BREAKING: Reports China puts Bombers on High Alert : Russia Sends Troops NK Border
Washington (CNN)The US is seeing evidence that the Chinese military is preparing for a potential North Korea contingency, a US defense official told CNN Thursday. Chinese air force land-attack, cruise-missile-capable bombers were put “on high alert” on Wednesday, the official said, adding that the US has also seen an extraordinary number of Chinese military aircraft being brought up to full readiness through intensified maintenance. The official said that these recent steps by the Chinese are assessed as part of an effort to “reduce the time to react to a North Korea contingency.” Such a contingency could include the risk of an armed conflict breaking out as tensions on the peninsula have risen …
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http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/20/politi…index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/20/…ncern.html
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/chines…ntingency/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-20…ontingency
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Meanwhile Reports Russia is also sending troops / military near their border with North Korea
Putin sends troops to Russia’s border with North Korea after China also sends soldiers to its boundary over fears Trump will attack Kim Jong-un, sparking a tidal wave of refugees
The Russian President has sent troops and equipment to his North Korea border
Footage shows trains carrying tanks to 11-mile frontier in Russia’s south east
Comes after China sent 150,000 troops to its own frontier with North Korea
There are fears of a mass exodus of North Korean refugees if war breaks ou
A video purports to show one of three trains loaded with military equipment moving towards the 11 mile-long land frontier between Russia and the repressive state.
Another evidently highlights military helicopter movements towards the North Korean border and manoeuvres across rough terrain by army combat vehicles.
Other reports suggest there have been military moves by road as well.