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| N. Korea miniaturized nuclear warheads for Rodong missiles: expert |
| 2009-04-01 |
| The U.S. and South Korean intelligence authorities have obtained information that North Korea has succeeded in miniaturizing nuclear bombs made using plutonium extracted from its Yongbyon nuclear complex, a senior analyst at an international research institute said Tuesday. The intelligence circles have also obtained information that North Korea produced nuclear warheads that could be mounted on medium-range Rodong missiles and they were stored in two underground facilities in the northern part of the country, Daniel Pinkston, a senior analyst at the Seoul-based Northeast Asia office of International Crisis Group, told Kyodo News. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 WAFF > JAPAN REWRITES NORTH KOREA'S SCRIPT. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES > A succee NOKOR LR Missle launch could easily induce REVIVED/STRONG JAPAN = JAPANESE MILITARY??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-04-01 22:55 |
| #9 We'd have to have a president with the will to shoot back, RJ. The current office-holder would probably surrender. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-04-01 16:04 |
| #8 Please shoot at America, your little pissant nation has been an irritant too long. Shoot at america and vanish from the face of the earth. you little insignifigant flea. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-04-01 12:59 |
| #7 #6 They'd need to change the missiles to short range, weedongs, Please, no more Irish anatomical invectives from the farming community. In moments of periodic sobriety, some of us might become offended! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-01 10:07 |
| #6 They'd need to change the missiles to short range, weedongs, no? |
| Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident 2009-04-01 09:46 |
| #5 Crosspatch is right that they haven't successfully tested a bomb yet, but that doesn't mean that they couldn't miniaturize the components and cross their fingers. Indeed, given that they're really just an extortion/blackmail outfit, they only need the fear that they could succeed in order to get what they want. Lil' Kimmie has always been willing to play the crazy man card. |
| Posted by: Spot 2009-04-01 08:12 |
| #4 This explains the tiny little explosion of a couple of years ago. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2009-04-01 08:11 |
| #3 ION WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC CHINA HAD EMERGENCY DEPLOYED TWO SQUADRONS OF F11B FIGHTER-ATTACK PLANES TO HAINAN ISLAND IN AFTERMATH OF "USS IMPECCABLE" NAVAL STANDOFF; + CHINA'S PLAN: C-803 MISSLE CAN EASILY DEFEAT THE US AEGIS SYSTEM. * ION WORLD NEWS > CHINA SAYS IT IS NO THREAT TO INDIA. ** Also on WMF > WHY CHINA MUST BE CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA? IIUC KOREAS = China's historical FLASHPOINT OF MILPOL CONFRONTATION, SUCCESSES OR FAILURES, VEE MAJOR WORLD POWERS [ Russia, Japan, UK-Euros, USA]. MODERNIZING BUT STILL-WEAK CHINA FEARS RUSSIAN MILITARY REACTION TO ANY NORTH KOREA-INDUCED, MULTI-NATION NORTHEAST ASIAN WAR AND CHINA'S FAILURE TO CONTROL NORTH KOREA [PRC Proxy]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-04-01 03:12 |
| #2 Until they successfully test at least one bomb, I am going to take such stories with a grain or two of salt. Really big grains. They can't "miniaturize" something they don't have to begin with. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-04-01 01:58 |
| #1 SAME ANALYST also says NOKOR has 5-6 PLUTONIUM-BASED ["dirty"] NUCWARHEADS for its Rodongs. * TOPIX > NORTH KOREA WARNS JAPAN ABOUT WAR RISK [threatens to wipe out = mil destroy Japanese SDF assets whom fire at its Missle]; + NORTH KOREA THREATENS TO SHOOT DOWN US SPY PLANES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-04-01 00:35 |