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2009-04-01 China-Japan-Koreas

N. Korea miniaturized nuclear warheads for Rodong missiles: expert

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Posted by Fred 2009-04-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#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|| 2009-04-01 00:35|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-04-01 01:58|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-04-01 03:12|| Front Page Top

#4 This explains the tiny little explosion of a couple of years ago.

Posted by Grunter 2009-04-01 08:11|| 2009-04-01 08:11|| Front Page Top

#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">Spot 2009-04-01 08:12|| 2009-04-01 08:12|| Front Page Top

#6 They'd need to change the missiles to short range, weedongs, no?

Posted by Last Breath Farm Resident 2009-04-01 09:46|| 2009-04-01 09:46|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-04-01 10:07|| Front Page Top

#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">Redneck Jim 2009-04-01 12:59|| 2009-04-01 12:59|| Front Page Top

#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">Old Patriot 2009-04-01 16:04|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-04-01 16:04|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-04-01 22:55|| Front Page Top

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