Posted on 04/29/2017 8:25:28 AM PDT by darkwing104
While America’s Christians were celebrating Easter the North Koreans celebrated the “Day of the Sun,” honoring the 105th birthday of Kim Il-sung, the nation’s first communist dictator and “eternal president.”
Thousands of soldiers, military vehicles and an array of fake weapons were marching under the careful inspection of current supreme leader Kim Jong-Un, the grandson of Kim Il-sung. Close examination reveals that Kim’s military force may be better suited for propaganda than actual battle.
In a blazing display of saber rattling the Hermit Kingdom presented a video of its overrated ballistic missiles that explode on the Launchpad. The video demonstrated Kim’s nuclear ambitions of destroying an American city.
They key questions are whether North Korea does have any nuclear weapons and if so, would Kim have the ability to use those warheads against the United States, South Korea or Japan. Current estimates indicate that it is unlikely that North Korea has any capability to launch a nuclear-tipped, intercontinental ballistic missile.
However, if allowed to continue his preparations for war, Kim may very well have the intercontinental ballistic missile he wants. North Korean lacks the capability of creating its own missiles as it is totally dependent upon the Russians and Chinese for parts. A U.N. panel of experts revealed that debris obtained from a flight-tested missile contained Chinese and Russian components.
North Korea’s engineers and scientists lack the skill and technology necessary either to build missiles that can launch a nuclear payload or construct warheads that can survive re-entry. But if the Hermit Kingdom is allowed to continue they may very well solve those problems. Should the North Koreans succeed in the manufacture of a working model, they will gladly sell the technology to other third world despots.
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There was a report attached to news concerning North Korea this week, noting that PAKISTAN had launched a missile, too.
They found debris showing Russian and Chinese parts.
Where does Pakistan get their parts from?
China has trouble keeping its own people under control; even if they decide to give up on the DPRK, which Trump’s pressure seems to be showing progress on, it’s questionable to what degree they’ll be able to cut them off. For example, the Chinese have uncovered smuggling tunnels on their border with the DPRK that locals use to trade with DPRK-produced narcotics and for weapons smuggling (the latter of particular concern to China due to Uyghur militants). The DPRK will sell anything to anyone if it will give them money.
Historically their annoyances with the DPRK’s behavior have been less than their fear of having US troops on their border. But that situation may be changing.
That said, Russia is a different story. They seem to be doubling down on their support of the DPRK; they seem to love them being a thorn in the US’s side. I wouldn’t be surprised if they sent them some modern air defense systems (North Korea’s air defense network is dense but horribly obsolete).
Let's hope it isn't the "black market" for nukes.
We saw what 8 years of “hope” got us.
Right now the only thing keeping them from selling nuclear weapons is that they they’re still trying to build up a stockpile for themselves.
And everybody knows: http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003669777
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