North Korea never halted efforts to build powerful new weapons, experts say

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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Source: Washington Post

Just before North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile in 2017, scientists strapped their newest rocket engine to a test stand to see how it would perform. The liquid-fueled engine burned successfully for 200 seconds and generated enough thrust to propel a warhead halfway around the world.

Two years later, on Dec. 13, a new missile engine was lit up on the same test stand while scientists watched. This time the burn lasted 400 seconds — almost seven minutes — according to an official statement.

For analysts who closely track such tests, the results were both startling and mystifying. North Korea’s last ICBM was powerful enough to reach the U.S. East Coast. Was this a new booster for the same ICBM? Or something different? No one knew, but experts fear that the world could soon find out.

“Seven minutes,” said one U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss North Korea’s capabilities, “is a long time.”





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This is Kim's gift to you Trump, you fucking simpleton.

[captain queeg]

1. Is ANYONE surprised?

[paleotn]

2. Of course they didn't

Anyone with half a brain would roll this moron. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. There's really no sport in it.

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. Of course they didn't

Kim Jong Un lets his people starve while he supports one of the largest active duty military forces on the planet. Eventually he's going to use it.

[Firestorm49]

4. The only one they fooled was Trump.

[Maxheader]

16. Yep..

Stump is now as it was then, seeking fav history status..The dumb bastard undoubtedly considered the heathen asian types to be inferior and unable to withstand its superior negotiating powers...

[gaiadiversity]

5. Of course not...

The Dotard would like you to think he and Kim are lovers and all is good.

[packman]

6. 7 min.? Sounds like testing for a space adventure

Satellites?

[BlueIdaho]

7. Too bad Trump ignored the State Dept. and the DOD.

Thanks to briefings, other Presidents knew better than to grant one on one negotiations - knowing full well North Korea can’t be trusted.

[cstanleytech]

8. I still suspect either China or Russia are supplying N Korea with the materials to do this as well

it would not surprise me if it was Russian or Chinese built and operated nuclear weapons that were detonated that N. Korea was allowed to take credit for.
Why those two countries?
Because they both could use a useful distraction.
China could use one from its attempt to seize control over territory in the South China Sea and Russia could use one from things like its invasion of the Ukraine.

[lordsummerisle]

9. I seem to remember Iran and North Korea

go way back (70s?) in sharing nuclear technology although I don't have a reliable link...

[cstanleytech]

13. If Iran had a nuke we would have known about it long ago. No, the two most likely are

Russia and China especially since both border N Korea thus making transporting the materials far easier than anything from Iran.

[Jedi Guy]

14. Plus China has a vested interest in propping up Kim's regime.

It's a distraction for the US, as you rightly point out. Furthermore, it gives them something to talk about domestically in the sense of, "You think we're tough? Have you people looked across our border with North Korea?" China has an awful record on human rights, but North Korea is even worse than that.

And even further, if Kim's regime collapsed, there would be legit millions of desperate North Koreans attempting to flee into China to avoid the chaos. Once that dust settled, China would now have a unified Korea, a US ally, right in their back yard.

The same reasons apply, to a greater or lesser extent, for Russia as well.

They'll continue propping up Kim's regime just as long as it remains in their national interest to do so.

[lordsummerisle]

20. I wasn't referring to nukes directly

just the fact that the two countries have a long history of military cooperation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93North_Korea_relations

[cstanleytech]

21. Ya but China and or Russia had the biggest reason to try and distract the US and they

have the easiest access to do so.

[lordsummerisle]

22. Yes n/t

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Only 1 person in the world was fooled by the N Koreans...and I don't need to mention idiot's ...

name here since we all know who it was.

Again proving who the king of the idiots is. No wonder the Russians were interested in him. Only person dumb enough to fall for their tricks too.

[Lock him up.]

12. That, and the fact that without their dirty cash loads he was finished.

Kaput.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!" RIP Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle, PFC, USMC)

[oldsoftie]

15. Anyone being objective knew this from the start. Trump was being PLAYED

And it wasnt even hard. All Un had to do was smile and trump fell all over him

[Mc Mike]

17. Rump deserves a Nobel.

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[gab13by13]

18. Everyone is missing something else,

haven't heard anyone from the MSM talk about Kim not enriching uranium to weapons grade, maybe because he never stopped enriching uranium. Kim has probably enriched enough uranium since Trump became president for 2 or 3 nukes.

[tanyev]

19. It's OK, the important thing is that Donny got a beautiful letter.