Posted on 06/28/2009 11:02:13 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
South Korea is acquiring 40 U.S.-made missiles for an Aegis destroyer this month to boost its defences amid reports North Korea may soon test-fire missiles, Yonhap news agency on Sunday quoted a military source as saying. North Korea, which rattled regional security with a May 25 nuclear test, is preparing to test a long-range missile that could hit U.S. territory and mid-range missiles that could hit all of South Korea, a South Korean presidential Blue House official said last week.
The surface-to-air missiles for the Aegis destroyer, designed to track and shoot down objects including missiles, can hit targets up to 160 km away, Yonhap quoted the source as saying.
North Korea has also warned ships to stay away from waters off its east coast city of Wonsan, Japan's Coast Guard said last week, in a possible indication of a missile test.
North Korea launched in April a rocket it said was carrying a satellite. The move was widely seen as a disguised test of its long-range Taepodong-2 missile and a violation of U.N. resolutions barring the reclusive state from ballistic missile testing.
The U.N. Security Council punished it for the missile launch by tightening existing sanctions and imposing new ones after the nuclear test to halt its arms trading, one of the few items the cash-short state with a broken down economy can export.
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You are most certainly welcome.
I’m no strategist, but why not, next time Dear Leader is in the reviewing stand in the open air, at one of those monstrous demonstrations of love for Dear Leader, just launch a small missile right at Dear Leader? Everyone at such demonstrations is a Party Member, anyway, so “civilian” casualties aren’t really a problem.
I agree
Have you noticed who is occupying the White House these days? A twelve-year-old boy has more brass than our current “C-in-C.”
Given the proclivities and attitudes of “Dear Leader” this is an entirely attractive proposal. The only problem is that he would immediately be replaced by “Dear Leader II” who might very well be even worse.
I do not think he has no clue of what is going on
South Korea is acquiring 40 U.S.-made missiles for an Aegis destroyer this month to boost its defences amid reports North Korea may soon test-fire missiles... The surface-to-air missiles for the Aegis destroyer, designed to track and shoot down objects including missiles, can hit targets up to 160 km away, Yonhap quoted the source as saying.
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