Wed Jan 23, 2013, 10:27 PM

Hissyspit (40,059 posts)

North Korea Plans Nuclear Test, More Rockets: Defense Commission

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Source: Reuters

@BreakingNews: Report: North Korea is proceeding with high level nuclear test plans - KCNA news agency via @Reuters

North Korea plans nuclear test, more rockets: Defense Commission

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea plans to undertake a third nuclear test and more long-range rocket launches which will be targeted at its "enemy", the United States, its Defense Commission was quoted as saying by state news agency KCNA on Wednesday.

"We are not disguising the fact that the various satellites and long-range rockets that we will fire and the high-level nuclear test we will carry out are targeted at the United States," the country's top military body said.

(Reporting by David Chance; editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE90N03I20130124

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13 replies	Author	Time	Post
North Korea Plans Nuclear Test, More Rockets: Defense Commission (Original post)	Hissyspit	Jan 2013	OP
Any chance of a mistranslation? nt	cstanleytech	Jan 2013	#1
They can't feed their people!!!	thelordofhell	Jan 2013	#2
Huh?	dallaslibguy1966104	Jan 2013	#3
North Korea is saber rattling in hopes of getting another food deal	thelordofhell	Jan 2013	#4
False.	Socal31	Jan 2013	#5
No, we had to cancel it because they were and still are behaving like dicks. nt	cstanleytech	Jan 2013	#6
Ok......	Socal31	Jan 2013	#7
Correct. nt	cstanleytech	Jan 2013	#11
Can't? More like they won't.	AngryOldDem	Jan 2013	#8
There is nothing	John2	Jan 2013	#10
I dont buy the whole "their view" bit.	cstanleytech	Jan 2013	#12
I'll let you know if we are glowing here in Seoul	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#9
Bye, bye North Korea	Politicub	Jan 2013	#13

Response to Hissyspit (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 11:15 PM

cstanleytech (5,302 posts)

1. Any chance of a mistranslation? nt

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Wed Jan 23, 2013, 11:44 PM

thelordofhell (3,809 posts)

2. They can't feed their people!!!

At best, this is a specious argument..........

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Response to thelordofhell (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:15 AM

dallaslibguy1966104 (15 posts)

3. Huh?

Not sure what you're talking about tbh.

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Response to dallaslibguy1966104 (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:18 AM

thelordofhell (3,809 posts)

4. North Korea is saber rattling in hopes of getting another food deal

For standing down on their nuclear program.........

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Response to thelordofhell (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:39 AM

Socal31 (1,121 posts)

5. False.

They had a food deal.

We had to cancel it due to a launch.

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Response to Socal31 (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:43 AM

cstanleytech (5,302 posts)

6. No, we had to cancel it because they were and still are behaving like dicks. nt

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Response to cstanleytech (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 03:44 AM

Socal31 (1,121 posts)

7. Ok......

My post was factual based off of recent verifiable events, yours I guess was a summarization?

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Response to Socal31 (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:12 AM

cstanleytech (5,302 posts)

11. Correct. nt

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Response to thelordofhell (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 05:32 AM

AngryOldDem (8,783 posts)

8. Can't? More like they won't.

All resources, such as they are, are fed directly into the military. I have heard people who have been to North Korea say that they have seen some people picking seeds up off the side of the road to eat. Things are that bad, yet the government insists on putting its "nukes" first.

Despicable, backward country.

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Response to AngryOldDem (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 08:43 AM

John2 (1,726 posts)

10. There is nothing

anybody can do but talk to them, unless people want to start a nuclear war. We have seen the destruction of one Atomic Bomb in Japan. Once that Pandora's Box was open, you can't put it back. You could see this in their view. They probably think National Security trumps food. Some in our country sees it that way too.

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Response to John2 (Reply #10)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:18 AM

cstanleytech (5,302 posts)

12. I dont buy the whole "their view" bit.

Why? Because if the US was going to attack them it could have done it decades ago but so far the US has not done so and I very much doubt it ever will unless N Korea does something extremely stupid to provoke such a response such as say nuking S. Korea or trying to launch a nuke at the US.

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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 06:26 AM

davidpdx (8,781 posts)

9. I'll let you know if we are glowing here in Seoul

I'd bet the test will come fairly soon between now and the end of April.

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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:32 PM

Politicub (5,853 posts)

13. Bye, bye North Korea

Would have loved to have visited.

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