up to 24 hypersonic warheads.

It is claimed these weapons will fly are speeds of up to Mach 20 and can dodge any existing

missile defence.

Destructive power packed within the Satan 2 is believed to be able to wipe out an area

the size of France or Texas.

The RS-28 will be tested at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, north western Russia, before the end of 2018.

Meanwhile, Russia boasted hypersonic cruise missiles designed to kill ships are also now

in its arsenal at a briefing last week.

Weapons development is also believed to underway on a hypersonic nuclear bomber called the

Tupolev PAK DA.

Scientists have previously warned Russia is up to 15 years ahead in the new hypersonic

arms race.

US Air Force Chief of Staff General David L. Goldfein warned about the rapid development

in hypersonic weapons by Russia and China.

China boasted their new nuclear ICBM can reach speeds close to 20,000 mph in a state television

broadcast last week.

Hypersonic aircraft and missiles are expected to become the norm by the 2030s.

For more infomation >> Russia claims 16,000mph HYPERSONIC nuke missiles ready by 2020…and US is YEARS behind - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 3:16.

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U.S. strategic assets arrive in S. Korea for first joint drill since N. Korea missile launch - Duration: 2:07.

South Korea and the United States will hold a joint Air Force drill next week involving

almost 230 aircraft.

The regular exercise is called Vigilant Ace, and it was planned before the North's latest

missile launch.

But coming so soon after, it'll likely involve a bigger show of force than ever before.

Oh Jung-hee reports.

U.S. strategic assets are arriving in South Korea for an annual joint air force drill

called Vigilant Ace next week.

The airborne exercise is set to mobilize 12-thousand U.S. personnel and almost 230 aircraft.

Six F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets are to be deployed starting Saturday,... and all

six jets will fly over South Korea simultaneously for the first time in the history of the joint

drill.

F-22 jets are equipped with full stealth capabilities,... meaning that they can infiltrate North Korean

airspace undetected and destroy key nuclear and missile facilities.

Twelve F-35B jets will also be deployed.

The presence of the F-22 Raptor and the F-35B fighters is expected to put maximum pressure

on North Korea... as both aircraft can reach Pyongyang in only ten minutes if they depart

from Osan Air Base, located 64 km south of Seoul,... and in 20 minutes from Gunsan Air

Base in Jeollabuk-do Province.

In addition to these two, six F-35A stealth fighter jets also arrived in South Korea last

week... and B-1B bombers are expected to take part in the drill as well.

South Korea's defense ministry says... the joint exercise will focus on striking facilities

and moving targets in North Korea... as well as countering possible North Korean invasions

by sea and air.

This year's Vigilant Ace comes in less than a week after Pyongyang launched an ICBM,...

so it's expected to be carried out amid high tensions on the peninsula.

Seoul also plans to coordinate with Washington to have U.S. strategic assets deployed on

a rotational basis... until the end of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.

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Post Malone Wants Out Of The U.S. | TMZ TV - Duration: 1:35.

POST MALONE OUT AT MASTRO'S.

WE ASK HIM ABOUT THE NORTH

KOREAN MISSILE THAT JUST LANDED

IN JAPANESE TERRITORY.

HARVEY: HOLY SMOKES, 3,000

MILES, MAN.

AND THEY SAID THIS IS THE

FIRST ONE THAT COULD REACH US

AND EVERYTHING.

DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS?

YEAH, THE [BLEEP] WORLD IS IN

A [BLEEP] CRAZY STATE RIGHT NOW,

BUT YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, I'M

GETTING OUT OF A MAJOR CITY.

I'M MOVING OUT TO THE [BLEEP]

STICKS SOMEWHERE, SO --

HARVEY: NOT A HORRIBLE IDEA, BY

THE WAY.

NO, IT'S NOT.

HARVEY: YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S

THE THING.

ALL OF THESE LITTLE SMALL TOWNS

ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS

EXPLOSION, THIS RESURGENCE.

BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S

REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN IN THOSE

SMALL PLACES?

HARVEY: OH, IT'S GOING TO BE

GREAT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE

RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH THE

INFLUX OF THOSE PEOPLE.

HARVEY: SUPPOSE YOU LIVE IN A

TOWN WITH 800 PEOPLE, OK?

YOU HAVE DATED PRETTY MUCH

EVERYBODY YOU WANT TO DATE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL OF A

SUDDEN, 8,000 NEW PEOPLE MOVE

HERE.

8,000 NEW PEOPLE WITH

RADIATION POISONING MOVE.

