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2009-02-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

North Korea to 'Test Missile Capable of Striking U.S.'

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2009-02-03 08:06|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Time to go Israeli on them.

Posted by Skidmark 2009-02-03 08:28|| 2009-02-03 08:28|| Front Page Top

#2 diplomacy doesnt work. sanctions dont work. and Secretary of State Clinton for sure wont work. time for a new approach.

Posted by Haveanoodle55 2009-02-03 08:46|| 2009-02-03 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 All the rogue countries feel brave now Bush has gone!!!!

Posted by Paul2 2009-02-03 09:06|| 2009-02-03 09:06|| Front Page Top

#4 i think the "awww jeez , not this shit again " is appropriate

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-02-03 09:18|| 2009-02-03 09:18|| Front Page Top

#5 IF

If Bush were still president and if this thing ever got out of the atmosphere, it might make a good impromptu target for the BMD guys in Alaska.

You know, just to make a point.

Posted by Minister of funny walks 2009-02-03 09:23|| 2009-02-03 09:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Considerable appreciation to W. Bush for ramming through a BMD, despite concentrated opposition from a Democrat congress. There are times when being a hard ass and insisting is so damn right, and this is one of them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-02-03 09:44|| 2009-02-03 09:44|| Front Page Top

#7 This is why we have a national missle defense - liberals take note.
(It would be a shame if something were to happen to the missle before launch. Too bad we don't seem to have a spy agency capable of doing it.)

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-02-03 09:46|| 2009-02-03 09:46|| Front Page Top

#8 And Mr. Limpwrist still wants to cancel the Missile Defense program.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-02-03 10:09|| 2009-02-03 10:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Must be either empty rice bowls or a shopping spree at Nieman Marcus. Those seem to be the only reasons they try this stuff.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2009-02-03 10:55|| 2009-02-03 10:55|| Front Page Top

#10 #2: diplomacy doesnt work. sanctions dont work. and Secretary of State Clinton for sure wont work.

Send Bill. Kimmie will be begging us to take him back after three days. We can get all kinds of concessions from them then.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-02-03 11:32|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-02-03 11:32|| Front Page Top

#11 I wouldn't be surprised if it is really an Iranian missile test being done in North Korea. I will bet there are plenty of Iranians in attendance.

Posted by Snolulet Sproing1912 2009-02-03 11:43|| 2009-02-03 11:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Perhaps one can hope for a launch accident?

Posted by Lagom 2009-02-03 12:35|| 2009-02-03 12:35|| Front Page Top

#13 And Mr. Limpwrist still wants to cancel the Missile Defense program.

Wants? Don't worry, it's coming ...

Posted by Steve White 2009-02-03 13:53|| 2009-02-03 13:53|| Front Page Top

#14 AP (Fox news?) once again shows its total ignorance of things military. The three missiles shown in the photo are two Nike Hercules, and the tall skinny one in front is a Pershing. NONE of them are of North Korean manufacture.

A constant diet of tree bark and grass will depress a person's IQ by 20-30 points. I can't explain what's happened to people who work for AP - they certainly can eat better than most North Koreans.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-02-03 13:56|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-02-03 13:56|| Front Page Top

#15 We'd wear that "awjeez" picture out if we used it every time the NORKS step out of line.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-02-03 14:29|| 2009-02-03 14:29|| Front Page Top

#16 Wish I had a Nike-Hercules, I would feed it every day and use it only for good. I would groom it and make sure it had the good linkery, every day I would do this. I would teacher it new tricks and and give it a new lease on life, and when a Bear comer a little too close for mai liking....

Posted by .5MT 2009-02-03 15:02|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2009-02-03 15:02|| Front Page Top

#17 US to test missile capable of reaching Pyongyang. Sounds fair to me.

Posted by William Marcy Tweed 2009-02-03 17:47|| 2009-02-03 17:47|| Front Page Top

#18 MIL FORUM POSTERS > NOKOR's greatest advantage is that the majority of SOKOR's civilian population is conentrated/located in or near SEOUL, within striking range of NOKOR's reported 12,000 ARTY SHELLS, NK Tacair, + SRBMS + LR Rockets equipped wid CBRN-NBC warheads, espec CHEMWAR [targets = SOKOR milfors + possibly JAPAN]. NOKOR's nukes are perceived as being mostly ineffective in stopping let alone defeating the highly modern, professional, and tech-potent SOKOR Armed Forces, USA, andor JAPAN's SDFS. IT IS BELIEVED BY MANY NETTERS THAT NOKOR WILL CHOSE TO ATTACK SOKOR AND OR JAPAN FIRST IN PREEMPTIVE FIRST/MILSTRIKE(S), and later HOPE FOR CHIN MIL INTERVENTION TO STAVE OFF DEFEAT AND PREVENT A FULL US-SOKOR, ETC. MIL TAKEOVER = OCCUPATION OF THE NORTH???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-03 19:43|| 2009-02-03 19:43|| Front Page Top

#19 As argued or premised times before, a DANGEROUS REALIST SCENARIO would be a US FIGHTING A CONVENTIONAL OR LIMITED NUCLEAR WAR AGZ IRAN + NOKOR + TAIWAN at the same time, given IRAN + NOKOR's penchant for moving in anti-US geopol lock-step wid the other. Can add a SOUTH ASIAN INDO-PAKI-CHIN CONFLICT TO THE EQUATION, AS PER MUMBAI, + CHIN VS. REST OF ASIA OVER DISPUTED EAST-SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS.

IMO this alleged NOKOR T-2 LR ICBM MISSLE TEST should be taken as evidencia that IRAN WILL INDEED GO NUCLEAR + CONDUCT ONE OR MORE INDIGENS NUCBOMB TESTS NLT 2010 [absolute maxima 2012]. ITS MORE NOW TO IRAN + NOKOR'S ADVANTAGE TO DO SO WID THE US NOW IN A DEEP, LIKELY LT "RECESSION" = GREAT DEPRESSION-II AS PER THE MSM-NET.

E.g. CHINESE/WORLD MIL FORUM POSTERS > the issue as per a new KOREAN WAR 2 IS NOT IFF THE USA HAS "THE WILL" TO FIGHT, BUT THAT CAN SHE $$$ AFFORD TO, I.E. ECON ABLE TO FIGHT ONE OR MORE SIMUL MAJOR REGIONAL WARS POTENS INVOL NUCLEAR COMBAT/WARFARE [Limited TacNuke War + Limited Strategic NucWar - Total NucWar]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-03 20:06|| 2009-02-03 20:06|| Front Page Top

#20 WORLD MIL FORUM POSTER > argued the US suffered SERIOUS DOMESTIC ECON TROUBLES AFTER FIGHTING THE FIRST KOREAN WAR 1950-53, and exclusive of any econ probs related to WW2.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-03 20:10|| 2009-02-03 20:10|| Front Page Top

#21 Not likely unless the Norks plan on bombarding the US with Jucheman pamphlets. I believe their test bomb fizzled. Miniaturizing a nuke and having it survive a rocket trip is on another level of difficulty.

Posted by ed 2009-02-03 21:51|| 2009-02-03 21:51|| Front Page Top

#22 It's just a matter of songun and will Ed.

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