NORTH KOREAN MISSILE WARHEAD FOUND IN ALASKA

Korean Times ^ | March 4, 2003 | Staff Report

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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.'

[ewing]

Thanks Poly, my computer is slow..

[Calpernia]

[conservativecorner]

`NK Missile Warhead Found in Alaska¡¯



By Ryu Jin
Staff Reporter
The warhead of a long-range missile test-fired by North Korea was found in the U.S. state of Alaska, a report to the National Assembly revealed yesterday.

``According to a U.S. document, the last piece of a missile warhead fired by North Korea was found in Alaska,¡¯¡¯ former Japanese foreign minister Taro Nakayama was quoted as saying in the report. ``Washington, as well as Tokyo, has so far underrated Pyongyang¡¯s missile capabilities.¡¯¡¯

The report was the culmination of monthlong activities of the Assembly¡¯s overseas delegation to five countries over the North Korean nuclear crisis. The Assembly dispatched groups of lawmakers to the United States, Japan, China, Russia and European Union last month to collect information and opinions on the international issue.

The team sent to Japan, headed by Rep. Kim Hak-won of the United Liberal Democrats, reported, ``Nakayama said Washington has come to put more emphasis on trilateral cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the United States since it recognized that the three countries are within the range of North Korean missiles.¡¯¡¯

According to the group dispatched to the U.S., American politicians had a wide range of opinions over the resolution of the nuclear issue, from ``a peaceful resolution¡¯¡¯ to ``military response.¡¯¡¯

Doves, such as Rep. Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat and co-chairman of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, called for a peaceful settlement of the current confrontation, by offering food, energy and other humanitarian aid to the poverty-stricken country, while urging the North to give up its nuclear ambitions.

Rep. Markey also said the North should return to the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the U.S. should make a nonaggression pact with the communist North.

Hardliners, however, warned that the North¡¯s possession of nuclear weapons will instigate a nuclear race in the region, provoking Japan to also acquire nuclear weapons. Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, an Illinois Republican, said the U.S. might have to bomb the Yongbyon nuclear complex should the North try to export its nuclear material to other countries.

Over the controversy concerning the withdrawal of U.S. forces stationed here, most American legislators that the parliamentary delegation met said U.S. troops should stay on the peninsula as long as the Korean people want, the report said.



jinryu@koreatimes.co.kr


03-04-2003 17:27

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Doesn't look like this one is a dummy..

[Sabertooth]

Test launches of ballistic missiles these days are done with dummy warheads (for good reason); if the missile gets away from you and lands on foreign territory with a live warhead, it could start a war. Also, it it failed to detonate, your enemy could pick up your rocket and know exactly what you had for a warhead. None of the N. Korean missile tests launched over Japan have include a live warhead, AFAIK.

Maybe I missed, but I didn't see where the KT article says the warhead was either live or a dummy.

Is it possible it could have been a dummy, that was self-destructed by remote?

[cake_crumb]

"How did they fire a missile that reached Alaska, without our knowing about it? Something doesn't smell right here."

You're right: it sure doesn't. But don't forget the clock on Iraq is close to running out.

[El Sordo]

It's pretty easy to carry anything most anywhere.

[aeronca]

My BS Meter is going off...

Here's a BS Meter for you--it may not last long, so save it to your HD while you can

[Sabertooth]

Apparently this is debris from their 1998 satellite launch attempt.

That would make sense. A fragment was found, and dubbed a "warhead" by a heavy breather.

Another possibility, is that the fragment is from an errant test missile that was self-destructed, and the satellite story is the sanitized explanation.

[Grampa Dave]

At the age of 64, I don't have enough time on earth wasting a single moment checking out anything that Reuters prints.

[mabelkitty]

Perhaps China bought if from Clinton in exchange for cash to the DNC?

[Jeff Head]

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.

The satellite fragment is totally plausible.

[ewing]

Didnt one of the Chinese Generals threaten LA with the long range missles a few years back? (before he was rebuked by Condi Rice)

[Polycarp]

By the way, this is a South Korean newspaper. So its not simply North Korean propaganda (we hope.)

[mabelkitty]

Are you suggesting I get my tin foil beanie and connect a NK missile to the Columbia?

[Grampa Dave]

If that missile was there, you have nailed how it got there: The only way a N. Korean missile component got to Alaska without triggering a missile attack warning is if somebody snuck it there by ship, airplane, or dog sled.

If it was there, Soddomite probably paid millions to have it carted there and deposited and then found. The whole NK thing is a diversion paid for by the Cash Cow Soddomite.

[Joe Hadenuf]

And our response is?

[GWB00]

This is kind of like Mrs. Clinton finding the Rose Law Firm Billing Records? Call Ken Starr!

[ewing]

An how do we know that this sateilite was carrying at the time?