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US Said Preparing Strike To 'Utterly Destroy' N. Korean Nuclear Program
The Times of Israel ^ | April 16, 2017

Posted on 04/15/2017 9:15:54 PM PDT by Fennie

Vice President Pence jets into Seoul as Korea tensions ratched up; British officials are told Washington is considering a preemptive attack.

US Vice President Mike Pence will arrive in Seoul Sunday, flying into a geopolitical maelstrom amid a possible North Korean nuclear test and harsh warnings about a military response.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: first100days; icbmduds; korea; moabtestzone; nknukes; northkorea; trump; trumpasia
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To: Despot of the Delta

Rods from God?


41 posted on 04/16/2017 3:57:00 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: laplata
“Pearl neckless clutchers”. What a BS term. People who are concerned aren’t clutching any pearls.

Concern troll alert!

/s

42 posted on 04/16/2017 4:11:20 AM PDT by Pipe Dog
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To: jonrick46

I heard on Fox that there are between 100,000 and 200,000 people in concentration camps in N.K. This loon needs to go and go hard.


43 posted on 04/16/2017 4:14:42 AM PDT by Tennessee Conservative
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To: Fennie

I hope this is not fake news.

Then it will be time to do the same to Iran. #MOABs


44 posted on 04/16/2017 4:23:38 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (April 2006 Message from Dan: http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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To: Fennie

I hope they have THAAD set up in Seoul, because if we do attack, it will be raining shells there.


45 posted on 04/16/2017 4:26:39 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (April 2006 Message from Dan: http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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To: Fennie
I wonder if our Deep State intelligence voyeurs can take a break from spying our President Trump, his wife and children, military heroes, you and me - and could instead concentrate on locating the fat North Korean tryant's location a target of opportunity.


46 posted on 04/16/2017 4:35:11 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: shanover
Time is now. Get it done. Retreating from this makes matters worse and emboldens the Nork brat.

No, the time was on "Day of the sun" where 25% of NORK manpower was in one place, compact, and easy to hit....along with almost ALL of the command structure. We should have dropped a dozen MOABS (or hell B61 nukes) all over the parade grounds and staging points. Hell 50% of their IRBMs were on parade!

47 posted on 04/16/2017 5:18:05 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: jonrick46

Perhaps a orbital launch platform in a polar orbit would have them. Don’t need explosives....just 3’ rod of DU entering the atmosphere at 20,000 mph might as well be a MOAB in explosive equivalent power.


48 posted on 04/16/2017 5:19:44 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: jonrick46

Perhaps a orbital launch platform in a polar orbit would have them. Don’t need explosives....just 3’ rod of DU entering the atmosphere at 20,000 mph might as well be a MOAB in explosive equivalent power.


49 posted on 04/16/2017 5:19:50 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: familyop

“Yes. If need be, North Korean artillery near the DMZ could be accurately wiped out quickly enough to surprise the world.”

Do tell. How do you wipe out 20-30,000 targets that quickly?


50 posted on 04/16/2017 5:30:27 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ ("Where there is smoke, there is Susan Rice." Lee Carter, FBN, 4/6/2017)
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To: DCBryan1

+2. They were all in one place. Unless they were all actors!


51 posted on 04/16/2017 5:32:46 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ ("Where there is smoke, there is Susan Rice." Lee Carter, FBN, 4/6/2017)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Trump would at the least be obligated to tell Tokyo he is going to pull the trigger, giving them time to evacuate Japanese. This of course will cause mass panic and US residents and others might storm their diplomatic facilities in Seoul or attempt to gain access to US bases asking to be air evac’ed out. That is my take at least. I doubt they can have them in harm’s way. One thing is for sure. Journalist or not, it is NOT a wise time to be in Pyongyang reporting on matters. They could take all those Westerners in a flat second as “human shields”.


52 posted on 04/16/2017 5:33:41 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (I did NOT elect liberal Democrats IVANKA and JARED to ANYTHING! (I doubt you did, too.))
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To: jonrick46
I suppose to make this work with minimal damage in all directions, Kim Jong-in is the first and only target to be hit. Then China installs a (temporary, maybe) leader replacement who orders the NK military to stand down or just stay on alert without actually doing anything.

Give it a month or so for reality to set in, airdrop leftover Obama phones for NK civilians to use for access to the internet, and then start reunification talks between SK and NK. Apple should be very happy to donate the cell phones, since they would be a local delivery from China anyway....

53 posted on 04/16/2017 5:36:59 AM PDT by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Supposedly more tubes (artillery & heavy mortar) that can deliver more explosives that were delivered by artillery ordnance then WWII. All sighted in (or nearly so!), all that can fire pretty quickly some say within 20 minutes.

I have seen these factoids in several places and I do find them a bit hard to believe. However be sure a huge targeting problem if one wishes to save Seoul & minimize casualties.


54 posted on 04/16/2017 5:39:13 AM PDT by Reily
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To: PghBaldy
What about all of the non-nuclear weapons aimed at Seoul? That is the current threat - the nukes & ICBMs donot always seem fully functional.

Oh! That's nothing and your a chicken. /s

55 posted on 04/16/2017 5:39:20 AM PDT by Stentor
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Not sure the North has the umpft to carry out a full ground invasion of the South. If so, I don't think their logistical supply lines will feed the push for very long.

What I am concerned about is the artillery, missiles aimed at Souel. My understanding is that the North could do a whole lotta damage real quick like.

56 posted on 04/16/2017 5:39:50 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Fennie

Q: Why would the PRC be willing to go along with this? And if they are willing to go along with this, WTH are we doing this instead of the PRC? And does anyone else find it hard to believe that the PRC does NOT have someone in place who could take out Junior in a heartbeat?


57 posted on 04/16/2017 5:43:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Finalapproach29er
Better get that M.O.A.B. assembly line working;a new order will be placed shortly.

Better be able to deliver it with something other than an MC-130.

58 posted on 04/16/2017 5:43:10 AM PDT by Stentor
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To: Reily

Even if it is only 5,000 tubes it is still a significant problem.


59 posted on 04/16/2017 5:49:23 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ ("Where there is smoke, there is Susan Rice." Lee Carter, FBN, 4/6/2017)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Yep!


60 posted on 04/16/2017 5:50:18 AM PDT by Reily
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