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N. Korea fires short-range missile off east coast: source
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Posted on 05/29/2009 3:49:15 AM PDT by maquiladora

2009/05/29 19:23 KST

(URGENT) N. Korea fires short-range missile off east coast: source


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asia; korea; missile; nknukes; nkorea; northkorea; shortrange; tm
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To: maquiladora

Your testing my patience!!!


21 posted on 05/29/2009 4:15:42 AM PDT by kempster
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To: All

Blog:

http://chinaconfidential.blogspot.com/2009/05/analysts-assess-north-korea-nuclear.html

Thursday, May 28, 2009

“Analysts Assess North Korea Nuclear Threat Options”
By Kate Woodsome

North Korea’s second nuclear test and recent missile tests have renewed debate on how best to respond to a country that refuses to cooperate with the international community.

The North’s tests and threats of military action against South Korea have drawn condemnation from Washington. But Tom Scheber, vice president of the Virginia-based National Institute for Public Policy, says the North’s actions are putting pressure on Washington to prove it is not bluffing.

“Our allies are watching to see how we respond. Iran is watching to see how we respond to North Korea. And similarly, anything that Iran does, North Korea is watching to see is this just U.S. talking tough but doing nothing, and we can get away with this, or are there really consequences for these aggressive actions,” Scheber says.

The U.S. Defense Department regularly conducts war games that simulate a response to attacks on the United States and its allies. Top national security officials plot the defensive strategies, while soldiers practice them in the field, as they did in March with South Korean forces.

Bio-Chemical Weapons

North Korea has more than a million troops and is believed to have huge stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons. Defense Department experts have estimated that an actual war on the Korean peninsula would cause hundreds of thousands of casualties.”


22 posted on 05/29/2009 4:16:05 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: xcamel

I’m across the sea from NK in Kyushu , Japan ...Not many people TALKING about the “ missile crisis “ where I be . Nobody seems to worried . Too busy with everyday life & work .


23 posted on 05/29/2009 4:17:16 AM PDT by sushiman
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To: maquiladora

Sounds like the NoKo’s are starving again....

Everytime they get belligerent....they want food aid....or Kim Jong Ill wants his DirectTV account upgraded


24 posted on 05/29/2009 4:17:32 AM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (The Biggest Threat To American Soverignty Is Rampant Economic Anti-Americanism)
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To: WakeUpAndVote

pretty cool


25 posted on 05/29/2009 4:22:00 AM PDT by AceMineral (Offically unapproved of since 1973)
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http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45837000/gif/_45837223_ns_korea466x224.gif

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8073129.stm

Page last updated at 08:48 GMT, Friday, 29 May 2009 09:48 UK

“Chinese ships ‘quit Korea waters’”

SNIPPET: “Chinese fishing boats are reported to be leaving the tense inter-Korean border in the Yellow Sea after North Korea’s threat of military action.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted defence sources as saying the South’s military authorities are trying to find out if Chinese ships were told to go.

The North conducted a nuclear test and has fired several missiles this week.”


26 posted on 05/29/2009 4:23:15 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: WakeUpAndVote

pretty cool


27 posted on 05/29/2009 4:23:27 AM PDT by AceMineral (Offically unapproved of since 1973)
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To: allmost

You know you WANT ONE!

28 posted on 05/29/2009 4:23:37 AM PDT by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President! (FUBO!))
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To: allmost

I think you are right about the guy not living much longer....maybe he wants to do “something big” before he goes.


29 posted on 05/29/2009 4:25:02 AM PDT by Lets Be Frank
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To: sushiman
"小さなマウスは、美術大声。" ;-)
30 posted on 05/29/2009 4:26:04 AM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSEO14165620090529

“North Korea fires short-range missile; may take more action”
Fri May 29, 2009 7:15am EDT
By Lee Jin-woo

YEONPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) -

SNIPPET: “Yonhap quoted an unnamed government source as saying the North fired the short-range rocket from its Musudan-ri missile base around dusk, making it the fifth to be launched since the nuclear test. Most of the missiles are believed to have a range of around 130 km (80 miles).”


31 posted on 05/29/2009 4:26:47 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: maquiladora

I’m “kinda” tired of this.


32 posted on 05/29/2009 4:28:01 AM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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HTTP://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2009/05/29/66/0401000000AEN20090529008200320F.HTML

NorthKorea
2009/05/29 20:10 KST
“(LEAD) N. Korea fires new type of short-range missile off east coast: source”

SNIPPET: “SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) — North Korea has launched a short-range missile from its Musudan-ri rocket launch site on the country’s east coast, a South Korean government official said Friday.

“What the North has launched this time appears to be different from what it had launched (previously),” the official said. “It is a new type of a land-to-air missile,” the official said.

North Korea launched the missile, with an estimated range of 160 km, into the East Sea at around 6:12 p.m., according to the official.”


33 posted on 05/29/2009 4:30:32 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: maquiladora

34 posted on 05/29/2009 4:33:15 AM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: maquiladora
Here comes the really tough letter from the UN.
35 posted on 05/29/2009 4:56:40 AM PDT by tobyhill (Obama's a has-been that never was.)
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To: AppyPappy
This is SO 1960’s. It reminds me of the old nuclear test duels.

Well, half of a duel, anyway.

36 posted on 05/29/2009 4:58:43 AM PDT by cmj328 (Filibuster FOCA or lose reelection)
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To: Jemian

“I’m sure the Caligula administration is “monitoring the situation closely.”

________________________________________________

Yes... of course... and “there will be consequences.” LOL!


37 posted on 05/29/2009 4:59:53 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (my former tagline "We can, and we will prevail" doesn't fit with the usurper's goals.)
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To: maquiladora

If they have an operational warhead and now know it’s exact weight and CG, They might be tweaking their guidance,flight control systems and weight and balance on theses missiles


38 posted on 05/29/2009 5:02:56 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: maquiladora

39 posted on 05/29/2009 5:04:30 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: maquiladora
Update... it looks like it is accurate.

NorthKorea 2009/05/29 20:10 KST

(LEAD) N. Korea fires new type of short-range missile off east coast: source

SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has launched a short-range missile from its Musudan-ri rocket launch site on the country's east coast, a South Korean government official said Friday.

"What the North has launched this time appears to be different from what it had launched (previously)," the official said. "It is a new type of a land-to-air missile," the official said.

North Korea launched the missile, with an estimated range of 160 km, into the East Sea at around 6:12 p.m., according to the official.

The North has been firing a series of missiles since Monday, when it said it successfully conducted its second nuclear test.

ygkim@yna.co.kr (END)

Obama FAILS at his infamous by Hillary wake up call at 3AM. How profoundly sad.

40 posted on 05/29/2009 5:11:26 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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