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2006-02-12 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by john 2006-02-12 09:37|| || Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to "borrow" a couple of pakistan's nukes and give them to Taiwan. They could then "test" them for peaceful purposes and tell the PRC that they got them from Kimmie.

Posted by bruce 2006-02-12 15:39|| 2006-02-12 15:39|| Front Page Top

#2 China is playing a dangerous game then. I think Japan could easily become a nuclear power in few months (if not weeks) and easily supass North Korea (and perhaps approach China herself) in capabilities.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-02-12 16:00|| 2006-02-12 16:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Japan has an enormous plutonium stockpile. It could build thousands of warheads and far surpass China.

Posted by john 2006-02-12 16:25|| 2006-02-12 16:25|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm picturing nano-nukes alongside the wacky fruit juices in those ubiquitous bizarro vending machines...

Posted by .com 2006-02-12 16:27|| 2006-02-12 16:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Thousands of Mecha slinging Nukes and vending cans of hot and cold beverages.

Posted by Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-02-12 16:30|| 2006-02-12 16:30|| Front Page Top

#6 The crude devices known to have been produced by Pakistan and, possibly, by North Korea, require several tons of cladding to ensure safe storage and detonation. They are therefore too heavy to be put on platforms and used as weapons.

If this is true, I'll sleep much more soundly.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-12 17:31|| 2006-02-12 17:31|| Front Page Top

#7 North Korea's nuclearized warfighting assets are de facto Chicom-controlled - wid Iran, however, the jury is still out. The only reason for the Left to demand that Dubya focus on Kimmie is to wilfully induce a near-term, direct US-Sino confrontation, which in turn will induce Fed Washington and the NPE to expand and take over everything like what they want vv NOLA. Commie Amerika rsults as a consequence of alleged Rightist-Fascist actions - read, Socialism-loving Motherly DemoLefties cannot be MSM-blamed for inducing GOP-Conservative Male Brute Socialist actions/policies.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-02-12 22:27|| 2006-02-12 22:27|| Front Page Top

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