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Q: DPRK latest events
You know that fall out shelter you have been thinking about?
North Korea fires projectile in eastern direction - South Korea military
7:25am Aug 29, 2017
FTBJ
North Korea fired an unidentified projectile early on Tuesday from a region near its capital, Pyongyang, in the eastern direction toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said.
The claim is backed by the Japanese government which asserts North Korea fired a missile that passed over northern Japan on early Tuesday.
The government's J-Alert warning system advised people in the area to take precautions, but public broadcaster NHK said there was no sign of damage.
The Japanese military did not attempt to shoot down the missile, which passed over Japanese territory around 6:06 a.m. local time (2106 GMT).
More soon.
On the bright side i should be able to watch the end of the world from our place in North Eastern China
6 years 35 weeks ago in Health & Safety - China
If a nuclear weapon is intercepted, mid flight, does it blow up, and what damage does it cause?
or could it just be a bomb at the bottom of the ocean? for some brave soul to go recover?
ScotsAlan:
A nuke has to be detonated by a specific series of events. If intercepted and destroyed it will be a dirty bomb. Radioactive particles spread over a wide area.
Franck3:
It is almost impossible to detonate a nuclear device unless it is triggered intensionally. If an incoming nuclear rocket was hit by an antimissile rocket it would just drop into the sea or land and not detonate. Not like a scud missile.
Yeah It almost like the DPRK wants to start a small war. Or start some trouble to say "hey give us what we want."
Look on Twitter for member davis1988will he showed a short video clip of Japanese already taking shelter and not a single person on the street.
Now the word of a nuke test by the DPRK ? Mmm, Trump isn't gonna like this nor is he gonna do anything about it.
Franck3:
Trump has already done something about it. Nuclier subs aircraft etc . have no fear North Korea is just caber rattling.
Yup, keep the eagles occupied, have loud piggy growling under their flag, continue to stock up Mao Tai wine in those newly formed islands in the south china sea as good old laowai Erik Prince escorts panda masterpieces, Fallen Star series 888 to wealthy camels in the middle east in perfectly safe black waters.
I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world. I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself what a wonderful world.....
South Korea just bombed a traing camp in North Korea.
I'll post more as it turns up
I feel the DPRK won't start a war by hitting targets out of rage, but by causing an accident, like a missile coming apart above Japan and falling onto homes, street, office buildings or a packed highway. An accident will start the war, until than we'll only see the war of words go on and on until the tipping point that gets Kim back at the table again. I bet 20 years later my grand kids will be typing the same thing.
Shining_brow:
I see the Japanese shooting down a test missile before it even gets over any of its islands.
Not sure how that will be taken.... (other than, of course, lots of words!)
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/29/asia/north-korea-south-korea-bombing/index.html
"In a press conference, presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said South Korean leader Moon Jae-in had wanted "to showcase a strong punishment capability against the North."
Fatty and Xi are probably laughing, as if DPRK does not know. These are thugs, what they are doing is porcelain-crashing, banking on your dare not rolling over them in your Mercede.
What's next? Goes quiet, wait a week or two, then fire another missile, this time over, say Tokyo and further. And moon-moon is going to do what? Drop 10 bombs on the next mountain, THEIR OWN mountain, again? lol
Joke of the day. Global financial markets tell it all, not even a big sneeze. lol
I was going to ask what Dennis Rodman thought of his mate, but i that he is clearly indifferent to the threat the Fat Boy poses to the region and the lives of innocent people. 
CNN)The US and South Korea have staged a joint show of force over the Korean Peninsula, two days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan.
Two B-1B bombers, four F-15 fighter jets and four F-35B fighter jets took part in the joint US-South Korean exercise, an official with the South Korean Air Force told
Englteachted:
I wish America would stop that BS unless it was absolutely necessary for training purposes. Shows of force are something small countries do to look big. And actually justifies NK's threats
ironman510:
Agreed, this is just the best reality TV show that I've ever seen. It's will probably just keep going on and on like this, on the job training isn't a bad thing just can't really use the training.
Have no fear. The US has weapons in production the Chinese and Russians have on the drawing board. Remember; they fear THAAD because they have nothing to counter it. The Americans could obliterate Kimmy tonight. They know it. All this is politics and propaganda to make the world an interesting place to live. There will be lots of blood and gore for the movie. 2 million North Korean military with die, 25 million civilians in Soul will die, 23 million North Korean civilians will flow north across the Yula looking for food and shelter. No big power will go nuclear. Too much too lose.
LastTargarean:
I don't usually agree with your nutty ideas, but this time I do. The American military prisoners the next 10 industrialized countries combined, many of which are NATO allies. As I've stated before, democracies come to war with all their friends, totalitarian stand alone.
