North Korea leader tells military to be ready to use nuclear weapons

reuters ^ | Mar 4, 2016 | Jack Kim

[pilgrim]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his country to be ready to use its nuclear weapons at any time and the military to be in "pre-emptive attack" mode in the face of growing threats from its enemies, state media said on Friday.

The comments, carried by the North's official KCNA news agency, marked a further escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula after the U.N. Security Council imposed harsh new sanctions on the isolated state for its nuclear programme.

North Korea, known for belligerent rhetoric, has previously threatened pre-emptive attacks on its enemies, including South Korea and the United States. Military experts doubt it has yet developed the capability to fire a long-range missile with a miniaturised warhead to deliver a nuclear weapon as far as the United States.

Kim made the comments as he supervised military exercises involving newly developed rocket launchers, KCNA reported. It did not mention the date of the drills but said the new weapons had South Korea within range.

South Korea's defence ministry said on Thursday the North launched several projectiles off its coast into the sea, up to 150 km (90 miles) away, an apparent response to the U.N. sanctions.

Kim said North Korea should "bolster up (its) nuclear force both in quality and quantity" and stressed "the need to get the nuclear warheads deployed for national defence always on standby so as to be fired any moment," KCNA quoted him as saying.

"Now is the time for us to convert our mode of military counteraction toward the enemies into a pre-emptive attack one in every aspect."

[pilgrim]

Un-political news.

More at link that is disturbing!

[pilgrim]

Should have said informative!

[EagleUSA]

Who said we need a REAL President and military strength ???

[JoeProBono]

[MichaelCorleone]

I think Beijing is once again using their long-time puppet No Korea for when the USA goes too far in the Spratleys.

They can’t come close to our Navy, so bring out the nukes.

Whether it’s Syria, or the South China Sea, WWIII’s coming one way or another.

[rbg81]

Many people don’t remember, but Bill Clinton blinked on the issue of North Korea nukes back in the mid 1990s. We were close to taking military action then, but then Clinton let Jimmah! Carter go in there and come up with a worthless agreement that let the NKs continue their nuke work.

If an American city gets nuked because of them, Clinton is to blame (IMHO).

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Wasn’t there a time in our history when some world leader started talking like this that we would go preventive on his backsides? I miss Reagan, and about every strong president prior to him.

[InterceptPoint]

Smart move Kim Jung. This means that any time you make a decision to turn your country into a cloud of radioactive dust you won’t have a long wait.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

For the record; however, I’m still not too afraid of a guy that can’t even comb his hair.

[Mark17]

If an American city gets nuked because of them, Clinton is to blame (IMHO).

I don't doubt that, but the thing is, I don't think Clinton gives a rat's rear end if an American city gets nuked. He, Hildebeast and the Obungler, would probably welcome a nuclear attack. What better way to kill off millions of patriots, than with Nork nucs.

[Pearls Before Swine]

What better way to kill off millions of patriots, than with Nork nucs.

It's efficient, true. And caring for the damage would totally mess up the country. But, it seems to me that statistically speaking, the cities are more heavily Dem than the 'burbs and deeper countryside.

[Eagles6]

Give them an excuse to lock everything down too.

[rbg81]

If you’re talking North Korea, then West Coast cities are the most likely targets. In that case, you’re talking cities full of liberals and/or illegals.

In fact, almost all large cities that would be target are Democratic run.

[vette6387]

“If you’re talking North Korea, then West Coast cities are the most likely targets. In that case, you’re talking cities full of liberals and/or illegals.”

That is a disgusting comment!!! Are you drinking again, or is it drugs? My children and their children live on the West Coast you worthless pr1ck!

[Kenton]

Hey, Kim, you dummy! Stop playing with you're fireworks, trying to figure out how to threaten us from half the world away.

A single Ohio class "boomer" ballistic missile submarine in the Sea of Japan or the Yellow Sea can take out civilization (as you know it) in Norkland in less than a day. And I absolutely guarantee that there is at least one of those bad boys lurking somewhere close to you that can erase even the memory of North Korea and your inbred family.

[rbg81]

That is a disgusting comment!!! Are you drinking again, or is it drugs? My children and their children live on the West Coast you worthless pr1ck!

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No, I’m not drinking or on drugs. Nor am I a “prick”. Go back and re-read what I actually said.

It’s a fact that those cities ARE the most likely targets for NK missiles. It’s also a fact that they’re full of liberals.

But I never said that everyone who lived there was a liberal. Nor did I say I thought those cities should be nuked. I don’t. I’m not wishing death on anyone.

If you want to be mad at someone, be mad any President post 1993 who allowed this situation to evolve to what it is now.

If you can’t handle the truth, say off FR.

[pilgrim]

He is having fun!!

[VerySadAmerican]

The idiot will do it, too. We need to carry out a preemptive strike. Take out his nuclear capabilities.

[pilgrim]

Think the future will be ‘interesting’ times.

Agree it will come soon.

Sometime it will be nations gathering around Israel.

Take care.........pilgrim

[rbg81]

I was also responding to Mark17’s comment, which was that Hillary and Obama wanted an American city to get nuked.