Posted on 09/07/2017 7:05:17 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
North Korea May Fire Another ICBM This Weekend, South Warns
by STELLA KIM and ALEXANDER SMITH
SEOUL, South Korea — Less than one week after North Korea appeared to carry out its sixth nuclear test, South Korea warned Thursday that its neighbor may fire an intercontinental ballistic missile this weekend.
South Korea's prime minister, Lee Nak-yon, suggested that Kim Jong Un, the North's leader, could order a launch on Saturday, the 64th anniversary of the totalitarian regime's founding.
"There is speculation that there could be an additional provocation of firing an ICBM at a normal angle on [Sept.] 9," Lee said
If this proves true, Lee's reference to the "normal angle" could dictate what happens next.
During North Korea's first successful ICBM test in May, it fired the rocket at a "lofted" angle, which meant it traveled to an immense altitude but descended a relatively short distance away.
When it tested its second ICBM last month, however, it launched the missile in a way much more consistent with an actual attack, lower and farther so it flew over Japan.
This type of "normal" trajectory could take a missile close to the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam. There was no suggestion that Guam was the target for Saturday's speculated launch, but North Korea has threatened to test-fire missiles toward the island before, and such a move would be seen as a serious escalation.
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well, the inflatable uniform caps are quite impressive.
Yeah they impressed me as well...
Do you suppose they are made that way to
A) Make 5 foot warriors look like they are 5 and a half foot warriors? or
B) Hats made to imitate or flatter dear leader’s eraser top haircut?
If Kim Jong Un were killed, the next man in line would take his place and behave much as he does. It’s a very uniform nation with uniform leaders. The line of succession would be virtually endless.
Supplied, sponsored and paid to proxy for the Chinese?
He clearly wants trouble.
OMG. This man is deranged. That is one scary graphic.
“Fat Boy won’t be missed.”
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I wonder what the starving people living in NK think of their “Dear Leader.” He gets lobster; they get grass and tree bark.
He really is out of touch.
Some serious psychiatric issues going on with him.
[but both parties IN AMERICA have also been 100% in “sell out American industry to China” mode for the last 25 years.]
yes
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