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Turborama

(22,109 posts)
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 08:04 PM Apr 2013

North Korea expands nuclear weapons programme

Source: BBC

North Korea's parliament has endorsed plans to give nuclear weapons greater prominence in the country's defences.

The move came a day after the ruling Workers' Party called for nuclear forces to be "expanded and beefed up qualitatively and quantitatively".

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The law reads that the country's nuclear weapons are a "means of defence" and serve the purpose of "dealing deadly retaliatory blows at the strongholds of aggression until the world is denuclearised".

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"The DPRK (North Korea)'s possession of nuclear weapons should be fixed by law and the nuclear armed forces should be expanded and beefed up qualitatively and quantitatively," a KCNA report on the meeting said.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21995224

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North Korea expands nuclear weapons programme (Original Post) Turborama Apr 2013 OP
That will translate into "somebody needs some liberating" Blandocyte Apr 2013 #1
In a way this might be good for their country. Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #2
I do not want any wars but Kim Jung Un is well on his way to becoming a greasy spot ..... Botany Apr 2013 #3
Give it a decade Starkiller228 Apr 2013 #4
not even close ...... Botany Apr 2013 #6
It seems like they are dead set on continuing on the same path davidpdx Apr 2013 #5
 

Arctic Dave

(13,812 posts)
2. In a way this might be good for their country.
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 08:32 PM
Apr 2013

If they spend less on other military expenditures they migh actually save some money and be able to put it back into their country.


Heres to wishful thinking.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
3. I do not want any wars but Kim Jung Un is well on his way to becoming a greasy spot .....
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 08:51 PM
Apr 2013

..... on the Korean Peninsula. No North Korean aircraft will get off the ground for more than
a few minutes, any artillery that fires will be gone, any troop movement of >50 people will
be taken out, their will be zero communications between the command and control structure and any
North Korean armed forces, the senior leadership in N. Korea will be either be dead or on the
run with in hours of the start of hostilities, any missile launch sites will be gone, the N. Korean
Navy will all be sunk, and China will not have the North's back this time.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
6. not even close ......
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 09:37 AM
Apr 2013

... we had ICBMs, polaris sub launched missiles, H bombs, aircraft carriers,
and all kinds of clever stuff that could have very well killed off the planet's
ecosystem to support humans.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
5. It seems like they are dead set on continuing on the same path
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 06:08 AM
Apr 2013

Things may blow over for awhile, but dollars to donuts they'll be back at it again pretty soon.

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