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North Korea 'finishes missile launch preparations' and warns foreigners to evacuate South
Express ^ | April 9, 2013

Posted on 04/09/2013 5:00:00 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

North Korea 'finishes missile launch preparations' and warns foreigners to evacuate South

NORTH Korea has completed preparations for a mid-range missile launch from its east coast, officials in Seoul have revealed just hours after foreigners living in South Korea were warned to quit the country.

North Korea's Asia-Pacific Peace Committee said in a statement monitored in Seoul that foreign nationals should find out in advance where they can take shelter as well as examine evacuation plans to leave the country.

"We do not wish harm on foreigners in South Korea should there be a war," said the KCNA news agency, citing its Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee.

The remarks come as the communist country has repeatedly said it will turn Seoul and Washington into a "sea of fire" and launch pre-emptive nuclear attacks against its enemies.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blather; bluff; bluster; brinksmanship; hearditbefore; justtalk; missile; nkorea; provocation; psywar; yadayadayada
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SK military speculates that NK may fire as many as 10 missiles. If so, they probably fire variety of missiles: Musudan, KN-08, Rodong and what else. That will be a firework rather than missile test launch, if it happens.
1 posted on 04/09/2013 5:00:00 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

In a sensible world, we would have already acted, decisively, and announced “Pre-emptive strike? Yeah. We know what those are.”


2 posted on 04/09/2013 5:04:44 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
North Korea 'finishes missile launch preparations

That was quick.

This is a liquid fueled rocket. It takes time to fuel up and the process is detectable from space. US authorities know what is going on.

It is rare to empty these birds once they have been fueled up. Looks like some fireworks ahead this week.

3 posted on 04/09/2013 5:06:00 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...
Here is one of the worst case scenarios for Kim Jong-eun: 1) fires missiles, and Japan shoot them down. 2) conducts the 4th nuclear test and it goes wrong(fizzle, radiation leak, or triggering unexpected earthquake in Sino-NK border area,) 3) the restarted graphite nuclear reactor breaks down(catch fire, or serious structural problem,) and all of them occur in this April.
4 posted on 04/09/2013 5:06:09 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: ClearCase_guy

They will fire them out to sea. Russia will see how we react.

Then Kim goes to his room to pout.

Or he starts a conflagration of biblical proportions.


5 posted on 04/09/2013 5:07:05 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?)
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My bet is on Aegis destroyers from Japan or S. Korea knocking one or two of these missiles down. Can’t wait to see the video...


6 posted on 04/09/2013 5:10:13 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Vermont Lt

He is out of the missile test business.

Any missile not fired toward China is presumed to be targeted and a hostiles act and shot down.


7 posted on 04/09/2013 5:12:01 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....History is a process, not an event)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Does NK have the capabilities to fire Nuke missiles from a submarine?
9 posted on 04/09/2013 5:13:48 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Hurry up Spring!!!!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

My guess is that is exactly what he is up to so he can claim US aggression to keep his belicose rhetoric rising. Meanwhile, why does he need a missile? Seems to me just loading a nuke onto a ship and sending it to a US coastal city would be almost as effective as a direct hit would do, no?


10 posted on 04/09/2013 5:14:39 AM PDT by Mouton (108th MI Group.....68-71)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
My bet is on Aegis destroyers from Japan or S. Korea knocking one or two of these missiles down. Can’t wait to see the video...

The launch pads are right on the coast. This means that an Aegis could be located 13 miles away, although getting out past artillery range would be smarter, lets say 25 nm.

At 25 nm, the Aegis might not even require an SM3 to knock down the missiles (using the SM2), as the launch would likely climb up and over teh Aegis position.

12 posted on 04/09/2013 5:40:27 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Stooopid!
Can’t even spell dung properely.
Shouda be Kim Ding-Dung.


13 posted on 04/09/2013 5:43:24 AM PDT by Leo Carpathian (FReeeeepeesssssed)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Obama will write a stern letter to the UN if Seoul is whacked


14 posted on 04/09/2013 5:51:37 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: SampleMan
The launch pads are right on the coast. This means that an Aegis could be located 13 miles away, although getting out past artillery range would be smarter, lets say 25 nm.

Only the SM-3 can intercept a ballistic missile, and the intercept point MUST BE OUTSIDE THE ATMOSPHERE (the actual seeker and final stage are not aerodynamic.)

The problem is, fired near the launch point, an SM-3 Block I can't catch up to a ballistic missile in a tail chase; it's too small and too slow.

Unless the missile launches fail, everyone is just going to be waving at them as they go by, even if they are launched over Japan.

Boost phase intercept only would work with a ginormous missile - one was under development (the KEI) but it was canceled. It wouldn't have fit on a US Navy surface ship.

15 posted on 04/09/2013 5:51:49 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: SampleMan

Rock & Roll !


16 posted on 04/09/2013 5:52:39 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

This article says possibly tomorrow. Also, that if it goes over open water, the US will not shoot it down. But, the timing may still be speculation.

http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/04/09/n-korea-to-launch-missile-tomorrow-report/


17 posted on 04/09/2013 5:55:50 AM PDT by HollyB
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if it goes over open water, the US will not shoot it down.

They should "shoot it down" on the launch pad.

18 posted on 04/09/2013 5:58:06 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATS! Control your murdering freaks.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

bttt


19 posted on 04/09/2013 5:59:54 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: TigerLikesRooster

20 posted on 04/09/2013 6:03:53 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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