[LAUGHTER]

SO IF WE HAVE A REFUGEE

CRISIS AND YOU THINK THE OTHER

PEOPLE ARE THINKING, DATING POOL

JUST WENT UP!

[LAUGHTER]

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U.S. strategic assets arrive in S. Korea for first joint drill since N. Korea missile launch - Duration: 2:08.

South Korea and the United States will hold a joint Air Force drill next week involving

almost 230 aircraft.

The regular exercise is called Vigilant Ace, and it was planned before the North's latest

missile launch.

But coming so soon after, it'll likely involve a bigger show of force than ever before.

Oh Jung-hee reports.

U.S. strategic assets are arriving in South Korea for an annual joint air force drill

called Vigilant Ace next week.

The airborne exercise is set to mobilize 12-thousand U.S. personnel and almost 230 aircraft.

Six F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets are to be deployed starting Saturday,... and all

six jets will fly over South Korea simultaneously for the first time in the history of the joint

drill.

F-22 jets are equipped with full stealth capabilities,... meaning that they can infiltrate North Korean

airspace undetected and destroy key nuclear and missile facilities.

Twelve F-35B jets will also be deployed.

The presence of the F-22 Raptor and the F-35B fighters is expected to put maximum pressure

on North Korea... as both aircraft can reach Pyongyang in only ten minutes if they depart

from Osan Air Base, located 64 km south of Seoul,... and in 20 minutes from Gunsan Air

Base in Jeollabuk-do Province.

In addition to these two, six F-35A stealth fighter jets also arrived in South Korea last

week... and B-1B bombers are expected to take part in the drill as well.

South Korea's defense ministry says... the joint exercise will focus on striking facilities

and moving targets in North Korea... as well as countering possible North Korean invasions

by sea and air.

This year's Vigilant Ace comes in less than a week after Pyongyang launched an ICBM,...

so it's expected to be carried out amid high tensions on the peninsula.

Seoul also plans to coordinate with Washington to have U.S. strategic assets deployed on

a rotational basis... until the end of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.

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China dodges U.S. calls to cut off N. Korea's oil supply - Duration: 2:11.

The international community are still considering what action to take against North Korea after

its latest ballistic missile test on Wednesday.

But while Washington has made clear that it's China who should do more, Beijing has shown

little will to comply.

Kwon Jang-ho has this report.

The U.S. issued a strong condemnation of North Korea's latest missile provocation on Wednesday

at the emergency UN Security Council meeting in New York.

But, it was China who they placed firm responsibility on to act.

(English) AP 4128368 "President Trump called Chinese President

Xi this morning and told him that we have come to the point that China must cut off

the oil from North Korea.

That would be a pivotal step in the world's effort to stop this international pariah."

So far, the reaction from Beijing has not been positive.

No official response has been given to Washington's demands, and when the foreign ministry spokesperson

was asked directly during a press briefing on Thursday, he avoided answering, simply

saying that China is implementing current UN sanctions, which capped oil exports to

the regime by 30-percent.

China's state sanctioned newspaper, the Global Times, also issued an op-ed on Thursday, titled

"Only the UN Security Council can decide new sanctions on Pyongyang."

It says, "China and Russia will not impose any additional unilateral punishments on North

Korea as the US is hoping."

It carries on to say that "It's now winter, and an oil embargo would hurt people's livelihoods

and risk triggering a humanitarian crisis."

It concludes, "China is not a chess piece for others to deploy."

But the piece does also call for North Korea to stop provoking the U.S.

And there are other minor movements coming from Beijing.

Beijing is threatening to end a near-20 year old college student exchange program with

Pyongyang.

Speaking with Hong Kong's South Morning China Post newspaper, Li Gang, the official overseeing

the program, said he was concerned by the regime's missile tests, and that if there

was any danger to their students, they would be ready to terminate the exchange.

If it were to be cancelled, it would bring to an end one of the longest uninterrupted

programs between the two countries.

Kwon Jang-ho, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> China dodges U.S. calls to cut off N. Korea's oil supply - Duration: 2:11.

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'Trump pushing North Korea to WAR' Vlad blasts US President in WW3 warning - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 2:15.

'Trump pushing North Korea to WAR' Vlad blasts US President in WW3 warning

RUSSIA will not cut ties with North Korea despite repeated threats from the US that

it will punish any nation with links to Pyongyang, Vladimir Putin has said.

