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Gates: U.S. Not Prepared to Respond to North Korea Missile Launch
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| March 29, 2009
| Bill Sammon
Posted on 03/30/2009 8:07:15 AM PDT by La Lydia
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I guess they are going to wait until North Korea is poised to take out Seattle before doing anything about this. "We are not prepared to do anything about it."
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:07:16 AM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: La Lydia
Sounds like a good way to get more money for DoD.
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:09:12 AM PDT
by
BGHater
(Tyranny is always better organised than freedom)
To: La Lydia
Well get prepared already then!
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:09:20 AM PDT
by
Momaw Nadon
("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
To: La Lydia
But, hey, maybe if they take out Seattle they’ll like us more and we’ll be more highly esteemed in world view!!
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:09:27 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Party - my house - on December 22, 2012!)
To: La Lydia
Oddly enough, Japan is prepared...
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:09:37 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 69 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: La Lydia
Gates is hardly a dove, I guess he has his reasons....
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:09:42 AM PDT
by
Unassuaged
(I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
To: La Lydia
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:09:49 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
("Government is a disease masquerading as it's own cure")
To: La Lydia
DOD is not prepared to take out the missile militarily is nonsense.
I will betcha DOD is not prepared to take out the missile for political reasons
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:10:20 AM PDT
by
elpadre
(nation)
To: elpadre
I took that as a rhetorical device indicating that BO doesn’t want want to, and doesn’t think it’s important. Of course we are prepared, in the sense that we have the weapons needed and the ships in place to to it.
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:12:08 AM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: La Lydia
well i don’t understand why we have to wait for them to actually launch. if we deem there is a threat and we know where this missle is on the ground i would say a cruise missle or 2 would take it out with no problem. and if not a cruise i am sure we have other means.
To: headstamp 2
i would venture to say we won’t....
To: Obadiah
People might pay them to take out Seattle - or San fran...
just saying
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:15:27 AM PDT
by
bill1952
(Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: La Lydia
The last time N Korea shot missiles, one landed on Japanese soil, and no one did anything then.
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:16:04 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
To: La Lydia
We have a problem here: Gates says "I would say we're not prepared to do anything about it."
Admiral Timothy Keating, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, said the U.S. is "fully prepared" to shoot down the missile.
The Obama's will be traveling in EU next week - North Korea will launch and no action will be taken...imho.
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:17:51 AM PDT
by
yoe
To: elpadre
Japan will handle this up-coming N. Korean launch as it is well within their sphere of responsibility. According to USAF sources, DOD is not out to take credit for their participation in international peacekeeping especially when our allies can take credit. Command, control and partnership will neutralize the precious leader.
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:20:09 AM PDT
by
Broker
( Pakikisama)
To: Broker
obv he was told to say this cuz anyone with half a brain wouldnt come out and say this publicly!!!
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:23:30 AM PDT
by
remaxagnt
(`)
To: La Lydia
"I think if we had an aberrant missile, one that was headed for Hawaii, that looked like it was headed for Hawaii or something like that, we might consider it," Gates said. "But I don't think we have any plans to do anything like that at this point."WTH??
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:25:34 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Wake up people, AIG executives are not the enemy, your Government is!)
To: Broker
Can we send our defense dollars to Japan? Can we outsource the missile intercept responsibility? I think the dollars will be spent wisely over there and they seem to know what they’re doing lately.
To: George from New England
Can we send our defense dollars to Japan? Can we outsource the missile intercept responsibility? ... What about Kenya? They seem to be the Dictator-In-Chief's favorite country ...
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:28:26 AM PDT
by
TexGuy
(If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
To: tatsinfla
We can take out anything now if we want. Just program an SM-3 missile to do it. Do you remember one blew up a dysfunctional satellite in earth orbit about a year or so ago? That one was travelling about 20,000 miles an hour with decreasing velocity.
Then there is the PAC-3 missile for closer range. It doesn't have an explosive payload because it blows up the target by kinetic energy.
All these things are public knowledge.
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posted on
03/30/2009 8:41:01 AM PDT
by
BobS
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