N. Korea prepping for nuclear test: intelligence official

Yonhap News ^ | 04/08/12

[AmericanInTokyo]

I dunno. You’d probably have to ask the families of the deceased crew members of the Cheonan (ROK Navy).

[SevenofNine]

Hey Tiger are these toys that Chia Pet left to son JR before he croak I THINK SO

[GeronL]

Oh it might fly, but it ain’t reaching orbit. I doubt its got that capability. I think the “satellite” is nothing but a very bad smokescreen.

[Aglooka]

If they do test another nuclear weapon, will it use Plutonium or Uranium? North Korea appears to be ahead of Iran when it comes to Uranium enrichment.

[Mr Apple]

Upon review the indisputable facts:

Agreed Framework Between The United States of America And The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
http://www.armscontrol.org/documents/af

North Korea gathers kit for nuclear bombs
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550021/posts

Clinton Bankrolled North Korea's Nuke Program
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/770752/posts

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Then finally, like pulling teeth - Madeleine Albright and the democrats belated acknowledgment

FLASHBACK: Albright: North Korea 'Cheated' on Clinton Nuke Agreement
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716930/posts

[U-238]

The North Korean missile tests remind me of the early Atlas missile tests

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEFNjL86y9c&feature=related

[AdmSmith]

NK letter:

[AdmSmith]

http://lewis.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/5131/dprk-gdae-stationary

[AdmSmith]

Meanwhile, the launch of the U’nha-3 and Kwangmyo’ngso’ng-3 satellite may not be the only test carried out by the Korean Workers’ Party (KWP) Central Committee’s Machine-Building Industry Department and its subordinate organizations, the Second Economy Commission and Second Natural Sciences Academy. South Korean officials say that ongoing excavation and construction activities near P’unggye-ri, Kilchu County, North Hamgyo’ng Province suggest the DPRK may conduct a third underground nuclear detonation, likely HEU. Yonhap reports

http://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/rocket-on-launch-pad/

[AdmSmith]

Two OT:
North Korea no longer relies on a single foreign telecom company to carry its Internet traffic to and from the rest of the world. A second route via Intelsat started appearing in BGP announcements from April 5 (around 6am local Pyongyang time).

Detected prefix: 175.45.176.0/24 , Announced by AS131279 (STAR-KP — Ryugyong-dong) Detected upstream/next hop AS: AS22351(INTELSAT Intelsat Global BGP Routing Policy)

http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/04/08/dprk-gets-second-link-to-internet/

and Changes at Pyongyang Earth Station:

http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/03/31/changes-at-pyongyang-earth-station/

[AdmSmith]

Here is the AS22351 INTELSAT Global BGP Routing Policy
http://www.robtex.com/as/as22351.html

But I do not see a link to AS22351 here: http://www.robtex.com/route/175.45.176.0-24.html

only to AS4837 China-Network-Communications-Group China Network Communications (CNC Group) http://www.robtex.com/as/as4837.html

[AdmSmith]

The Google advisory gives green light:

Diagnostic page for AS131279 (STAR)

What happened when Google visited sites hosted on this network?

Of the 3 site(s) we tested on this network over the past 90 days, none served content that resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent.

The last time Google tested a site on this network was on 2012-03-22, and no suspicious content was found on this network within the past 90 days.

Has this network hosted sites acting as intermediaries for further malware distribution?

Over the past 90 days, this network has not hosted any sites that appeared to function as intermediaries for the infection of any other sites.

Has this network hosted sites that have distributed malware?

No, this network has not hosted any sites that have distributed malicious software over the past 90 days.

http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=AS:131279

[AdmSmith]

The propaganda ministry works as if KJI still is alive and they mix up the dates:

Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) — Leader Kim Jong Il was awarded Kim Il Sung Prize on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung.

A decree on awarding the prize was released on Mar. 29 by the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK.

The SPA Presidium said in its decree that reflecting the unanimous will and desire of all the service personnel and people, it decided to confer the prize on Kim Jong Il who indicated the road for the Korean revolution and the times to follow with his encyclopedic ideas and theories and ushered in a shining heyday of building socialist culture in Songun Korea. -0-
http://www.kcna.kp/goHome.do?lang=eng

Kim Il-sung (15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) i.e. not March 29 nor April 9,

[AdmSmith]

NK control room:


NASA control Room:


source: http://blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/archives/1706509.html

[AmericanInTokyo]

And in this case, the "NASA" will stand for:

NEVER

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STRAIGHT

ANSWER

[AmericanInTokyo]

The “NASA” for the North, that is.

[Cementjungle]

They’ll do their nuke test, launch their missile and that will be that. Obama will give them another boatload of cash and they’ll promise to be good. Life will resume as before.