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North Korea accuses Japan of planning nuclear attack. Really.
North Korea on Wednesday attacked Japanâs moves to build up its missile defence system as part of a planned nuclear strike against Pyongyang.
| That statement makes no sense. |
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said âJapan is now rounding off its nuclear weaponisation at its final phaseâ and was capable of producing âthousands of nuclear warheadsâ overnight. This can not be construed (as anything other) than part of its plan to mount a preemptive nuclear attack on the DPRK.â
| I've no doubt Japan has the technological wherewithal to produce nuclear weapons if it wanted to, and perhaps even "overnight." There's not the slighest indication that they plan on doing so, and every indication they aren't. |
Japan last month decided to adopt ballistic missile defence (BMD) systems to protect itself from emerging terrorist threats, weapons of mass destruction and North Korean missiles. Japan will introduce a US-developed system for now and continue to conduct joint research with the United States to improve its missile defences, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said in a statement.
| To me, that sounds like an eminently logical thing to do, especially for a country whose neighbors like to shoot missiles over its territory... |
Japanese âreactionariesâ are making much ado about the âfictitiousâ nuclear and missile threats from North Korea in a bid to justify their moves for nuclear weaponisation, KCNA added. In reply, the communist state would build a âstrong nuclear deterrenceâ to cope with threats from the United States and Japan.
| The missile threat from NKor is "fictitous," even though they said they were developing nuclear weapons and were going to present us with a sea of fire. So NKor should therefore develop a non-fictitious nuclear threat... My head is aching. |
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific in 1998, prompting Tokyo to launch joint research with the United States to develop missile defence systems the following year.
"Lookitdat, Kazuo!"
"Dang! What is it?"
"I suspect it's a ballistic missile."
"Holmes! How do you do it?" |
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2004-01-22 |
