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Duck ... and Cover - Here comes North Korea
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happeningthang



Joined: 26 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:06 pm    Post subject: Duck ... and Cover - Here comes North Korea Reply with quote

The Northern Kims are getting ready to shake a stick at the US and Japan
and supposedly South Korea.

Is it a cool stare or a cry for attention??? Is everyone to preoccupied arguing over the dastardliness of the Islamic world to pay attention to troubles much closer to home (away from home)?

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19511203-601,00.html
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Octavius Hite



Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.

PostPosted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1. The missle is a joke, its just a bunch of missiles stuck together and isn't really a threat, yet.

2. They are pissed that the US is giving into Iran and they haven't got anything.

The only thing that sucks is that it will just give the US another reason to try and build their ridiculous time machine oops, I mean the missile defense shield. Wink
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JongnoGuru



Joined: 25 May 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Octavius Hite wrote:
1. The missle is a joke, its just a bunch of missiles stuck together and isn't really a threat, yet.

2. They are pissed that the US is giving into Iran and they haven't got anything.

The only thing that sucks is that it will just give the US another reason to try and build their ridiculous time machine oops, I mean the missile defense shield. Wink

And did I read somewhere that they'd be using this test missile for target practise? (hunting around... found it!)

front page of today's JoongAng Daily wrote:
Some military experts speculated that Washington might use any North Korean missile as target practice for its Aegis cruisers sailing near Japan.

Fingers crossed.
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Fingers crossed.


Crossed FOR (as in 'Goody, goody gum drops. That would serve KJI right!') or AGAINST target practice (as in Jesus God, No! Don't do it, George. Don't do it!)?
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cornie_man



Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Really, a missle would give us all a bit of entertainment here at school, something to look at over our coffee cups. Does anyone know when the launch is? Is it a secret or are they taking suggestions? I would definitely recommend firing it off at morning tea time, just before fourth period starts.
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JongnoGuru



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
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Fingers crossed.


Crossed FOR (as in 'Goody, goody gum drops. That would serve KJI right!') or AGAINST target practice (as in Jesus God, No! Don't do it, George. Don't do it!)?

Lots of fingers crossed here.

AGAINST the Norks test-firing

Failing that,

FOR the missile to explode on the launchpad

Failing that,

FOR an interception
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Octavius Hite



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Really funny, they screw up and it flies the wrong way landing in Beijing, that would be sweet!
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Really funny..., that would be sweet!


Wow! For once I agree with OH. Why waste a perfectly good missile by splashing down in the water? I have nothing against fish. Crashing into a major population center...now that would be....oh, what is that word? Ah, yes. Amusing.
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Rteacher



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doomsday scenario: North Korea's missile launch goes off impressively on July 2 or 3. Top U.S. warmongers, fired up by Fourth of July pageantry (and spectacular crashes at the Pepsi 400 in Daytona...) prevail over cooler heads and launch a pre-emptive tactical nuclear strike at North Korea. Chinese commie leaders, yielding to public opinion to defend their brave comrades, join the fray once again in a possible final resolution of the Korean war... Shocked
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Octavius Hite



Joined: 28 Jan 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Meanwhile, in attempt to stop the Chinese the US/ROK/Japan alliance offer a deal with Taiwan who declares independance and launches its strategic missles destroying Shanghai and the Three Gorges Dam. World War Three begins and Koreans get their collective wish, moving from a mere footnote in history textbooks to a main player. And the mess that Gavrilo Princip started finally comes to an end.
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brento1138



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it just me, or has Kim Jong been jumping around long enough saying "Attack us! Attack us!!!" ??
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Octavius Hite



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well it doesn't look like the legacy will be going on for a third generation so perhaps this is one of Kim's final hurrahs? Or perhaps the generals are running the show and the only thing generals are good for is starting and fighting wars.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200606/200606160028.html

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Rare Sighting of Kim Jong-il�s Clapton-Loving Son

A video clip showing a man presumed to be North Korean leader Kim Jong-il�s son Kim Jong-chol (25) in Germany has been broadcast by Japan�s Fuji TV. Jong-chol is widely tipped to be his father�s chosen successor. Two Americans who say they were friends of Kim junior at school in Switzerland told the TV network the man in the video is Kim Jong-chol. He was born to Kim Jong-il and Go Young-hee, Kim�s second wife who died in May 2004, and studied as a teenager in Bern and Geneva, Switzerland. After his older brother Kim Jong-nam (36) embarrassed himself in Japan and China, Jong-chol is expected to succeed his father as North Korean leader.

A video clip showing a man presumed to be North Korean leader Kim Jong-il�s son Kim Jong-chol (25) in Germany/Fuji TV

The man in the clip is about 170 cm tall and is accompanied by a young woman. The party consists of four or five people. Fuji TV said Kim was in Germany for an Eric Clapton concert.
The footage adds substance to rumors that Kim junior is in Europe. That has given rise to speculation that there is factional strife in the North over the succession. North Korea experts here remain fundamentally skeptical that the Kim family can rule the country for a third generation. Kim Jong-il, after being officially appointed as his late father�s successor in 1974, played the role of a de-facto no. 1 over 20 years. But at the time, the North Korean economy was not in the dire straits it is in now. �Kim Jong-il had no difficulty taking power after his father because he�d been groomed for the position for a long time,� a South Korean government source said. �But that would not be the case for his sons. There are many North Korea experts overseas who agree on this point.�
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Junior



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

brento1138 wrote:
Is it just me, or has Kim Jong been jumping around long enough saying "Attack us! Attack us!!!" ??


Laughing Adverse attention is better than no attention.

One way to gain world recognition for your country is to threaten the US with a missile.
To be taken as a serious opponent would be another thing altogether.
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Hollywoodaction



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The USSR sent the US in a panic when an ICBM that the CIA knew nothing about was shown for the first time in parade in Moscow. The US spent millions of dollars developing a missile that would have a range as great as the estimated for the Russian missile. In the late 90's, one of the Russian aerospace engineers who worked on the missile said that it was his proudest professional achievement because he designed a sophisticated hydrolics systm that made the cardboard props appear as if they weighed tons. Laughing
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jinju



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Id love to see the US intercept that missile. I know what th DPRK would say "shooting down our missile was a histile action that proved that the US is the only party interested in destabilizing the situation on the Korean peninsula". They are so predictable.
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