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2013-04-10 China-Japan-Koreas

S. Korea should weigh departure from NPT, lawmaker says

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Posted by Steve White 2013-04-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 The problem is that the American response to 9/11 has raised reasonable doubt whether the so called 'umbrella' exists at all.

The Norks might not intend and might never have intended to attack the US. But if there was a WMD terrorist attack, sponsored and supported by a third party, the US might logically blame them and they'd become the target of overwhelming and devastating retaliation.

This should be an unacceptable risk even to the Norks unless they've come to the not unreasonable conclusion that America wouldn't retaliate under any circumstances, i.e. they've stopped believing in deterrence.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2013-04-10 03:12|| 2013-04-10 03:12|| Front Page Top

#2 "and have a device that would fit on an IRBM inside two years."

And it you could play Angry Birds with it while placing cellular calls.

Posted by crosspatch 2013-04-10 04:32|| 2013-04-10 04:32|| Front Page Top

#3 SKor's SMS message system is the coolest on the planet. I has the concept of groups and the ability to have one 16bit integer worth of groups (64K groups) You can send SMS messages to say only folks that belong to a set of groups.
This allows one to ..say.. page all artillery Cols currently within 50KM of Seoul.
Really a useful tool when your enemy is so near.

Posted by Water Modem 2013-04-10 09:56|| 2013-04-10 09:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Point a few of them at Peking while you're at it, Mr. Chung.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-04-10 11:52|| 2013-04-10 11:52|| Front Page Top

#5 If SKor goes, then the door is open for Japan and soon thereafter their OK and PI 'allies'. Eisenhower's containment of China will be in place again.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-04-10 14:43|| 2013-04-10 14:43|| Front Page Top

#6 If SK builds nukes, so does Japan, Australia, and Taiwan.

Things will get very messy, very fast for China.

Posted by rammer 2013-04-10 18:39|| 2013-04-10 18:39|| Front Page Top

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