*****N. KOREA HIDING 3 NUKES IN UNDERGROUND BUNKERS*****

Geostrategy Direct.com ^ | April 2, 2002

[codebreaker]

ping

[Docbarleypop]

The problem is, even though most are diesel, they still have an almost 20 subs for each of ours, so it would be a fair lineup.

[ChadGore]

***** PARDON ME SIR, DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE POSIBLE TO POST WITHOUT ALL THE OBNOXIOUS CAPS AND PUNCTUATION? *****

[WhiteGuy]

Dis-information

[Lazamataz]

You cannot know if they work unless you test them. We would detect the tests. So they have 3 *MAYBES* in underground bunkers.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I thought Bill Clinton worked out a deal with his very good friends in North Korea to halt nuclear development in exchange for US taxpayer money? /bs

You are wrong. Bill Clinton worked out a deal with his good friends in North Korea to halt nuclear development in exchange for a couple of nuclear reactors.

Don't feel bad it's not easy to remember every detail from the past.

[Tree of Liberty]

Maybe if it were 40-1, especially with our new Mk-50's and Virginia's.

[codebreaker]

And more difficult to defend with a missile shield.

[codebreaker]

So they are dirty bombs at best?

[codebreaker]

And I think the government is changing hands in Venezuela too.

[codebreaker]

Perhaps the Pentagon is using the information at their disposal to good use.

[Tree of Liberty]

Very much so, unless a land-based laser system is used, along the lines of a next-generation Arrow system like Israel employes.

[Salman]

They do. Canadians have a huge amount north of Edmonton and the Venezuelans have vast quantities.

Venezuela is a member of OPEC.

[JohnGalt]

Why did they wait until March of Year 2 in the Bush Administration? Nothing is random...

[flamefront]

Dudge now points to the IHT artcle:

    North Korea continues to conceal nuclear weapons and fissile material, U.S. officials said.

North Korean nuclear facility at Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang. [Click here to zoom] For other images of this facility, see Institute for Science and International Security

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    The Bush administration has obtained information indicating that North Korea possesses at least three nuclear bombs as well as an undetermined amount of fissile material. The officials said the material is being stored in underground bunkers kept off-limits to both the United States or the International Atomic Energy Agency.
    North Korea, the officials said, has refused to allow the IAEA to conduct a full inspection of the nuclear facility at Yongbyon north of Pyongyang. The Kim Jong Il regime may have used Yongbyon and other facilities for tests on the weaponization of long-range missiles capable of reaching the United States.
    The officials said the administration has decided not to certify that North Korea has complied with a 1994 accord with the Clinton administration in which Pyongyang pledged to suspend its nuclear weapons program. The agreement led to a U.S. promise to supply North Korea with two nuclear power reactors in a $4.6 billion project.
    The Bush administration also wants to link the nuclear power project to an end to North Korean missile exports which have continued. Pyongyang is regarded as the leading missile exporter to the Middle East, including such clients as Egypt, Iran, Libya and Syria, according to reports from Middle East Newsline.
    Meanwhile, Iran is preparing to accept delivery of North Korean gunboats, which will be converted into guided-missile naval vessels.
    U.S. intelligence sources said the boats could arrive on an Iranian freighter within the next week. They said the United States is monitoring the shipment of the gunboats from North Korea to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas.
    The Washington Times reported that the Iranian freighter, Meead, obtained the gunboats from the North Korean port of Nampo after stopping in the Chinese port of Tianjin in late February.
    North Korea manufactures several model fast attack vessels. They include the SO-1 and the Sinpo.
    The North Korean shipment to Iran is said to be at least the second this year from East Asia to Teheran. In January, China delivered naval air defense missiles to Iran. The missiles were said to have a range of nearly 13 kilometers.
    The U.S. sources said Iran has been bolstering its navy to counter the prospect of an expanded U.S. presence in the Persian Gulf. The sources said that despite the war in Afghanistan, which borders Iran, Teheran still has the power to block oil exports from the Persian Gulf.
    Teheran is believed to have deployed Chinese guided-missile patrol boats equipped with anti-ship missiles as well as two Russian Kilo-class diesel submarines. Iran has also produced mini-submarines for reconnaissance and sabotage missions.
    Over the weekend, Iranian military commanders again warned that Teheran would confront any U.S. attack. The commanders said Iran has developed a range of unspecified weapons.
    "We are not for war, but we will stand up against the enemy should the need arise," Iranian naval chief Brig. Gen. Morteza Saffari told senior commanders

[RightWhale]

During WW II the Japanese nuclear development facility was located in N Kor.