Now they are talking about Hydrogen bomb warheads are ready for their missile programs
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/09/03/08/30/kim-jong-un-reportedly-in...
ironman510:
I don't understand why Stan Lee isn't cashing in on this and create a whole new marvel reality series
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/09/03/quake-in-north-korea-may-have-be...
good chance Fatty has just popped off some Nuke/s ~
Let's start a betting-pool for First Receiver !
my bet - James Brown's hometown ! Soul !
anybody else wanna put in their two-cents worth?
philbravery:
Concidering we will be less than 500 km from the DPRK and get a front row seat if the yanks go after fatty. Really starting to re think this years trip .
BHGAL:
Trenton New Jersey is a little far fetched (Dennis Rodman hometown), do I, mainland has to be, Plano, Texas. who wouldn't like to cause confusion in Texas? God did.
Latest? 
you know .... my fav:
A "Super-Powerful" EMP Attack: North Korea's Newest Weapon Against The U.S.
In the worst possible scenario, regional power grids could be offline for months, potentially costing many deaths as people would eventually start running out of necessities like food and medicine...China-buddy's standing close by with:
De-Dollarization Accelerates: China Readies Yuan-Priced Crude Oil Benchmark Backed By Gold
“The rules of the global oil game may begin to change enormously..."
- SEP 2, 2017 11:44 PM
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Theyhave just tried the hidrogen bomb and Trump is going bazooka on the North Korea with further economical sanctions. I believe it's insane already.
philbravery:
If the USA cuts trade with countries that trade with the DPRK. Will it be the stealth trade protectionizim that Trump wants?
If a nuclear weapon is intercepted, mid flight, does it blow up, and what damage does it cause?
or could it just be a bomb at the bottom of the ocean? for some brave soul to go recover?
ScotsAlan:
A nuke has to be detonated by a specific series of events. If intercepted and destroyed it will be a dirty bomb. Radioactive particles spread over a wide area.
Franck3:
It is almost impossible to detonate a nuclear device unless it is triggered intensionally. If an incoming nuclear rocket was hit by an antimissile rocket it would just drop into the sea or land and not detonate. Not like a scud missile.
From Washington Post, something that should worry us indeed.
Or is that he plays the words again?
‘We’ll see,’ Trump says on potentially attacking North Korea over its nuclear test President Trump said "we'll see" when asked if he would attack North Korea shortly after they conducted a nuclear test Sept. 3. (The Washington Post)By Philip Rucker September 3 at 3:47 PM
The crisis with North Korea escalated Sunday as President Trump reviewed military options and suggested sweeping new economic sanctions in response to the crossing of a dangerous threshold by the isolated nation in detonating its most powerful nuclear weapon ever.
Defying Trump’s blunt warnings, North Korea claimed it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that could be attached to a missile capable of reaching the mainland United States.
Though not yet confirmed, Pyongyang’s apparent show of force was extraordinary — the hydrogen weapon is vastly more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — and drew swift condemnation in capitals around the globe. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the action “absolutely unacceptable.”
In Washington, Trump declared North Korea’s latest provocation “very hostile and dangerous to the United States” and would not rule out a retaliatory strike. Asked as he left morning services at St. John’s Church whether he was planning to attack North Korea, Trump told reporters, “We’ll see.”
Trump sought to assign responsibility for the unfolding crisis to North Korea’s neighbors in the Asia-Pacific region, firing off a series of tweets that signaled rifts in U.S. economic and security partnerships that for years have helped isolate and contain North Korea.
President Trump posted a series of tweets condemning a nuclear weapons test by North Korea on Sunday, Sept. 3. Trump called their actions 'hostile and dangerous' to the U.S. (Reuters)
It fell to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to offer reassurances to the world that “the commitments among the allies are ironclad.”
Trump, who has been weighing termination of a free-trade agreement with South Korea, scolded the longtime U.S. ally for not being tough enough in managing the northern threat. He tweeted, “South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!”
South Korean President Moon Jae-in chose not to engage in an argument with Trump. He said his government is intent on achieving the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, in concert with “our allies.”
The South Korean military conducted bombing drills at dawn Monday, practicing ballistic missile strikes on the North Korean nuclear test site at Punggye-ri.
Trump also said on Twitter that he was considering cutting off trade with any nation doing business with North Korea. China is by far the country’s largest trading partner, but it also is the largest U.S. trading partner in terms of goods imported and exported. Such a move would amount to Trump’s biggest trade salvo to date and would be nearly impossible to pull off without devastating the U.S. and global economies.
[In latest test, North Korea detonates its most powerful nuclear device yet]
It would also drive up prices on many consumer goods. In 2016, U.S. companies exported $169.3 billion in goods to China and China exported $478.9 billion in goods to the United States.
