North Korea Says Interception Of Its Satellite Is An Act Of War

Korea Times ^ | April 6, 2012

[Fennie]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ratcheted up his regime's militaristic rhetoric as Pyongyang threatened to retaliate against any country that intercepts a North Korean rocket booster or collects the rocket debris.

The North has vowed to launch a rocket sometime between April 12 and 16 to put an earth observation satellite into orbit, a move widely seen as a pretext to disguise a banned test of its ballistic missile technology.

The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea in Pyongyang warned that interception of the satellite would be "an act of war" and would cause a tremendous catastrophe.

[hoagy62]

He does realize that if he does something really stupid, Pyongyang could be turned into a large glass bowl...right?

Right?

[Rappini]

I didn’t read the whole post just the caption and all I can say is Bring it Fata$$.

[jbwbubba]

“He does realize that if he does something really stupid, Pyongyang could be turned into a large glass bowl...right?”

You realize that might be an improvement

[Red Badger]

I’m okay with that............

[cuban leaf]

Pretty funny. Draw a line in the sand that nobody cares about or notices, and then threaten them if they cross it.

Like father, like son.

[yldstrk]

the “satellite” will never get off the ground, so why is he stressing about it

[Enterprise]

"North Korea Says Interception Of Its Satellite Is An Act Of War"

Yeah, and whose midget army is going to fight it?

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

The prospect of nuclear war with North Korea isn’t even funny. This guy isn’t even 30 and is said by some to be impetuous and impulsive youth. MAD deterrence only works on the assumption that both parties are rational, clear thinking and want to live, and I wouldn’t be quite so sure about the first two...

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Skinny Midgets

[InsidiousMongo]

Considering if they had food to actually feed their army, they could be a threat...COULD is the keyword.

[ogen hal]

Is blowing it out of the freaking sky an act of war?

[Obadiah]

The North Koreans have been forced to eat grass and tree bark, with reports of some even eating their babies in order to avoid starvation. In the mid to late nineties hundreds of thousands of North Koreans died from starvation (see the book, "Nothing to Envy"). How is it that Kim Jong-un grew up as a fat, pasty kid in a nation of mass starvation? Quite an overt contrast that displays the problem, eh?

[driftdiver]

Didn’t we just send them 200 tons of food?

[norton]

It would make for interesting headlines:

"Obama saves millions from starvation"

[Enterprise]

HA HA!

[hoagy62]

I know. It isn’t funny at all. Never meant my comment to be funny.

[McGruff]

North Korea is capable of producing and employing chemical weapons that virtually all the fire support systems in its inventory could deliver, including most of its artillery pieces, multiple rocket launchers (including those mounted on CHAHO-type boats), and mortars. Some bombs the Air Force employs also could deliver chemical agents, as could the FROG or the SCUD missile.

Chemicals could increase the impact of a surprise attack. If the North should use this option, it would have an advantage over forward-deployed South Korean and US forces. Nonpersistent chemical agents also could be used to break through defensive lines or hinder a South Korean counterattack's momentum. Persistent chemical agents could be used against fixed targets in the rear areas, such as command and control elements, major lines of communications, or logistic depots. Not only do these weapons enhance North Korea's offensive capabilities, but this chemical capability could deter South Korea or the United States from using chemicals during hostilities. In any attack on the South, Pyongyang could use chemical weapons to attack forces deployed near the DMZ, suppress allied airpower, and isolate the peninsula from strategic reinforcement.

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/cw/index.html

[hoagy62]

I know. It isn’t funny at all. Never meant my comment to be funny.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It's unclear if the US will follow through with the shipment after the missile flies. My bet is, Secretary Cancels will agree to send “humane relief” anyway.