Posted on 09/08/2003 2:01:07 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
5:00 p.m. Monday (9/8) Eastern Time
It is now 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2003 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Under rainy skies and with a current temperature of 70 degrees F, 95% humidity, slight breeze, with expected thunderstorms today in Pyongyang. Many FReepers and others are taking close note of today. Sunrise will occur in 12 minutes. And then, within a few hours, something rather noteworthy, historic and perhaps stunning is expected in the capital of the D.P.R.K. (North Korea).
SBS-TV (S. Korea) today has obtained photographs of a new and provocative 15.5 meter-tall Nodong version missile, capable of attacking the United States military forces in Japan, Okinawa and Guam and with a range of over 3000 kilometers, and now, along with others in place at nearly 200 locations in North Korea, many aimed at Japanese cities and American forces in Japan (37,000 personnel).
It is also reported that before the day is out, North Korea may launch a solid rocket in missile testing, to herald it's founding anniversary. The US, Japan and South Korea are watching closely.
Photos (above) are of the No-dong missile before and after being loaded on mobile launcher transport (wheeled vehicle).
It is expected that within a few hours, in the morning hours in Pyongyang, the new No-dong long-range missile will be rolled through Kim Il-Sung square for the first time, at a massive North Korean military parade (the largest in 10 years) on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.
Delighted dictator Kim Jong-il is expected to salute from the dais.
Even soldiers fighting for their lives crack a few jokes during the heat of battle. Sheesh. It's not like we don't have a concern about North Korea as a threat to Asia and the United States.
Those who don't like the wisecracks are free to ignore them.
Krazy Kim is probably sane enough to know that if a nuke anywhere is linked to him and his regime, Korea will be an island in the next 72 hours.
Ear Assault!
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