Posted on 03/29/2013 6:03:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
North Korea put its rocket units on standby on Friday to attack US military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed off on the order at a midnight meeting of top generals and "judged the time has come to settle accounts with the US imperialists in view of the prevailing situation", the official KCNA news agency said.
On Thursday, the United States flew two radar-evading B-2 Spirit bombers on practice runs over South Korea, responding to a series of North Korean threats. They flew from the United States and back in what appeared to be the first exercise of its kind, designed to show America's ability to conduct long-range, precision strikes "quickly and at will", the US military said.
The news of Kim's response was unusually swift.
"He finally signed the plan on technical preparations of strategic rockets of the KPA, ordering them to be standby for fire so that they may strike any time the US mainland, its military bases in the operational theatres in the Pacific, including Hawaii and Guam, and those in South Korea," KCNA said.
The North has an arsenal of Soviet-era Scud missiles that can hit South Korea but its longer-range missiles are untested. Independent assessments of its missile capability suggest it may have theoretical capacity to hit US bases in Japan and Guam.
The North has launched a daily barrage of threats since early this month when the United States and the South, allies in the 1950-53 Korean War, began routine military drills.
The South and the United States have said the drills are purely defensive in nature
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Fortunately when the NK’s blow off a long range rocket they have no clue where its going to land. They are the Wiley Coyote of the nuclear era. Personally I would laugh my butt off if it landed in Tianamen Square. The Chinese could control these freaks but they just won’t do it.
When L'il Kim was later told that Dennis Rodman was not Obama, he really got pissed.
Kim thought he was getting Michael Jordan.
Look to his handlers to the right and left of him. THEY are the ones in charge IMO. Fatboy is merely a puppet. are these old guard prepared to go down in blaze of glory? What’s the Korean word for Kamikazee?
I am SO ‘stealing’ it.
LOL!
Yep. Two things:
1. Declare martial law in the U.S., including confiscation of all goods, services and firearms; and severely restricting unauthorized movement.
2. Announce a new friendship and cooperation pact with North Korea.
Nah, they just corrected for rotation of the earth.
Winner!
This could get really ugly because with the dude we have in office now, the military will have to fight with one hand tied behind their backs, which is why it could get ugly. Also the Red Chinese factor.....
(sigh) ... makes me long for a Leader of Former President Reagan’s caliber.
Amen ... little dog nudging by big dog. Will substitute ‘should’ in first sentence with ‘could and will’ if our Generals are telling china’s generals anything in the backdoor.
Hey, kid! In America that’ll get you 5 days suspension!
Drawing a picture of a gun is 5 days. This is grounds for expulsion an a visit from DCF.
And they called Reagan a dunderhead for his missile defense strategy. Between Aegis, Patriot, THAAD and a few others, what else keeps us somewhat confident that they can’t do too much? Certainly not the barely coherent words of the new SECDEF.
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