Experts: North Korea a Fully Fledged Nuclear Power

[Steven]

The world’s intelligence agencies and defense experts are quietly acknowledging that North Korea has become a fully fledged nuclear power with the capacity to wipe out entire cities in Japan and South Korea, the Times of London reported.

The new reality has emerged in off-hand remarks and in single sentences buried in lengthy reports. Increasing numbers of authoritative experts — from the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the U.S. Defense Secretary — are admitting that North Korea has miniaturized nuclear warheads to the extent that they can be launched on medium-range missiles, according to intelligence briefings.

This puts it ahead of Iran in the race for nuclear attack capability and seriously alters the balance of power between North Korea’s large but poorly equipped military and the South Korean and U.S. forces ranged against it. “North Korea has nuclear weapons, which is a matter of fact,” the head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, said this week. “I don’t like to accept any country as a nuclear weapon state we have to face reality.”

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[Drums of War]

Bush 1, Clinton, Bush 2 did nothing and this is what we get. Now we have to hope for Kim to die and the get guy not be so mad.

[B.O.]

Originally Posted by Drums of War

Bush 1, Clinton, Bush 2 did nothing and this is what we get. Now we have to hope for Kim to die and the get guy not be so mad.

What could they have done with the NK army on the border and Seoul SK within range? Any attack on NK would mean the destruction of the capital of one of the world's major economies.

[Drums of War]

Originally Posted by B.O.

What could they have done with the NK army on the border and Seoul SK within range? Any attack on NK would mean the destruction of the capital of one of the world's major economies.

And that's the reason why I have been calling for Kim's assassination for years. We can't let a mad man dictate our policy. Kim played the world perfectly, he always delayed everything to buy him time for his Nuke program. He played a good game and now we're f*cked.

[B.O.]

Originally Posted by Drums of War

And that's the reason why I have been calling for Kim's assassination for years. We can't let a mad man dictate our policy. Kim played the world perfectly, he always delayed everything to buy him time for his Nuke program. He played a good game and now we're f*cked.

What would an assassination do besides knock the country into complete anarchy and send a flood of millions of NKs into the south? Once you killed Kim, who would then lead?

[Drums of War]

Originally Posted by B.O.

What would an assassination do besides knock the country into complete anarchy and send a flood of millions of NKs into the south? Once you killed Kim, who would then lead?

Before you kill Kim you secretly talk (why else have the CIA) to one of his moderate generals and coordinate with him. Once Kim is gone that person would assume leadership (with CIA help) and bring NK back in Civilization.

Any action would have been better then our inaction.