North Korea launches test missile
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RE: North Korea launches
According to CNN, they attempted to launch a long range missle, apparently it failed during flight.
Kim Jong-il is one crazy dude. His attention seeking is going to get himscountry bombed to high hell.
I do admire his hair helmet though
According to CNN, they attempted to launch a long range missle, apparently it failed during flight.
Kim Jong-il is one crazy dude. His attention seeking is going to get himscountry bombed to high hell.
I do admire his hair helmet though
RE: North Korea launches
I was just reading on CBC News that reports are saying that at least three missiles were fired and one of them is believed to be the controversial Taepodong-2 missile.
Those nutcases are scaring the hell out of me with their missile crap.
I was just reading on CBC News that reports are saying that at least three missiles were fired and one of them is believed to be the controversial Taepodong-2 missile.
Those nutcases are scaring the hell out of me with their missile crap.
Them launching the missiles, doesn't it go against the tready they signed with japan in 2002 or 2004 saying that they wouldn't test launch any missiles?
RE: North Korea launches
Doesnt it make you think?.......
Now here is a REAL nutter* with REAL WMD's, but what exactly is it he HASNT got?
Answers in a envelope sealed and Sent to:
Mr IMWITHSTUPID
STUPIDVILLE
NR. STUPID TOWN
I.e. there's no Oil in north Korea.
*nutter mean's crazy in English sorry.
the only problem I hve with this situation is the problem Trueman had with "god's right-hand-man"...China
Doesnt it make you think?.......
Now here is a REAL nutter* with REAL WMD's, but what exactly is it he HASNT got?
Answers in a envelope sealed and Sent to:
Mr IMWITHSTUPID
STUPIDVILLE
NR. STUPID TOWN
I.e. there's no Oil in north Korea.
*nutter mean's crazy in English sorry.
the only problem I hve with this situation is the problem Trueman had with "god's right-hand-man"...China
RE: North Korea launches
Reports are saying that now at least 5 missiles were fired and there is the possibility that 10 were fired. U.S. officials are saying that there will be alot of diplomatic activity over the next 24 to 48 hours because of this.
Reports are saying that now at least 5 missiles were fired and there is the possibility that 10 were fired. U.S. officials are saying that there will be alot of diplomatic activity over the next 24 to 48 hours because of this.
North Korea tests seventh missile amid outcry
At least 6 missiles launched earlier Wed.; move brings swift condemnation
South Korean protesters burn a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il during a rally on Wednesday in Seoul, after North Korea test-fired at least six missiles.
WASHINGTON - North Korea test-fired another missile Wednesday, intensifying the furor ignited when the reclusive regime launched at least six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong, earlier in the day.
The missiles apparently fell harmlessly into the Sea of Japan, and U.S. officials said the long-range Taepodong-2 failed shortly after take-off, calling into question the technological capability of North Korea’s feared ballistic missile program. Pyongyang last fired a long-range missile in 1998.
But the audacious military exercise drew immediate attention and condemnation. The North American Aerospace Defense Command monitored the launches as they progressed but soon determined they were not a threat to the United States, a spokesman said.
The political reaction was swift. The White House called the tests a “provocation,” while the U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday and Tokyo warned of economic sanctions against the impoverished, communist country.
NATO condemned the tests, saying the move threatened the stability of the region and beyond, and Russia expressed "serious concern".
"The Russian side calls on North Korea to exercise restraint and the observances of the commitments it has taken upon itself in the missile sphere, and will outline its position on the given question within the framework of international law and taking into account the task of guaranteeing regional stability," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
N.K.: 'Within our sovereignty'
North Korea remained defiant. A North Korea foreign ministry official told Japanese journalists in Pyongyang that the regime there has an undeniable right to test missiles.
“The missile launch is an issue that is entirely within our sovereignty. No one has the right to dispute it,” Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher on Japanese affairs at the North’s Foreign Ministry, said on footage aired by TBS. “On the missile launch, we are not bound by any agreement.”
Japanese national broadcaster NHK reported that an unidentified Foreign Ministry official in Pyongyang acknowledged the firing of the missiles, but Ri told reporters that diplomats like himself are unaware of what the military is doing.
Some feared more firings. Pyongyang could test additional missiles soon despite the international furor over Wednesday’s launches, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said after making a protest via telephone to North Korea’s ambassador to Canberra, Chon Jae Hong.
