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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 02:47 PM Apr 2013

North Korea Set To Stage Major Military Drill

Source: Agence France-Presse

North Korea appears to be gearing up for a major military exercise, a report said, amid tensions over an expected missile test and South Korea’s pullout from a joint industrial complex.

Preparations are under way near the North’s western port of Nampo for a combined live-fire drill involving artillery units and air force jets, the South’s Yonhap news agency said, citing a Seoul government source.

“It appears that the scale of the drill will be quite big,” the unnamed official was quoted as saying, voicing fears of military provocations against the South or a missile test by Pyongyang during the exercise.

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Another Seoul military official quoted by Yonhap said the communist North may try to “fan military tension” after South Korea pulls out all its remaining workers from a jointly run factory park.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/28/north-korea-set-to-stage-major-military-drill/

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North Korea Set To Stage Major Military Drill (Original Post) Purveyor Apr 2013 OP
Little Boy is out of scotch and caviar jpak Apr 2013 #1
Bingo. SummerSnow Apr 2013 #2
Comfortably far from the border, in any case. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #3
NPR reported yesterday ... SummerSnow Apr 2013 #4
I like the way NK army march and military wear those huge puffed up caps. :) Sunlei Apr 2013 #5
The generalissimo is ready jsr Apr 2013 #6
Oh NOes... L0oniX Apr 2013 #7
You know how important those joint exercises are. Igel Apr 2013 #8
Well now that all their celebrations are over they are back to the chest puffing threats davidpdx Apr 2013 #9
Good. Let them hold the biggest drill that they can. GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #10

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
4. NPR reported yesterday ...
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 04:48 PM
Apr 2013

That an American is being held in North Korea.They said he planned to topple their regime


www.npr.org

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
5. I like the way NK army march and military wear those huge puffed up caps. :)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 04:51 PM
Apr 2013

Must cost them a bunch to fire all those ww2 artillery guns and fly their jets around.

They should spend that money on a couple hundred new fishing ships.

Igel

(35,191 posts)
8. You know how important those joint exercises are.
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 08:38 PM
Apr 2013

Need to make sure that the different components can cooperate, have their lines of communication open, have translators and interpreters to ensure no miscommunications.

So obviously unimportant when you're S. Korea and the US. Not always the same language, same equipment, a unified command structure where there's one Commander in Chief for both sets of armed forces? Pshaw, trivialities.

And so obviously crucially important when you're both N. Korean, speak the same language, have the same Commander in Chief have adjacent offices, and regularly share dinners and underage female one-night conscripts.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
9. Well now that all their celebrations are over they are back to the chest puffing threats
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 09:56 PM
Apr 2013

I think we should just drop 5 tons of manure on Pyeongyang.

GreenStormCloud

(12,072 posts)
10. Good. Let them hold the biggest drill that they can.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 03:37 PM
Apr 2013

Our spy satellites will be watching and our electronic gear will be listening to every radio transmission, even of small hand held radios. We will get a ton of information out of their drill, plus it will cost them a lot of money.

Kim will be told that the drill was a success and that NK forces are ready for war. The danger is that he may believe it.

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