USFK commander is “fairly certain” that North Korea has had #covid19 cases despite its claims that it hasn’t. @DogFaceSoldier says “their armed forces have been fundamentally on lockdown for 30 days and only recently have they started routine training again."
North Korea didn’t fly an airplane for 24 days but is “back to flying training sorties,” he told Pentagon reporters in a video-teleconference from @USForcesKorea HQ.
More details in story by @robertburnsAP https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/us-general-fairly-certain-north-korea-has-cases-of-coronavirus-1.622302 …
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He insisted USFK is maintaining readiness despite coronavirus crisis. "That mission has not gone away with COVID-19 and you need to not look any further than the last two weeks with multiple North Korean missile tests.”
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“We’re still flying. We’re still training. We’re still shooting gunnery. We’re still qualifying our weapons. We’re still conducting maneuver training. All of that is possible as long as you apply the additional mitigation measures” against the virus, he said.
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