“We think they probably do intend to launch more missiles in the next day or two,” Downer told reporters, without explaining if the possibility of more tests came up in his talk with Chon.
South Korea, separated from the North by the world’s most heavily armed border, said the test launches would further deepen its neighbor’s international isolation, sour public opinion in the South toward Pyongyang and hurt efforts to control weapons of mass destruction.
Pressure on U.S.
The tests, which came as the United States celebrated the Fourth of July and launched the space shuttle Discovery from Cape Canaveral, appeared timed to draw the most attention from Washington. Some speculated that Pyongyang wanted some of the spotlight focused on Iran’s nuclear program.
“North Korea wants to get the U.S. to direct bilateral negotiations by using the missile card,” said Paik Hak-soon, a North Korea expert at the Seoul-based Sejong Institute. “Timing the launch date on July 4 is an attempt to apply maximum pressure on the U.S. government.”
In Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso warned of a “very high possibility” the U.N. would level economic sanctions against North Korea. Japan also protested the launches officially through Chinese capital, and banned a North Korean ferry from Japanese ports for six months.
The tests followed weeks of mounting speculation that North Korea would launch a Taepodong-2. U.S. intelligence reports indicated Pyongyang was taking steps to prepare for a launch, but the timing was unknown. North Korea refused to confirm the preparations, but insisted it had the right to such a test.
The test was likely to cast a pall over efforts to lure North Korea back to stalled six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program. Pyongyang has boycotted the negotiations to protest a U.S. crackdown on alleged North Korean counterfeiting and other financial crimes. A North Korean official said Wednesday his country would stand by that stance.
'A provacative act'
Diplomatic moves over North Korea gathered pace. U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill was to leave Washington for the region later on Wednesday, and the launches coincided with a trip by South Korea’s security chief to Washington for consultations. China’s vice-premier was also scheduled to go to Pyongyang next week.
The U.S. denounced the launch, but did not consider it a threat to national security, and officials vowed a diplomatic rather than a military response.
“We are urgently consulting with members of the Security Council,” said John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas Schieffer, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, called the launches “a provocative act,” and the White House said Pyongyang had further alienated itself from the world community.
Two U.S. State Department officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the long-range missile was the Taepodong-2, North Korea’s most advanced missile with a range of up to 15,000 kilometers 9,320 miles. Some experts believe it could reach the United States with a light payload.
The missiles all landed hundreds of miles away from Japan and there were no reports the missiles caused damage within Japanese territory, said Japanese spokesman Shinzo Abe. He said the first missile was launched at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, or about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday EDT.
Old technology
North Korea’s missile program is based on Scud technology provided by the former Soviet Union or Egypt, according to American and South Korean officials. North Korea started its Rodong-1 missile project in the late 1980s and test-fired the missile for the first time in 1993.
North Korea had observed a moratorium on long-range missile launches since 1999. It shocked the world in 1998 by firing a Taepodong missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean.
The United States and its allies South Korea and Japan have taken quick steps over the past week to strengthen their missile defenses. Washington and Tokyo are working on a joint missile-defense shield, and South Korea is considering the purchase of American SM-2 defensive missiles for its destroyers.
The U.S. and North Korea have been in a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program since 2002. Experts, however, doubt the regime has managed to develop a nuclear warhead small enough to mount on its long-range missiles.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13704198/
At least 6 missiles launched earlier Wed.; move brings swift condemnation
South Korean protesters burn a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il during a rally on Wednesday in Seoul, after North Korea test-fired at least six missiles.
WASHINGTON - North Korea test-fired another missile Wednesday, intensifying the furor ignited when the reclusive regime launched at least six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong, earlier in the day.
The missiles apparently fell harmlessly into the Sea of Japan, and U.S. officials said the long-range Taepodong-2 failed shortly after take-off, calling into question the technological capability of North Korea’s feared ballistic missile program. Pyongyang last fired a long-range missile in 1998.
But the audacious military exercise drew immediate attention and condemnation. The North American Aerospace Defense Command monitored the launches as they progressed but soon determined they were not a threat to the United States, a spokesman said.
The political reaction was swift. The White House called the tests a “provocation,” while the U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday and Tokyo warned of economic sanctions against the impoverished, communist country.
NATO condemned the tests, saying the move threatened the stability of the region and beyond, and Russia expressed "serious concern".
