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North Korea may have no nuclear bombs at all - Interfax
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| Fir3start3r |
Intriquing thought....
Could NK be playing a game of nuclear poker with us?
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North Korea may have no nuclear bombs at all - Interfax
By Jon Herskovitz
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Russian news agency added a new twist on Thursday to the tortuous history of North Korea's nuclear ambitions, quoting a diplomatic source as saying that Pyongyang as yet had no functioning atomic arsenal at all.
The report, seen in Beijing, appeared as China hosted six-party talks aimed at defusing an international crisis over the secretive North's nuclear ambitions.
The standoff erupted in October 2002 when U.S. officials accused Pyongyang of pursuing a clandestine weapons programme, prompting it to expel U.N. nuclear inspectors.
Last February 10, North Korea announced that it had nuclear weapons. It demanded Washington provide aid, security guarantees and diplomatic recognition in return for scrapping them.
Interfax said the source, described as being close to the Beijing talks, said Pyongyang had advised its ally, China, after declaring its nuclear status in February, that it had developed a detonator to activate nuclear charges.
After completing this work, North Korea announced that it had become another nuclear power, "because the production of all the components for nuclear weapons had become technically possible", the source said.
Interfax said the source believed Pyongyang would not spend large sums of money on mass production and stockpiling of nuclear weapons as long as it had hopes of reaching a desirable outcome at the six-party talks.
U.S. intelligence reports have speculated that North Korea had stockpiled enough plutonium to make at least two and possibly as many as nine bombs.
The U.S. military commander in South Korea confessed that even he was unclear if Pyongyang's nuclear boast was true.
"North Korea has self-proclaimed itself as a nuclear power and on several occasions said they had nuclear weapons," General Leon LaPorte said on Thursday.
"North Korea is the only one that could precisely answer the question whether they have nuclear weapons."
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| Q5echo |
| well, there are only two ways to find out. the easy way, or... |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
well, there are only two ways to find out. the easy way, or... |
Another invasion?:rolleyes: havent you learned invasions dont work?but you think war in Iraq is a success so Iam not surprised. |
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Originally posted by hardcore trancer
Another invasion?:rolleyes: havent you learned invasions dont work?but you think war in Iraq is a success so Iam not surprised. |
no, ass. i meant complete diclosure thru hands on inspections or the hard way...bright flash of light followed by superheated wind traveling at supersonic speeds followed by 1500 degree flamage |
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| gouuryella |
| quote: | Originally posted by hardcore trancer
Another invasion?:rolleyes: havent you learned invasions dont work?but you think war in Iraq is a success so Iam not surprised. |
now we should invade, just because you said not too :D. |
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| kush paintings |
| He's a neocon, give him a break. He is for launching preventive wars. ;) |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
no, ass. i meant complete diclosure thru hands on inspections or the hard way...bright flash of light followed by superheated wind traveling at supersonic speeds followed by 1500 degree flamage |
wow you really are a edup neocon. |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by gouuryella
now we should invade, just because you said not too :D. |
Invading N.Korea is a death wish.But go ahead:) |
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| metalgearsolid |
| quote: | Originally posted by hardcore trancer
Invading N.Korea is a death wish.But go ahead:) |
What a joke N.Korea got lucky because the Americans just had whoped thier ass and taken them all the way back to the bordor with China. THAN ing China comes in and with their million+ man army they push the americans way back. Fifty years later now we have a problem because the Chinses whoped americans ass. They will probably do it again if America ever interferes with N.Korea or the chinese invasion of Taiwan whenever that may come. |
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| kush paintings |
You know, I could see a neocon saying that word for word, but followed by 'and now its time to show them that we have no weaknesses now, plus NK has nuclear arms and therefore we should launch a preventive war.'
Eternal war for eternal peace. Its the neocon way. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by kush paintings
Eternal war for eternal peace. Its the neocon way. |
Actually, it's, "Peace through superior firepower" :p |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by hardcore trancer
wow you really are a edup neocon. |
Rather be that than Canadian, lol |
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