The remarks are a blatant smack in the face for US President Donald Trump who warned any

nation with economic connections to North Korea would be punished, and could push the

globe closer to full-scale war.

But Russian supremo Vlad has dismissed the call and insists trade and diplomatic deals

will still be made with tyrant Kim Jong-un.

His foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said: "We see this negatively.

We have repeatedly stated that the pressure of sanctions has been exhausted.

"It's as if the recent actions of the US are consciously directed to provoke Pyongyang

towards other radical actions.

He added: "The impression is that everything has been done to prompt Kim Jong-un to lose

it and take another reckless step.

It's sad."

Lavrov then pointed to upcoming military drills between the US and its Asian allies as another

"unnecessary show of force".

Russia has long traded with North Korea and even poured millions into the country when

Moscow was under communist rule.

Putin has long favoured a diplomatic end to the North Korea crisis, but Trump has pressed

for war.

The supremo said the secretive regime would be "utterly destroyed" if Kim dared fire

a nuke at the US mainland.

But soon after his declaration Kim launched an ICBM before it landed in Japanese waters

– reigniting tensions.

For more infomation >> 'Trump pushing North Korea to WAR' Vlad blasts US President in WW3 warning - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 2:15.

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U.S. doing 'a lot of work' behind the scenes on Israeli-Palestinian relations, says Ehud Barak - Duration: 7:35.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Over his lengthy public career, Ehud Barak has served as prime minister of

Israel, as its defense minister, foreign minister and military chief of the general staff.

He is a longstanding supporter of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and of the two-state solution.

He is in New York tonight to speak to American supporters of those efforts.

When I spoke with him earlier this evening, I began by asking how he sizes up relations

between the Trump White House and Israel.

EHUD BARAK, Former Israeli Prime Minister: I think it's close relationship.

But Israel is still waiting for the Trump program or plan for the regional kind of negotiation

and for the -- how to move forward with the Palestinians.

Basically, the president made an impact in the Middle East when he basically said, leave

aside for the time being nurturing democracy or dealing with human rights.

Let's focus on fighting terror and countering the Iranian hegemonic nuclear intention.

That was his basic message to the Sunnite moderate countries and to Israel.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, let's take some of these issues one by one.

I mean, the president, the administration faces a deadline this weekend in saying whether

it does or doesn't want to see the U.S. Embassy moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

What do you expect them to do and what do you think they should do?

EHUD BARAK: OK, this deadline comes every half-a-year or probably every year.

We, as Israelis, want to see not just the American Embassy, but all embassies in our

capital, in Jerusalem.

And we would love to hear the president announce that that what is going to do.

But, for some reason, American presidents in the last 30 years always announce the good

relation with Israel, but never made the step.

Let's wait and see.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, we are seeing some early reporting in the Associated Press that what

this administration may do is simply say they recognize Jerusalem is the capital, but not

yet move the embassy.

EHUD BARAK: We know that it is the capital of Israel, and it's always good to hear it

from other nations, especially from America, which is the leading power on Earth.

But the real test is ultimately in action.

And we wait for the right time.

And we hope it will be early that the embassy will move to Jerusalem.

I think it's proper.

JUDY WOODRUFF: You mentioned a moment ago relations between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

President Trump has said it's a priority of his.

He's asked his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to oversee this.

Do you see any progress at all?

Is it even doable?

EHUD BARAK: I cannot know.

There is a lot of work done underneath the surface.

Jason Greenblatt visited the area many times.

Jared Kushner visited our neighbors.

And every Israeli and Palestinian and every neighboring leader has been addressed.

The question is at what stage they will provide a plan which has a chance to win the support

or at least to be a starting point for negotiations by both sides.

That is still a question.

As I understand for anyone who talked to the Americans, they are serious about proposing

a plan, but let's wait and see.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Another issue, of course, is the Iran nuclear deal.

This has been an ongoing issue for this administration.

You have urged President Trump not to decertify this deal.

And yet you yourself has long been a harsh critic of Iran.

How do you explain that?

Why should he not decertify?

EHUD BARAK: I was very hawkish about Iran at the time, probably more hawkish than Bibi

or anyone else in our government.

It is a bad deal, no doubt about it.

But once the deal has been signed, it is a done deal.

Even if America decertifies it or pulls out for it, the rest of the signatories are there.

Iran might enjoy both benefits and both the legitimization to break out when they decide

to based on the fact that America pulled out of it.

So, I don't think that it's helpful technically.

I think that Iranians are bad guise guys and their plans are very bad, and a way should

be found to tackle the Iranian challenge.

