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| N. Korea has dozens of nukes, top defector tells magazine |
| 2003-05-14 |
| The story seems a little far fetched. I'll be interested to see if the American press runs with it. A man claiming to be a former North Korean army general who fled the Stalinist state late last year has told a Japanese publication Pyongyang secretly imported nuclear bombs from the former Soviet Union and developed dozens of its own. The revelations were among details about North Korea's military command and its leader Kim Jong-Il contained in a 13-page article in the June edition of the respected monthly Japanese magazine Gendai (Modern Times). In an interview with the magazine, the general said the nuclear weapons were imported in 1983 and that North Korea now has four Soviet-made nuclear missiles which, with a range of 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles), could reach the west coast of the United States. "The North Korean army even has tens of nuclear weapons it has developed itself in addition to those made by the former Sovet Union," the general was quoted as saying. (con't see link) |
| Posted by:Anonymous |
| #4 Any guesses on the last time NK actually tested a nuke? How about never? Unless they're exact dupes of Pak's Islamic bombs, how do they know they work? In response to your question on the missiles, sam, notice how often we've tested our nukes and missiles, and our maintenance program is light-years ahead of Dear Leaders' |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-14 17:48:11 |
| #3 Does anyone have info on how reliable a 20yr old missle is? Can they transfer the warhead to a differnt delivery platform? Wouldn't they have to be mobile (RR or truck)to get them in-country and hide them that long? |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2003-05-14 09:49:33 |
| #2 The Soviets would sell nukes in 1983? To North Korea? That's ridiculous. The missiles that can reach L.A. can reach Moscow as well... |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-05-14 09:35:34 |
| #1 ...and the fortified, grass-enriched Juche has made their soldiers ten foot tall and bulletproof, too! Horrors! |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-05-14 09:18:39 |