N Korea 'nuclear deterrent' vow

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by August

Like Grandfather too. A recipe for success that has worked for three generations now.

Precisely.

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

No more aid, until Kim watches the video and passes the course.

Hehe

[Onkel Neal]

North Korea says plans nuclear test aimed at US.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

North Korea says plans nuclear test aimed at US.

AMERICA UNDER ATTACK FROM ROCKETS THAT CAN'T REACH SOUTH KOREA

That'll be the headlines soon

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

North Korea says plans nuclear test aimed at US.

I can't imagine the US losing any sleep over that

The US should respond with something along the lines of..."Okay, we'll use NK as a test bed for our nuclear weapons tests"

We could bomb them back to the stone age.
But spending several billions of dollars to set them back a few years is pretty wasteful.

[mookiemookie]

Headline should read: "North Korea makes implausible threats in order to secure more humanitarian aid packages"

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

So now they threaten SK with "physical counter-measures" if they participate in the UN sanctions

Some crazy people over there....the problem being they could well carry out another attack like the suspected one on the Cheonan and keep the outrage low key and out of the retaliatory domain of the US or China even.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21191264

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Headline should read: "North Korea makes implausible threats in order to secure more humanitarian aid packages"

Yeah, I guess that's right. It must be the Texan in me, but when someone says they're gonna kick my ass, I usually like to proceed straight to the testing phase.

[GT182]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Yeah, I guess that's right. It must be the Texan in me, but when someone says they're gonna kick my ass, I usually like to proceed straight to the testing phase.

I'm not a Texan.... yet... but I feel the same way Neal. Tho a testing phase that wipes them off the face of the earth would be the best way.

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if they do try and pull something. And I'd not want to be in their shoes if they do.

"You Can't Fix Stupid. Not even with Duct tape."

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Yeah, I guess that's right. It must be the Texan in me, but when someone says they're gonna kick my ass, I usually like to proceed straight to the testing phase.

I think it's a fairly safe bet to say that South Korea feels the same way. I think that they've gotten so used to the Norths threats and occasional shells that they no longer believe any threat that the DPRK uses.
The only real threat the North poses to the South now is a nuclear one, and that is reduced because they've yet to get the miniaturising stage on a nuclear warhead, so any nuclear weapon would be the size of Fat Man or bigger so it would have to be plane dropped, and any DPRK bomber trying to cross the DMZ would be blown to smithereens.
So basically the South is in the position now where it can say "Well, bring it on" because anything that the North fires at the south can be returned in twice the power, the North has such outdated and badly maintained equipment that any attempt to storm the DMZ would probably stall within fifty miles under ROK and US bombardment. The UN wouldn't even need to get involved unless the PRC decided to intervene on behalf of the North, and it's very doubtful it'll do that since it will be too busy coping with a massive influx of North Korean refugees flooding the DPRK/PRC border.