But that's probably not the way, especially now, when there's a need, I believe, to drag

North Korea into a certain kind of compliance, probably backed by China, Russia and the United

States.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Right.

EHUD BARAK: So, it will be quite questionable.

Once America pulls out or questions the Iran deal, how can you convince the North Koreans

to enter a new one?

JUDY WOODRUFF: Syria.

General Barak, now that the war there is winding down, with President Assad still very much

in power, influential roles being played by Russia and by Iran, how threatened should

Israel be by a postwar Syria?

EHUD BARAK: We are worried about the Iranian possible deployment very close to our border

in the Golan Heights and by their effort to establish a plan to produce highly accurate

missiles for Hezbollah in Syria.

We will do whatever it takes to stop them from developing the kind of advanced weaponry

plant in Syria for the Hezbollah or move advance technologies into the hands of Hezbollah,

as well as we keep the rights to respond whenever anything happens on the Golan Heights initiated

by the Iranians.

We hope that the Russians, being basically a stabilizing power now in Syria and in the

region, to take responsibility and to make sure that that won't happen.

But only time will tell.

JUDY WOODRUFF: But just very quickly, Israel is more threatened by this Syria today than

it was by Syria before the war?

EHUD BARAK: I don't think so.

I think, before the war, the combination of the Syrian army, probably about 10 heavy divisions,

thousands of artillery pieces, many thousands of tanks, probably thousands of advanced jets,

and especially earlier, some years ago, with Iraq with some 30 or 40 divisions, this was

a real threat.

Nowadays, we are facing a different threat.

It's mainly the missiles and rockets of the Hezbollah, probably, in the future, the missiles

and rockets from Syria as well, and the activity along the border, which is kind of a low-level

terror, but something that can deteriorate very easily, as we saw in the past.

So, it's a different threat.

We will -- never can underestimate any threat.

We cannot afford to ignore any one of them.

But in terms of military threat, the heavy divisions were probably a heavier threat.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, thank you very much.

EHUD BARAK: Thank you, Judy.

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Gov't holds second public hearing on Korea-US FTA renegotiation - Duration: 2:48.

The Korean government held a second public hearing Friday ahead of new negoatiations

with the United States about the two countries' free trade agreement.

At the Coex Convention Center in Seoul this morning, experts explained the effects they've

seen from the FTA.

And ordinary citizens made their voices heard too.

Our Kim Hyesung was at the venue, and filed us this report.

Korea's trade ministry held a second public hearing... on the possible amendments to the

South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement on Friday.

(Korean) "After the first public hearing last month,

we held constructive meetings with representatives from the manufacturing and agricultural sector

to better reflect their opinion on the Korea-U.S. FTA."

It comes after the first hearing was disrupted by angry farmers on November 10th,... who

also protested for twenty minutes before Friday's hearing.

(sov) "Terminate the Korea-U.S. FTA.

End the renegotiations."

FTA ,

Before the 15-member panel meeting got underway in earnest, trade experts unveiled their economic

feasibility studies.

With regards to the agricultural sector, it said agricultural imports from the U.S. increased

by an yearly average of 15 percent, or 940 million U.S. dollars,... between 2012 and

2016... compared to the 2007-to-2011 period, just before the FTA went into effect in 2012.

The report also said U.S. beef imports have surged 124 percent since the FTA took effect,...

accounting for near half of Korea's beef market as of September 2017.

Experts said Korea's agriculture sector should be exempt from the renegotiations.

As for the manufacturing sector, Korea's exports to the U.S., saw a surplus,... mostly from

the automobile sector,... while steel and petrochemical exports dropped.

(Korean) "Korea's manufacturing trade surplus is not

because of lower tariffs from the FTA, but mainly due to the U.S.'s lack of competitiveness

in its machinery and automobile exports to Korea, as evidenced by the lower technological

specialization index in those goods."

The trade ministry also added that it will not just be on the defense when it comes to

the renegotiations.

Rather, it's eager to use the opportunity to raise the issue of anti-dumping tariffs

from the Trump Administration, expand work visas for skilled laborers,... and renegotiate

terms of the services industry,... according to WTO regulations.

(standup) Public hearing has come to an end.

Now, the trade ministry will finalize its process of gathering public opinion, draft

its Korea-U.S. FTA renegotiation strategy and report it to the National Assembly this

month, all part of the legal procedures to start a possible renegotiation with the U.S.

Kim Hyesung, Arirang News.