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Originally posted by Gazrok
reply to post by GeneralChaos
Don't have to....we're pretty brainwashed by our own media as well...but unlike the North Koreans, we do have unfettered access to other media sources.
North Korea may launch mid-range missile
South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin says the North appears to have moved a medium-range ballistic missile to its east coast for a possible test launch.
Kim made the remarks on Thursday at a parliamentary committee meeting. A recent US intelligence image appears to show the missile being moved by train to a launch site on the coast. Kim said that the missile is believed to have a considerable range. He added it could be for testing or drills.
South Korea apparently thinks the missile is a mid-range Musdan, unveiled at a North Korean military parade in 2010. The Musdan is estimated to have a range of 3,000-5,000 kilometers. Japan and the US Pacific island of Guam, home to US bases, are within its range.
South Korean officials say they cannot rule out the possibility that North Korea will fire the missile. They say they are closely monitoring the situation in close consultation with the United States and Japan.
Apr. 4, 2013 - Updated 11:44 UTC Newsline
Originally posted by Britster1821
To be honest, that's the first question I had when I read that. Bloomberg mentions here, that NK finally does have China's financial backing.
Maybe they received their approval from China? Or is that too far-fetched?
According to reports first published in Japanese newspapers, he went to school in Switzerland near Bern. First reports claimed he attended the private English-language "International School" in Gümligen near Bern under the name "Chol-pak" or "Pak-chol" from 1993 until 1998.[14][15][16] He was described as shy, a good student who got along well with his classmates and was a basketball fan
“Behave badly – always careful to choose the time, always retaining control of the situation — and North Korea knows from experience that attention will be paid, even over the grinding of big power teeth,” Mr. Church writes. What North Korea fears most is being swept away in the tide of big power history, says Mr. Church. So it is parlaying its few, weak cards as best it can. It seeks dialogue with the United States, which it fought in the Korean War, but that dialogue was virtually nixed after former President George Bush declared North Korea part of an “axis of evil” in 2002, as I’ve reported before.
Originally posted by Kuroodo
reply to post by Bearack
Defcon 4
Heres info:
While there is no demonstrable threat to the United States itself, any war in Korea does have the potential to become a limited nuclear conflict. We repeat: *** There is no credible threat to the United States *** However, any nuclear conflict will significantly affect public perception, and may cause a run on supplies. Additionally, fallout from any nuclear detonation will reach the U.S. mainland within a couple days if less, depending on winds. Based on the type of nuclear weapons that will likely be used in any conflict, radiation reaching the U.S. will probably be minimal and cause no significant health hazard. Nevertheless, proper precautions are always advised. We wish to emphasis that this is merely a precautionary advisory considering a "worst-case" scenario which may not and probably will not happen. At this time, there have been no troop movements by North Korea which would indicate preparations for an attack.
www.defconwarningsystem.com...
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by tony9802
I'll bet that during the sanctions on NK that there were also financial sanctions which might have removed a ton of Kim's personal wealth and that that's what this is about to a degree, that he wants his money back.
Originally posted by Char-Lee
At this time, too, they are staging DPRK-targeted madcap joint military exercises in the sky, land and seas of south Korea under various codenames together with the south Korean warmongers after massively introducing huge aggression forces and war hardware into it.
The U.S. imperialists and the south Korean military warmongers' madcap war exercises aimed to ignite a nuclear war against the DPRK has entered the practical step, after going beyond the danger line, the statement said, and went on:
Pyongyang, April 3 (KCNA) -- The 23rd Chemical Battalion of the U.S. Army based in Seattle City, Washington State was recently redeployed in the U.S. Second Division in south Korea. It was reported that an official ceremony in this regard will taken place in Uijongbu, Kyonggi Province on April 4. The battalion was stationed in the U.S. military base in Chilgok, North Kyongsang Province as it belonged to the 19th battle area support command of the U.S. imperialist aggressor forces till 2004. It was withdrawn to the U.S. mainland. This battalion mercilessly killed many people in the Korean war and other wars.
Originally posted by Merinda
How nice of them to give the opposition a time window to take out their very limited nuclear delivery vehicles.
www.thefreedictionary.com...
feint (fnt)
n.
1. A feigned attack designed to draw defensive action away from an intended target.
2. A deceptive action calculated to divert attention from one's real purpose. See Synonyms at wile.
v. feint·ed, feint·ing, feints
v.intr.
To make a feint.
v.tr.
1. To deceive with a feint.
2. To make a deceptive show of.
Originally posted by Merinda
How nice of them to give the opposition a time window to take out their very limited nuclear delivery vehicles.