Everyday, North Koreans are told that the Americans are "imperialists" and North Korean children are taught that "cunning American wolves" want to kill them. To understand why, we need to go back to the Korean War. (Anna Fifield,Jason Aldag/The Washington Post)
Trump convened a Sunday afternoon White House meeting of his national security team, also attended by Vice President Pence. Mattis said that at the president’s request they reviewed every military option and that Trump concluded the United States is prepared to defend itself and its allies.
“Any threat to the United States or its territories, including Guam, or our allies will be met with a massive military response — a response both effective and overwhelming,” said Mattis, who was flanked by Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Mattis added, “We are not looking for the total annihilation of a country, namely North Korea, but as I said, we have many options to do so.”
The U.N. Security Council, whose members voted unanimously last month to pass a package of sanctions against North Korea, called an emergency meeting for Monday morning at the urging of the United States, Japan, South Korea and France, according to Nikki Haley, the United States’ U.N. ambassador.
Trump spoke Sunday by phone with Abe, and the two leaders confirmed the mutual defense commitments between the United States and Japan, according to the White House.
“President Trump reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to defending our homeland, territories, and allies using the full range of diplomatic, conventional, and nuclear capabilities at our disposal,” read a statement from the office of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Trump’s response to North Korea’s weekend nuclear test — its sixth ever, but the first since Trump took office — was subdued relative to his bellicose war of words last month with that country’s 33-year-old leader, Kim Jong Un.
In a pair of tweets issued Sunday morning, Trump wrote: “North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States . . . North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success.”
Nearly four weeks ago, Trump warned Kim that his continued nuclear provocations would be “met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.”
[Trump reiterates warning to N. Korea: ‘Fire and fury’ may not have been ‘tough enough’]
Initially, North Korea seemed to back down from its threat of a nuclear strike in Guam, where many U.S. military personnel are stationed. Trump said of Kim at an Aug. 22 rally in Phoenix, “I respect the fact that, I believe, he is starting to respect us.”
That assessment turned out to be premature.
“North Korea right now is the most dangerous place on the face of the planet,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said on ABC’s “This Week.” Cruz said of Kim, “He is radical, he is unpredictable, he is extreme, and he is getting more and more dangerous weapons.”
Gen. Michael Hayden, a former director of the CIA and the National Security Agency, warned that Trump’s tweets could foul up his otherwise respectable plan to get tough on North Korea.
“You gotta watch the tweets,” Hayden said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Mr. President, this is not a manhood issue; this is a national security issue. Don’t let your pride get in the way of wise policy here.”
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, interviewed on “Fox News Sunday,” said he intended to “draft a sanctions package to send to the president for his strong consideration that anybody who wants to do trade or business with them is prevented from doing trade or business with us.”
“We are going to work with our allies, we’ll work with China, but people need to cut off North Korea economically,” Mnuchin added. “This is unacceptable behavior.”
The tumult in the region comes amid escalating economic tensions with South Korea, a long-standing economic and diplomatic partner of the United States. Trump is considering withdrawing from a free-trade agreement with the country, in keeping with his campaign promise.
[Trump preparing withdrawal from South Korea trade deal, a move opposed by top aides]
The move would end what Trump considers unfair trade competition from other countries. But the president’s advisers have cautioned that a withdrawal from the agreement would strain ties with South Korea amid the mounting North Korea nuclear crisis.
Asked by Fox anchor Chris Wallace whether Trump would pull the United States out of the agreement, Mnuchin said, “The president has made clear that where we have trade deficits with countries, we’re going to renegotiate those deals.” He added that there have been “no decisions” yet with regard to the trade accord with South Korea.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said he spoke Sunday morning with White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly about the situation.
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“We stand ready to work with the administration to support a comprehensive strategy that not only places an emphasis on deterrence but also empowers our allies and partners in the region, who must do far more to confront this threat,” Corker said in a statement.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) acknowledged that “there are no good options” to manage the North Korea crisis but argued that “harsh rhetoric” does not appear to help slow Kim’s nuclear program.
Flake said that ending the U.S.-South Korea trade agreement would be inadvisable.
“I don’t think that that would be good in any circumstances,” Flake said on CNN. “Now it’s particularly troubling, given what South Korea is faced with. I think we need to do more trade, not less, and withdrawing from trade agreements is a very troubling sign.”
Anna Fifield in Tokyo and Karoun Demirjian, Damian Paletta and Hamza Shaban in Washington contributed to this report.
Did you hear? Kimmy committed suicide
BHGAL:
sorry, did not hear that. and also sorry that I was not there to assist.
philbravery:
If China doesn't like THAD then invade the DPRK and tell the yanks they will reunification Korea if the Yanks take their toys and piss off.
icnif77:
Stop reading ...RT you commie .... 
:
Putin & Xi agree to ‘appropriately deal’ with N. Korea test, urge all sides 'to show restraint'
