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| NKors warns US of pre-emptive action |
| 2003-02-06 |
| North Korea has warned the United States that any decision to send more troops to the Korean peninsular could lead it to make a pre-emptive attack on American forces. Bluffing, classic sign of weakness. US officials said on Tuesday that Washington was considering strengthening its military forces in the Pacific Ocean as a deterrent against North Korea. They said the reinforcements would help signal that a possible war with Iraq was not distracting the US from a nuclear stand-off with the North. Quiet prudence, classic sign of strength. North Korea said on Wednesday that it had reactivated its nuclear facilities and their operations were now going ahead "on a normal footing". There is nothing that is "normal" in that God-forsaken land. Pyongyang says it will use the facilities to produce electricity "at the present stage". However, the US and nuclear experts say the Yongbyon reactor, which has been mothballed since 1994, is too small to generate meaningful amounts of electricity. According to Steve DenBeste, it produces as much electricity as a large, modern diesel locomotive. We ought to call the NKors on this, and offer them an old Santa Fe hauler. We'd be happy to, er, "drop" it off. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 They make stand-alone mini-turbine generators these days (about the size of a home refrigerator) that run on pretty much anything flammable and produce 30KW each. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-02-06 15:58:50 |
| #1 This engineer has heard 5 megawatts before and agrees that we should call their bluff. Truck a 5 megawatt generator to the DMZ along with a year's worth of fuel and say "take it to replace the nuclear unit, or you're toast". |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-02-06 10:58:52 |