"The Russian side calls on North Korea to exercise restraint and the observances of the commitments it has taken upon itself in the missile sphere, and will outline its position on the given question within the framework of international law and taking into account the task of guaranteeing regional stability," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
N.K.: 'Within our sovereignty'
North Korea remained defiant. A North Korea foreign ministry official told Japanese journalists in Pyongyang that the regime there has an undeniable right to test missiles.
“The missile launch is an issue that is entirely within our sovereignty. No one has the right to dispute it,” Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher on Japanese affairs at the North’s Foreign Ministry, said on footage aired by TBS. “On the missile launch, we are not bound by any agreement.”
Japanese national broadcaster NHK reported that an unidentified Foreign Ministry official in Pyongyang acknowledged the firing of the missiles, but Ri told reporters that diplomats like himself are unaware of what the military is doing.
Some feared more firings. Pyongyang could test additional missiles soon despite the international furor over Wednesday’s launches, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said after making a protest via telephone to North Korea’s ambassador to Canberra, Chon Jae Hong.
“We think they probably do intend to launch more missiles in the next day or two,” Downer told reporters, without explaining if the possibility of more tests came up in his talk with Chon.
South Korea, separated from the North by the world’s most heavily armed border, said the test launches would further deepen its neighbor’s international isolation, sour public opinion in the South toward Pyongyang and hurt efforts to control weapons of mass destruction.
Pressure on U.S.
The tests, which came as the United States celebrated the Fourth of July and launched the space shuttle Discovery from Cape Canaveral, appeared timed to draw the most attention from Washington. Some speculated that Pyongyang wanted some of the spotlight focused on Iran’s nuclear program.
“North Korea wants to get the U.S. to direct bilateral negotiations by using the missile card,” said Paik Hak-soon, a North Korea expert at the Seoul-based Sejong Institute. “Timing the launch date on July 4 is an attempt to apply maximum pressure on the U.S. government.”
In Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso warned of a “very high possibility” the U.N. would level economic sanctions against North Korea. Japan also protested the launches officially through Chinese capital, and banned a North Korean ferry from Japanese ports for six months.
The tests followed weeks of mounting speculation that North Korea would launch a Taepodong-2. U.S. intelligence reports indicated Pyongyang was taking steps to prepare for a launch, but the timing was unknown. North Korea refused to confirm the preparations, but insisted it had the right to such a test.
The test was likely to cast a pall over efforts to lure North Korea back to stalled six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program. Pyongyang has boycotted the negotiations to protest a U.S. crackdown on alleged North Korean counterfeiting and other financial crimes. A North Korean official said Wednesday his country would stand by that stance.
'A provacative act'
Diplomatic moves over North Korea gathered pace. U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill was to leave Washington for the region later on Wednesday, and the launches coincided with a trip by South Korea’s security chief to Washington for consultations. China’s vice-premier was also scheduled to go to Pyongyang next week.
The U.S. denounced the launch, but did not consider it a threat to national security, and officials vowed a diplomatic rather than a military response.
“We are urgently consulting with members of the Security Council,” said John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas Schieffer, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, called the launches “a provocative act,” and the White House said Pyongyang had further alienated itself from the world community.
Two U.S. State Department officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the long-range missile was the Taepodong-2, North Korea’s most advanced missile with a range of up to 15,000 kilometers 9,320 miles. Some experts believe it could reach the United States with a light payload.
The missiles all landed hundreds of miles away from Japan and there were no reports the missiles caused damage within Japanese territory, said Japanese spokesman Shinzo Abe. He said the first missile was launched at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, or about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday EDT.
Old technology
North Korea’s missile program is based on Scud technology provided by the former Soviet Union or Egypt, according to American and South Korean officials. North Korea started its Rodong-1 missile project in the late 1980s and test-fired the missile for the first time in 1993.
North Korea had observed a moratorium on long-range missile launches since 1999. It shocked the world in 1998 by firing a Taepodong missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean.
The United States and its allies South Korea and Japan have taken quick steps over the past week to strengthen their missile defenses. Washington and Tokyo are working on a joint missile-defense shield, and South Korea is considering the purchase of American SM-2 defensive missiles for its destroyers.
The U.S. and North Korea have been in a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program since 2002. Experts, however, doubt the regime has managed to develop a nuclear warhead small enough to mount on its long-range missiles.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13704198/
The Japanese navy is currently searching for the remnants of the long range missile...it apparently landed off the seas of Japan.
