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US nuclear supercarrier that dumped Osama bin Laden’s body at sea sent to North Korea ahead of Winter Olympics

The deployment of the powerful Nimitz-class carrier group is set to enrage North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un who threatened to sink the carrier last April 

THE Pentagon has dispatched a supercarrier - from which Osama bin Laden’s bullet ridden body was dumped - to practise clobbering nuke mad North Korea.

The USS Carl Vinson is sailing towards Korean peninsula today accompanied by an array of guided-missile destroyers, warships, warplanes and submarines.

USS Carl Vinson, along with its carrier group, is headed for the Korean peninsula
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USS Carl Vinson, along with its carrier group, is headed for the Korean peninsulaCredit: Getty Images - Getty
The nuclear-powered USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier leaves San Diego Bay on Friday
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The nuclear-powered USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier leaves San Diego Bay on FridayCredit: AP:Associated Press
Mass murderer Osama Bin Laden was killed in 2011 by US special forces in his Pakistan hideout before being taken to the USS Carl Vinson from which is battered corpse was tossed into the sea
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Mass murderer Osama Bin Laden was killed in 2011 by US special forces in his Pakistan hideout before being taken to the USS Carl Vinson from which is battered corpse was tossed into the seaCredit: AP:Associated Press

The deployment of the powerful Nimitz-class carrier group is set to enrage North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un who threatened to sink the carrier in April after finding out it was heading his way for war games.

It also comes less than a month before the start of the South Korean Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games.

The US Navy said: "The deployment marks the second time the Carl Vinson Strike Group will operate throughout the Indo-Pacific region under US 3rd Fleet's command and control.

"The strike group became the first in recent history to demonstrate the command and control construct called 3rd Fleet Forward when units completed a six-month deployment last year."

The move is set to enrage Kim Jong-un who outlined his hard-line stance in his New Year's address
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The move is set to enrage Kim Jong-un who outlined his hard-line stance in his New Year's addressCredit: AP:Associated Press
The specifications of the class of carriers that USS Carl Vinson belongs to
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The specifications of the class of carriers that USS Carl Vinson belongs to

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The navy added the super carrier’s arrival date and mission period was not disclosed.

In November it demonstrated an astonishing show of sea power by carrying out drills off the North Korea coast.

Super-carriers the USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz led the naval group.

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