Posted on 03/31/2009 2:26:14 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Expert: NKorea has several nuclear warheads
By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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Pinkston said the communist nation has two underground nuclear warhead storage facilities near bases for its medium-range Rodong missiles, which are capable of striking Japan.
He said he obtained the information from intelligence officials from a country or countries that he wouldn't identify.
"Their assessment is that North Korea has deployed" and assembled "nuclear warheads for Rodong missiles, and there are two nuclear warhead storage facilities near Rodong bases," Pinkston told The Associated Press.
He said it is unclear if Pyongyang has mastered technology to miniaturize the warheads and put them on Rodongs, which have a range of 620 to 930 miles (1,000 to 1,500 kilometers). The North is believed to have five to eight warheads, he said.
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Ping!
yep, it is getting hot.
These are probably the Rodong bases in Gangwon Province I would guess, near or around or at Kittaeryong. I think one or more of those are scheduled for a test launch at Japan next week as well. Who knows, if weather is good in the next few days, I suppose they could go (they would feel no need to notify the ICAO for scud or nodong launches I suspect; or of course they could just do what they damned well wish). It would be good to see the Good Guys with an Aegis take one of those down, or PAC-3 if at all possible from land, probably too low of an angle from surface for PAC-3, but not from sea with SM-1, probably modified SM-2 Block IV interceptors; maybe we will have a chance to see here in short while.
Japanese reaction to this could change the entire situation. Actually, I suspect Japanese LDP establishment let Chia Head carry out all the way to 2nd nuke test and respond with an undoing of their post-war set-up. Or Obama capitulate badly to Chia Head before that, and make Japan furious. Either way, they could invite a dramatic change in Japan. Peace constitution, and non-nuke pledge could be gone. Japan gets more assertive.
What would China do when this happens? They had better do something more than just getting scared.
Wake up OBAMA! Hellooooooo????
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If weather remains bad for the duration of announced launch window(Apr. 4~8,) they could just wait for another few days and launch later. Even without official notification to the international body.
It is N. Korea after all.
But let’s abandon the WOT and sit down with ‘those who disagree with us’ (no descriptive terms allowed now for fear of being racist or non-PC) and see if there’s anything at all we can do to make them happier and more prosperous.
China probably fears a nuclear armed Japan above anything else. If they don’t reign in Chia head that may be exactly what they get.
It depends on if they fuel it, or not. I understand the liquid fuel in this type of rocket is pretty corrosive and can have an effect on the components in a short amount of time.
Yep. They could care less about the ICAO. But how long that thing could sit on the pad without going would be in question. It would be a beautiful target just sitting there, though, wouldn’t it.
By the way, there is intelligence that confirms the presence of Iranian technicians helping the NK’s integrate the “payload” (satellite) with the guidance package (launch vehicle) that is on the pad right now…Either they are a little late in trying to “tweak” the system, or somebody has made a command decision to change the nature of the “test”…
Somehow putting two and two together is getting easier and easier…Makes you wonder what they really are putting atop that “rocket”…
And still, our government is paralyzed, not knowing what to do about this issue...
And we send Secretary Gates out on worldwide TV to make one of the most reprehensible statements of American Weakness, Aimlessness and Appeasement in the Asia Pacific Region I have EVER witnessed. Speechless.
This Obama is bad news. Every rogue leader in the world is going to roll his Administration in the alleyway like a naive drunk.
Yep. The Iranians are apparantly up there at Musudanri. I think the guys in the field are itching to bring this thing down, but of course the Commander in Chief has to issue the order. And he is going to do NOTHING. We could get a city nuked under this jerk in the next year or two. Change we can believe in.
China has obviously already game-theoried this thing down several possibility branches... everything from the world cowering to nuclear Japan. Beijing and Russia could put a stop to it immediately if they had the will. Obviously they don’t.
Why do the N Koreans always get away with bad behaviour??
First nuke test gave them lots of oil and free food huhh!!
second time around...
Because nobody has the guts to step up and call them on it. Diplomacy is useless against those whose language is force.
BTTT
I do believe that I have feeling that missile is nuke not so called communication somebody going get b***hslap by Japan
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