Japan is calling for economic sanctions(they've already banned "travel" to North Korea...which is laughable...who goes there?)
About a year ago, North Korea publicly stated they had weapons of mass destruction....the United States said "we'll talk".
Now,North Korea is pushing the envelope..."we not only have WMD,we'll launch them for all the world to see.Plus,we'll launch them on the big American July 4th holiday".
Like Israel, North Korea has not signed on to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. We can expect emergency meetings at the United Nations,great gnashing of teeth,predictions of world doom by various leaders,maybe economic sanctions against North Korea.
In the end,it'll likely be China(behind closed doors) that de-escalates the situation.
Japan is calling for economic sanctions(they've already banned "travel" to North Korea...which is laughable...who goes there?)
About a year ago, North Korea publicly stated they had weapons of mass destruction....the United States said "we'll talk".
Now,North Korea is pushing the envelope..."we not only have WMD,we'll launch them for all the world to see.Plus,we'll launch them on the big American July 4th holiday".
Like Israel, North Korea has not signed on to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. We can expect emergency meetings at the United Nations,great gnashing of teeth,predictions of world doom by various leaders,maybe economic sanctions against North Korea.
In the end,it'll likely be China(behind closed doors) that de-escalates the situation.
With the fact that a Nutter like K-Jong is possibly the last person that should ever control WMD's aside, I have to snikker at his antics.... Really goes to show you what the US is really all about.
Did anyone catch the CBC Special last night (Oil:The World Over A Barrel)
Did anyone catch the CBC Special last night (Oil:The World Over A Barrel)
LOL!!!
What dictator did we ever see who was hungry...or who kept his troops hungry?
Nope,it's the common folk, the farmers, the shop keepers who are kept under -fed...hungry people don't organize,don't rebel,don't question their governance(at least,not out loud).
What dictator did we ever see who was hungry...or who kept his troops hungry?
Nope,it's the common folk, the farmers, the shop keepers who are kept under -fed...hungry people don't organize,don't rebel,don't question their governance(at least,not out loud).
Re: RE: North Korea launches test missile
Taking precautions? This isn't the first time North Korea has pulled this sort of stunt. They have previously flown a missle right over Japan into the Pacific. The standard "evil US empire" crap doesn't cut it in this situation.
flashman said:
Taking precautions? This isn't the first time North Korea has pulled this sort of stunt. They have previously flown a missle right over Japan into the Pacific. The standard "evil US empire" crap doesn't cut it in this situation.
It is still a bit hypocritical
since the U.S. has enough nuclear weapons to blow the whole world up about nine times. The apparent test of the long range rocket fizzled out in the second stage. It has been estimated that North Korea might have three or four bombs that may or may not be deliverable by their rockets. Are they going to commit suicide by firing a rocket at the U.S.? If they did, North Korea would be a glassy desert in a matter of hours.
since the U.S. has enough nuclear weapons to blow the whole world up about nine times. The apparent test of the long range rocket fizzled out in the second stage. It has been estimated that North Korea might have three or four bombs that may or may not be deliverable by their rockets. Are they going to commit suicide by firing a rocket at the U.S.? If they did, North Korea would be a glassy desert in a matter of hours.
Interesting thread, the South Koreans and Japanese seemed to be worried enough to ask for US intervention, other than that, the US is hypocritical....again. :roll:
RE: North Korea launches
Its all very interesting if you ask me.
The main reason none of the Allies, or Threatend countries are going to attack Korea, is China.
China is the sleeping Gaint, although, its been said that China is trying to get Korea to smarten up, and that Korea and Chinas relations have been someone what bad over the last year doesnt really mean much. China would have to back its main Millitary ally.
If it came to war, like some are saying on CNN (always the way eh?) I hope it is a UN approved war, As for Canada going to war with them, Iam unsure, But no doubt about it N. Korea is something that should be taken care of.
Its all very interesting if you ask me.
The main reason none of the Allies, or Threatend countries are going to attack Korea, is China.
China is the sleeping Gaint, although, its been said that China is trying to get Korea to smarten up, and that Korea and Chinas relations have been someone what bad over the last year doesnt really mean much. China would have to back its main Millitary ally.
If it came to war, like some are saying on CNN (always the way eh?) I hope it is a UN approved war, As for Canada going to war with them, Iam unsure, But no doubt about it N. Korea is something that should be taken care of.