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North Korea Forces Await 'Final Strike Order' from Kim Jong-un
Int'l Business Times ^ | 3/10/13 | Vasudevan Sridharan

Posted on 03/10/2013 10:18:12 AM PDT by LibWhacker

South Korea vows strong response if provoked

North Korea's armed forces are reported to be awaiting a "final order" from the country's supreme leader Kim Jong-un before launching a campaign against South Korea.

Ahead of a ten-day joint computer-simulated drill to be conducted by the US and South Korea on 11 March, the North's most widely circulated mouthpiece Rodong Sinmun said: "Our front-line military groups, the army, the navy and the air force, the anti-aircraft units and the strategic rocket units, who have entered the final all-out war stage, are awaiting the final order to strike."

The mouthpiece said the North's nuclear weapons are also in full readiness.

"Puppet regimes in the US and South Korea will be turned into a sea of fire in the blink of an eye," said the daily, raising tensions further in the Korean peninsula.

South Korea and the US have been conducting a joint field training exercise codenamed Foal Eagle since 1 March, and this is likely to go on until the end of April. Follow us Follow @IBTimesUK Google Plus

Nearly 10,000 South Korean troops and 3,500 American forces along with fighter planes are involved in the manoeuvres.

South Korea says the exercises are intended to secure its territories, but Pyongyang charges that they are aimed at the North.

The North has also announced that it will conduct a two-day nationwide military exercise in response to the US-South Korea drill.

Local reports suggest that Kim has also been visiting strategically important military installations in the country in the wake of the volatile situation.

A military source in Seoul has told the Yonhap news agency that Pyongyang is likely to fire short-range missiles or resort to other forms of attack during the drill. The source vowed to retaliate with greater force if South Korean sovereignty is violated.


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KEYWORDS: korea; nkoutofcontrol; north; nuclearnk; nukes; nutzoids
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1 posted on 03/10/2013 10:18:12 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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2 posted on 03/10/2013 10:21:21 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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"Puppet regimes in the US and South Korea will be turned into a sea of fire in the blink of an eye,"

Baghdad Bob comes to mind.

3 posted on 03/10/2013 10:22:57 AM PDT by Fzob (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
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Normal sabre rattling every time this joint exercise happens. Don't know how long the Norks have been doing it in response but it's at least since the 70s. If they ever don't throw a hissy fit then it's time to be concerned.
4 posted on 03/10/2013 10:24:21 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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Eh, more like South Korea vows strong response from the US if attacked...


5 posted on 03/10/2013 10:24:30 AM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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Lol, that still makes me laugh every time you post it, thx. :-)


6 posted on 03/10/2013 10:24:34 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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Some history of the exercise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Spirit

Note how Clinton canceled for a few years with no results.

7 posted on 03/10/2013 10:28:58 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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McAurthur was right... Should have nuked them...

Now they’ve got nukes, as well as some 20,000 conventional artillery pieces targeted on Seoul.

Just damn... And their “dear leader” thinks Dennis Rodman is a deep thinker!

Mark


8 posted on 03/10/2013 10:32:13 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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I took to heart a statement by a soldier who had been stationed in Korea for many years: “For at least a decade or two, US forces have been in South Korea to settle down the South Korean army and keep them from beating seven bells out of North Korea.”


9 posted on 03/10/2013 10:40:03 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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He can’t talk about our puppet regime like that and get away with it


10 posted on 03/10/2013 10:43:07 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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The South can hold their own. Their armed forces are very good. If this goes down ROK units will not fold like they did in 1950.


11 posted on 03/10/2013 10:50:26 AM PDT by sean327 (God created all men equal, then some become Marines!)
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Oh!boy.Are we watching the comedy channel or what?

UN is lucky to be able to wipe his own backside.That clown is not calling the shots over there.The military is.

The Norks are making noises now so they can get more Freebies from the west.Most notably us.


12 posted on 03/10/2013 10:50:42 AM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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Now they’ve got nukes, as well as some 20,000 conventional artillery pieces targeted on Seoul.

This is what I've often heard too, but looking at a map it just doesn't appear possible. Seoul is 20 miles from the DMZ. That limits artillery tubes that can shoot that far to 5" and above. Artillery rockets have longer range, but only large rockets.

There is also a limited amount of realestate to put those units it. B-52 rototilling and MOABs could make that a tough place to hang out.

13 posted on 03/10/2013 11:02:21 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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The north might do some damage early on but the south will stomp them into the modern world in short order.


14 posted on 03/10/2013 11:02:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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If I were King of the United States, the B-1 Bomber would replace the bald eagle as our national symbol.

And I would fly them low and fast enough over Pyongyang to shatter every window in the city, then ask Un if he still wants to play.

15 posted on 03/10/2013 11:06:08 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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North Korea Forces Await 'Final Strike Order' from Kim Jong-un

Kimmie is too busy scoring 18 holes in one on just the back 9...(Nork mMath works as well as their nukes)

16 posted on 03/10/2013 11:14:07 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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He wouldn’t. Even his dad wasn’t that nuts.


17 posted on 03/10/2013 11:25:18 AM PDT by Viennacon
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Considering large portions of their population are eating their own children and the bark off of tress...

All out war may mean a million refuges trying to get across the border...

18 posted on 03/10/2013 11:25:22 AM PDT by Popman
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All out war may mean a million refuges trying to get across the border...

I think that this is more of a threat to South Korea than war with DPRK.

19 posted on 03/10/2013 11:34:09 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Sometimes it takes calamity to lead to serenity - FReeper RacerX1128)
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20 posted on 03/10/2013 11:36:28 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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