NORTH KOREAN MISSILE WARHEAD FOUND IN ALASKA

Korean Times ^ | March 4, 2003 | Staff Report

[ewing]

North Korean Missile Warhead Found in Alaska

The warhead of a long range missile test fired by North Korea was found in the US state of Alaska, a report to the National Assembly revealed yesterday.

According to a United States document, 'The last piece of a missile warhead fired by North Korea was found in Alaska,' former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Nakayama was quoted as saying in the report.

'Washington, as well as Toyko, has so far underrated Pyongyang's missile capabilities.'

[Poohbah]

The DPRK announced concurrent with the 1998 launch that they'd successfully orbited a satellite. Independent verification of a satellite was never made.

Either they had their lies ready to go, or they really were trying to launch a satellite.

[putupon]

That'll finally get the lefties POed when they realize N. Korea can hit ANWR.

[Calpernia]

I was doing a search on that question just now... "Didnt one of the Chinese Generals threaten LA with the long range missles a few years back? (before he was rebuked by Condi Rice) "

Read This:

http://www.oism.org/cdp/mar2001.htm

I'm leaving my desk now...I'll look again for that question when I'm back.

[cake_crumb]

Odd that not one of the articles on this supposedly current news story gives any indication of when the thing was found.

[Greek]

Pyongyang, "Crap, I sliced it...."

[Calpernia]

Holly Crap! I didn't think of that!

< Leaves desk before tin foil makes it on my head >

[Grampa Dave]

[The_Media_never_lie]

Give us back the USS Pueblo and we'll call it even.

In 2001 the NKs sailed the USS Pueblo around the Korean Peninsula for use as a museum at another location. We could have seized it then if we had wanted it. It's still ours, theoretically, but it was decided that it was not worth it.

[ewing]

Or even WHAT was found..

[John H K]

Because a satellite launch would be launched eastwards due to the earth's rotation, it is fairly difficult to distinguish a NK satellite launch from a NK ballistic missle attack.

And we didn't then, and currently do not, have any ability to shoot down such a missle; ballistic missle defense is not deployed operationally.

It would be somewhat embarassing for the US to launch a nuke attack on NK and have their launched missle turn out to be a satellite.

Hence, I don't think you're going to see us launch nukes just because the NKs have launched a missle; there's no point in not waiting to see where such a missle lands.

[Domestic Church]

Ping!

[Sabertooth]

Either they had their lies ready to go, or they really were trying to launch a satellite.

Right. So the question is whether the fragment is consistent with a satellite, or a warhead?

Given the timing of the announcement of this "discovery," if it's a warhead fragment, that would be a causus belli with respect to the DPRK, eliminating the need for UN involvement, should we choose to go that route.

[mabelkitty]

Remember those two freighters floating around the ocean that the US was watching? I wonder if they made their deposit then left?

[walkingdead]

North Korea wouldn't waste the money on sattelites. They just use that as a guise for testing their ballistic missles.

And as for this warhead, could it be from the dual stage missle they launched over Japan in the mid to late 90's? I heard the far stage hit off the coast of Alaska, maybe so as not to panic the public (and to not alert the North Koreans) the government hid the fact that it actually hit Alaska.

[Jeff Head]

See my Post 93

Apparenlty it was debris from a late 1990's satellite insetion attempt. No warhead.

I guess my BS meter was concerning the report that the N. Koreans had tested a longrange ICBM whose warhead ended up in Alaska which is utter nonsense.

IMHO, the satellite fragment is totally plausible.

[Poohbah]

North Korea wouldn't waste the money on sattelites. They just use that as a guise for testing their ballistic missles.

If you can get a substantial payload to orbit, it's proof that you can chuck an equally substantial payload to intercontinental distances.

[RightWhale]

That would be news in Alaska. We lose airplanes, people, moose, you name it. A warhead? Did it say "Take That!" right above Made in NK?

[Grampa Dave]

This would have been done by one of their illegal crab/salmon fishing boats.

Those two ships which we have not heard anything probably had missiles sold to Iraq and Iran and maybe something that was radio active.

[mabelkitty]

But the Chinese are peaceful!

Ask Diane Feinstein. Her husband owns three companies in China, and Diane would never compromise her position as a Senator to advance her own personal situation?

Beatch!