Tag: Bill Streifer

  • Pueblo Incident:  Two Failed Submarine Missions ©

    Pueblo Incident: Two Failed Submarine Missions ©

    In response to the January 23, 1968 North Korea seizure of the USS Pueblo and crew, the Johnson Administration sent an armada of ships and up to nine subs, both nuclear-powered and diesel/electric, into the Sea of Japan. The operation was known as “Formation Star,” the largest build-up of U.S. naval forces around the Korean…

  • North Korea’s Nuclear Program- In A Defector’s Own Words ©

    North Korea’s Nuclear Program- In A Defector’s Own Words ©

    According to experts, the weaponization of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program began in the early-1960s or early-1970s. 1 And yet, it was not until October 2002, during high-level meetings in Pyongyang with Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James A. Kelly, that North Korean officials admitted they were pursuing a nuclear…