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| Norks have 1, 000 Missiles, South Says |
| 2010-03-18 |
| SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has increased its missile arsenal by 25 percent in the past two years to about 1,000, expanding the threat the state poses to the region, the South's defense chief said Wednesday. Pyongyang's arsenal includes intermediate-range missiles that can hit targets at up to 3,000 km (1,860 miles) away, Yonhap news agency quoted Kim Tae-young as telling a forum of business leaders. The missiles could hit all of Japan and put U.S. military bases in Guam at risk. South Korea's last estimate of the North's missile stockpile was 800 done in 2008, Yonhap said. Its Defense White Paper in 2008 said the North had deployed the intermediate range missile. The estimate comes at a time when the North is seen to be under increasing pressure to return to six-party talks on nuclear disarmament, following economic sanctions imposed on it after its nuclear test in May 2009. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 But the problem with that attitude, is that with the new Patriot PAC3 and the AEGIS/Standard Mark 3 combo, the Nork crap can be stopped before it hits Seoul. The Patriot PAC3 can hit SCUDs and enhanced SCUDs easily, and the AEGIS combo can take out true ICBMs, let alone IRBMs. And all of the Nork missiles are simple enhancements of the standard Soviet/ChiCom SCUD. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-03-18 17:36 |
| #5 My brother lives in Seoul. Says they pretty much accept that if the missiles start firing they are all screwed. Can't worry what can't be changed, so they go about their day-to-day lives. |
| Posted by: Texhooey 2010-03-18 16:23 |
| #4 Sounds like it is time for the South Koreans to spend a large chunk of money on more Patriot batteries, some AEGIS systems, and a lot of Standard Mark 3 missiles. That or accept being pounded on by the Nork missile inventory. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-03-18 13:56 |
| #3 And allegedly enuff nucmats for 6-8 NUCBOMBS, as per US Analysis. To be shared between Nork and Iran? Or is Nork bogarting the stash? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-03-18 10:04 |
| #2 * SAME WMF > AS US ATTACK ON IRAN MOVES SEEMINGLY AHEAD INTO FULL SWING, CHINA WORKS QUICKLY TO GET [secured]ACCESS INTO IRAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-03-18 00:32 |
| #1 And allegedly enuff nucmats for 6-8 NUCBOMBS, as per US Analysis. *ION WMF > 2010 USJFCOM REPORT ADMITS JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA HAVE THE ABILITY TO INDIGENOUSLY PRODUCE THEIR OWN NUCLEAR BOMBS WITHIN A SHORT LEAD TIME; + USFK ANNOUNCES IT [ + SoKor] HAS CREATED UNIQUE SPECIAL FORCES UNITS WHOSE MISSION IS TO QUICKLY FIND AND ELIMINATE NORTH KOREA'S NBC STOCKPILES, BALLISTIC MISSLES [IRBMS], AND OTHER WMDS. * SAME > US MAY EMPLOY "EXPERIMENTAL" ADVANCED BMD SYSTEMS IN REGIONAL DEFENSE AGZ IRAN, NORTH KOREAN MISSLE THREATS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-03-18 00:15 |