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NORTH KOREAN MISSILE WARHEAD FOUND IN ALASKA
Korean Times ^
| March 4, 2003
| Staff Report
Posted on 03/04/2003 8:13:05 AM PST by 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.'
(Excerpt) Read more at times.hankooki.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events; US: Alaska; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 1993; alaska; alaskanoil; barbrastreisand; bravosierra; caribou; japan; missile; nkorea; northkorea; nuclearthreat; pyongyang; report; republicofkorea; untappedoil; warhead
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Comment #121 Removed by Moderator
To: Poohbah
"The DPRK announced concurrent with the 1998 launch that they'd successfully orbited a satellite. Independent verification of a satellite was never made."But a gubmint conspiracy to cover up a DPRNK missile attack against the continental United States is MUCH more believable than a failed satellite launch!
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:03:20 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = VERY expensive, very SCRATCHY toilet paper.)
To: Poohbah
If you can get a substantial payload to orbit, it's proof that you can chuck an equally substantial payload to intercontinental distances.
Dual-use technologies make non-proliferation policies an eventual fable.
Comment #124 Removed by Moderator
To: Poohbah
absolutely!
125
posted on
03/04/2003 9:04:39 AM PST
by
debg
To: Jeff Head
Should have flagged you to my #112.
To: ewing
"Or even WHAT was found.."Yep. You'd think that at least ONE journalist would mention such details if this story weren't really meant to get the "North Korea is much more dangerous than Iraq" crowd breathing steam again.
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:06:29 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = VERY expensive, very SCRATCHY toilet paper.)
To: HARD ATTACK 51
Recently it was suggested that Iraq had obtained 'Satellite Jammers' .. making US Satellite Technology obsolete. The only thing I've seen remotely like what you are describing here is a report that Iraq bought devices that may be able to confuse GPS signals, thereby rendering GPS-guided missles unusuable. But even that story was a stretch.
However, to say Iraq has "satellite jammers" is laughable.
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:10:50 AM PST
by
TomB
To: 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! As the American people are buying Chinese products as fast as they can..........
To: HARD ATTACK 51
It's only GPS which has absolutely NOTHING to do with missle tracking;
Merely intended by somone on the ground to jam a signal so that a GPS bomb launched at them would land somewhere else.
This was broken by Strategypage.com back in December, but since they reported in a knowledgeable, balanced, un-hyped and non-breathless manner, it got little notice:
"December 12, 2002; In 1999, a Russian firm, AviaConversia offered for sale four different models of GPS jammers (for about $4000 each). This gear only puts out 4-8 watts, making them very tough to find and bomb. And the jammers can effectively block GPS signals out to 150-200 kilometers, depending on terrain. The jammer can run off batteries and weighs between 18 and 26 pounds (without batteries). When operating, the jammers consume less than 25 watts of power. Since AviaConversia announced their product, plans for building your own (from off the shelf components) have appeared on the Internet. Apparently, the parts can be obtained for less than a hundred dollars. Soldering skills required. Already assembled units are also available on the Internet for as low as $40. AviaConversia has since apparently disappeared. AviaConversia made much of its connections with the Russian armed forces and the implied assurance that its jammer worked. There have been no reports of the cheap jammers on the Internet being used, or to what effect. U.S. military experiments found that the cheap jammers were not that effective, and larger ones, built from off the shelf components, and costing nearly $10,000. For the last few years, the Department of Defense has been building and testing GPS Jammer detectors, and building homing systems sensitive to go after them. Other nations, such as Australia, have also been working on ways to defeat jammers. One method already available is to change the GPS frequency. But someone with access to the GPS satellites has to do this."
To: Sabertooth
bttt
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:12:58 AM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
Comment #132 Removed by Moderator
To: Joe Hadenuf
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!
THIS COUNTRY WILL DESTROY ITSELF FROM WITHIN WITH OUR ELECTED COMMIE RATS IN GOVT.
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:14:38 AM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: ewing
N. Korea next movetest-firing missile? Tetsuo Hidaka and Takuji Kawata Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
Following North Korea's reactivation of a nuclear reactor and the test of a Taepodong 2 missile engine, both of which were revealed Thursday, a government official said Pyongyang's next move would probably be to test-launch a ballistic missile.
The official indicated that recent events are part of a strategy of intimidation on the part of Pyongyang.
It was reported Thursday that a 5,000-kilowatt graphite-moderated reactor in Yongbyon was reactivated and that a Taepodong 2 rocket booster was tested in January at a missile launch site.
On Thursday morning, after the reactivation of the nuclear reactor was reported, Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, briefed Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi on the situation.
"Reactivating a nuclear reactor is the least dangerous of (Pyongyang's) three (diplomatic) cards," Yabunaka said.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm
Could this be the one?
To: Grampa Dave
Yes!
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:16:05 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: LADYAK
No news here in Wasilla either!
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:16:06 AM PST
by
knak
(kelly in alaska)
To: Calpernia
Great catch!
137
posted on
03/04/2003 9:18:20 AM PST
by
JennysCool
(Gimme Shelter -- from idiots)
Comment #138 Removed by Moderator
To: mabelkitty
"those two freighters.."
Don't we have them under satellite observation?
To: John H K
Good post John.
Ever get the feeling you're banging your head against a brick wall?
;-)
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:19:00 AM PST
by
TomB
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