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2007-03-18 China-Japan-Koreas

NKorea preparing to shut key nuclear reactor

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Posted by Steve White 2007-03-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Preparing to" Means absolutely nothing except another very transparent stall.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-18 10:14|| 2007-03-18 10:14|| Front Page Top

#2 but its actions would depend on how soon it will be rewarded,

You're alive, you have your "reward" already.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-18 10:16|| 2007-03-18 10:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Hit the transformer station supplying electrical power to the nuclear reactor, and watch it melt 400 feet into the earth's crust. Without power, there isn't any coolant circulation. I doubt there are many, if any, safety features in the NK plant to prevent a melt-down. Even if there are, there will be enough damage to shut the plant for a long, LONG time. Heck, hit it with a Russian missile and we even have plausible deniablity. Of course, we'll have to tweak the Russian guidance system - significantly.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-03-18 13:35|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-03-18 13:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Always better to make it look like an accident. If there's a rail line next to the transformer or power station, just have a locomotive 'explode' while going by. Tragic, just tragic, but it's happened before in Nkor-land, ya know?

Tusk, tusk.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-03-18 14:09|| 2007-03-18 14:09|| Front Page Top

#5 ... just have a locomotive 'explode' while going by. Tragic, just tragic, but it's happened before in Nkor-land, ya know?

And even better plausible deniability to boot. North Korea easily could have traded their missile technology for advanced Iranian train bomb designs.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-18 20:22|| 2007-03-18 20:22|| Front Page Top

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