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| North Korea, Iran planning joint nuclear development |
| 2003-08-06 |
| North Korea and Iran are holding talks over a plan to export Pyongyang’s Taepodong-2 long-range ballistic missiles to Tehran and to jointly develop nuclear warheads, a Japanese daily said Wednesday. Holding hands and leaping into the abyss. The two countries have been negotiating the deal for about a year and are probably going to reach an agreement in mid-October, the Sankei newspaper reported, quoting defense sources familiar with North Korean issues. According to the plan, North Korea will export Taepodong missile components to be assembled in Iran and will send missile experts to pass on technical knowledge. At least the missile experts will get a good meal. A North Korean arms export company known as the Changgwang Sinyong Corporation is handling the deal with Iranian military and aerospace industry officials, the newspaper added. Plan on sending those missles by ship? Hope they make it, well no, I don’t really. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #11 Had a simaler idea mysef TU,but I would not keep it secret I would let them and the world know who siezed the ships and missile components.Destroy the missiles and put the ships up for auction,just like what is done with the siezed property of crimanals. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-7 8:57:46 AM |
| #10 As I read earlier, piracy seems to be an increasing problem on the worlds oceans. It would be a shame if the North Korean and Iranian Merchant Marine suddenly came down with an epidemic of "piracy" and their ships that transport missle components seem to... errrrrrr..."disappear". Damn pirates! Yar!!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-8-6 11:48:37 PM |
| #9 This is the problem that I think was more important than Saddam Insane! I actually agree with *com and the |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-8-6 11:11:54 PM |
| #8 Hmm, at the risk of sounding simplistic and hyped up on Christianity, that sounds almost, what? Oh yeah, kind of axis-like. seriously, Iran we can probably deal with by supporting regime opposition. North Korea? Forcing a collapse is probably the best bet. Honestly, a full scale invasion is our only military option. Even if we knock out all of PDRK's nukes, facilities, and missiles in an air and missile strike campaign, what do we do if the North starts shelling Seoul? How long before political pressure on the democratically elected ROK government forces them to launch frontal assaults to force the artillery out of range? And will a hasty attack break the ROK army? Any military option short of full scale invasion could spiral to full war anyway but give PDRK the advantage until we can scrape up the forces for the war. |
| Posted by: BJD (The Dignified Rant) 2003-8-6 9:50:21 PM |
| #7 Maybe Bush can put enough pressure on NKor they decide to send the material by rocket... oops! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-8-6 7:30:23 PM |
| #6 The only problem I can see is with taking these clowns down, is the lack of available military. Which makes it a really last resort. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2003-8-6 3:20:55 PM |
| #5 Bill---I'm sure that GW is gathering intel, making plans, and dedicating assets to the job. There are other avenues to be explored other than booming them. If these avenues are dead ends, then the military option is all that we have left. The stakes in this situation are just too high to ignore (except for Bubba), so we will see it resolved one way or another. The Israelis are in this too. They have more to lose sooner than us as they are Numbah One on Iran's Nuke Target List. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-8-6 12:39:33 PM |
| #4 When is GW going to do something about these guys. Next year post election will be too late. |
| Posted by: Bill 2003-8-6 12:13:16 PM |
| #3 No chance that the technology stolen or maybe sold under the table to the Chinese ended up in these missiles. No - none at all. |
| Posted by: Douglas De Bono 2003-8-6 11:19:51 AM |
| #2 These two countries should be code named Romeo and Juliet since they are determined to commit suicide in each others arms. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-8-6 11:19:25 AM |
| #1 How, uh, umm, convenient - yeah, that's the ticket: utterly convenient! They've been swapping bodily fluids under the table for some time - and now, voila! They come stumbling out of the closet. These charter members of the Axis of Remaining Morons are both completely clueless and make building the case for a 2-Fer regime change idiot-proof. (insert drum roll here) I give you, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Leader & The Black Hats! This will be a one-time-only performance - don't miss it! |
| Posted by: ·com 2003-8-6 9:57:02 AM |