N.Korea 'Planning Fresh Missile Test Soon'
Source: The Chosunilbo
North Korea notified foreign diplomats from several countries of its plan to launch a missile over Japan toward the Pacific Ocean around Wednesday, the Sankei Shimbun reported citing informed sources.
The North on Friday urged foreign embassies to evacuate their missions in Pyongyang, saying it cannot guarantee the safety of staff.
South Korea believes the North may test a Mudusan-type missile with a range of 3,000 to 4,000 km as early as Tuesday, given that communication on the east coast has been on the increase.
Read more: http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/04/09/2013040901194.html
U.S. official: North Korea could fire at any time
(CNN) -- {Breaking news update at 3:56 p.m. Tuesday}
The Obama administration calculates it is likely North Korea may test fire mobile ballistic missiles at any time based on the most recent intelligence showing it is likely Pyongyang has completed launch preparations, a U.S. official said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/09/world/asia/koreas-tensions/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)Considering the disasters some of their test have been, that may be a possibility.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Their December 2012 success with a long range missile came after 4 straight failures.
If MiniMe wants to bluff the US, he'd better think twice. He's not holding a good hand!
Ezlivin
(8,153 posts)I'll bet that many North Koreans would love to use that word in conjunction with food.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)will shoot it down.
Then what?
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Will we try to pressure/persuade japan to sit there without responding while North Korea shoots a missile through their airspace? Would Japan acquiesce?
longship
(40,416 posts)The DPRK launching a missile is like a croupier spinning a roulette wheel. The DPRK has as much success launching missiles as they do testing nuke weapons... in other words... none.
Why anybody would pay any attention to this juvenile delinquent, bloviating so-called head of state is beyond me.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)lead to an escalating war nobody is ready for. There's probably almost 100% chance of this 28-year-old trying to impress his country and the military with a sneak attack on SK, sooner or later, just like his dad and grandfather. Second, we don't know for sure what they're capable of, nuclear weapon wise, or what they intend to do with it. They might be somewhat rational, or they might be totally fucking nutz.
longship
(40,416 posts)It could turn into a real screw job. But hardly anybody is taking the DPRK seriously.
First, they are lying about their capabilities. They not only do not have a reliable missile, they do not have a nuclear weapon. Their missile tests have been poor, but their nuclear weapon tests have been zero, not one has stood scientific overview.
The rest is mere bloviating by a tin plated dictator. The Kim Jong-un regime is like a Baghdad Bob, only with less credibility.
Renew Deal
(81,801 posts)Malik Agar
(102 posts)At conventional warfare, the US is lightyears ahead of everybody else in the world (let alone North Korea). We would obliterate them if provoked into a war.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)If a drone took him out tomorrow, I would not shed a tear.
octothorpe
(962 posts)caseymoz
(5,763 posts)I thought their last one was still fresh.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)We could save space on our newspaper front pages.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)If only to "@Kim"...
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I don't understand why Japan would even allow a 'test' to be fired over their country.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)From: News Limited Network
April 09, 2013 1:15PM
-Japan deploys missile interceptors to Tokyo
-Patriot launchers move to bases, warships move to west coast
-Moves come before anticipated "test" launch by North Korea
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world-news/japan-deploys-patriot-missile-interceptors-around-tokyo-to-counter-north-korean-nuclear-threat/story-fndir2ev-1226615796644#ixzz2Q1I9oLbk
No telling whether they'll use them, or not.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Bosonic
(3,746 posts)South Korea has raised its surveillance alert level amid indications that North Korea is preparing for a medium-range missile test.
At least one previously untested missile with a 3,000km (2,000-mile) range is fuelled and ready for launch, US and South Korean sources say.
Pyongyang has been making bellicose threats against South Korea, Japan and US bases in the region. It had warned foreigners in South Korea to take precautions in case of war.
North Korea is believed to have completed preparations for a missile launch after it moved two Musudan missiles to its east coast, Yonhap news agency says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22088835