North Korea to launch balistic missle as US and Japan grumble about it

[Unkotare]

Gov't to deploy Patriot missiles in Tokyo ? Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

 

[waltky]

Obama keepin' an eye on it...

Navy ships out radar system ahead of North Korea launch
March 29th, 2012 - The U.S. military is sending its most advanced radar system to the Pacific region ahead of North Korea's expected launch of a long-range missile in mid-April, according to a senior U.S. Navy official.

The Sea-Based X-Band Radar sits atop a floating platform and has the ability to search and track targets. In addition, the system can communicate with potential U.S. interceptor missiles at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, that could shoot down a target missile. But the North Koreans have said they plan to launch their missile in a southerly direction, which would mean it is highly doubtful the intercept capability would be needed or used.

The U.S. military will not officially say the radar is being deployed for the North Korean launch, but one senior U.S. official called the SBX-1 deployment "precautionary." Both officials declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the information. The Navy official acknowledged that the SBX-1 set sail from Pearl Harbor on March 23. The platform can operate hundreds of miles from the target area it is scanning, so it is not expected to sail close to North Korea.

Military officials have said they are worried the North Korean missile might be so unreliable that debris could fall on a number of Asian countries rather than into the ocean as the North Koreans have said. SBX-1 is at best an odd-looking military asset. The platform is 240 feet wide, 390 feet long and 280 feet high from the keel to the top of the radar dome that sits on top of the platform. It is staffed with a crew of 86 military and civilian personnel. In 2009, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered it to sea in advance of a North Korean missile launch at that time.

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[Unkotare]

U.S. backs Japan's stance on N Korean rocket ? Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

 

[inALIENable]

When did we become such weaklings?

January 1, 1863.

 

[NYcarbineer]

When Saddam Hussein was (allegedly) developing nuclear weapons, violating the ceasefire, and oppressing his own people,

we were told it was NECESSARY to invade Iraq.

Why aren't you same people telling us it is now NECESSARY to invade North Korea?

 

[Unkotare]

When Saddam Hussein was (allegedly) developing nuclear weapons, violating the ceasefire, and oppressing his own people,

we were told it was NECESSARY to invade Iraq.

Why aren't you same people telling us it is now NECESSARY to invade North Korea?

Are you really such a simpleton?

 

[rdean]

Why North Korea missile launch angers US, Japan - CSMonitor.com

What was it, about a week ago Chris had proclaimed another Obama victory for talking down NK? LOL

Crow is being served for breakfast today Chris.

Too bad Bush and the Republicans went after Iraq who wasn't a threat and ignored Bin Laden and North Korea who were.

 

[Unkotare]

We KNOW you are that much of a simpleton.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Why North Korea missile launch angers US, Japan - CSMonitor.com

What was it, about a week ago Chris had proclaimed another Obama victory for talking down NK? LOL

Crow is being served for breakfast today Chris.

Too bad Bush and the Republicans went after Iraq who wasn't a threat and ignored Bin Laden and North Korea who were.

Who is NK a threat to? Beyond their own people of course.

 

[Unkotare]

U.S., Japan again warn N Korea not to launch rocket ? Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

 

[Unkotare]

SDF, U.S. ships deployed for North's rocket | The Japan Times Online

 

[JoeB131]

Why North Korea missile launch angers US, Japan - CSMonitor.com

What was it, about a week ago Chris had proclaimed another Obama victory for talking down NK? LOL

Crow is being served for breakfast today Chris.

I love how we agree to give them food aid on the condition they don't pull aggressive stunts like this - then the second we agree to give them their aid they pull the same bullshit...

You'd think the US would learn....

It's like North Korea is fucking with us...

North Korea needs to be invaded, seized, restored and "returned" to South Korea...

Um. Yeah. You going to sign up to do that.

The real threat from North Korea is that it might collapse. That would send millions of refugees into China and South Korea looking for food.

 

[JoeB131]

What on earth is wrong with our nation? When did we become such weaklings?

Probably the day chest thumping weaklings thought they could be tough by sitting behind keyboards and advocating others do the fighting.

here's the problem with North Korea. It's like that skit on Monty Python where Eric Idle says he won't run the scene if you pay him off.

This is what North Korea has learned how to be. They threaten to do something stupid. We sit down and negotiate. They ask for food and medicine and things they can't produce because their economy is stuck in 1940. We pay them off because we know that if the regime did collapse, the resulting instability would have effects across the region.

Wash, Rinse, Repeat.

What we should do is open full relations, let as many North Koreans visit S. Korea, Japan, China and America as we can possibly keep an eye on, and when they go home, they'll be the ones pushing for change. We should also do this with Cuba. Will a few spies get through? Probably. But when they see what they are missing out on, they'll be the ones getting rid of their "worker's paradise".

 

[Unkotare]

Thanks for the fairy tale, fairy.

 

[JoeB131]

Thanks for the fairy tale, fairy.

Well, for a fairy like you, I thought you'd enjoy it...

 

[Unkotare]

Stick to your endlessly repetitive bigotry posts, you ignorant fool.

 

[JoeB131]

Stick to your endlessly repetitive bigotry posts, you ignorant fool.

Stick to your inability to make a point, or analyze an issue intelligently.... it's what you do best.

 

[Unkotare]

Plenty of other threads for you to make an ass of yourself on, chump. Go find them.


Your 'brilliant' analysis like, 'let them all visit! wee!' is really not needed, moron.

 

[amrchaos]

Why North Korea missile launch angers US, Japan - CSMonitor.com

What was it, about a week ago Chris had proclaimed another Obama victory for talking down NK? LOL

Crow is being served for breakfast today Chris.

I love how we agree to give them food aid on the condition they don't pull aggressive stunts like this - then the second we agree to give them their aid they pull the same bullshit...

You'd think the US would learn....

It's like North Korea is fucking with us...

North Korea needs to be invaded, seized, restored and "returned" to South Korea...

Um. Yeah. You going to sign up to do that.

The real threat from North Korea is that it might collapse. That would send millions of refugees into China and South Korea looking for food.

Is not South Korea the proper place for Korean Refugees?

Yeah, I know that SK may not be prepared for it, but it does make sense that is the direction for Koreans to go to, if they can jump those walls.....

 

[JoeB131]

I love how we agree to give them food aid on the condition they don't pull aggressive stunts like this - then the second we agree to give them their aid they pull the same bullshit...

You'd think the US would learn....

It's like North Korea is fucking with us...

North Korea needs to be invaded, seized, restored and "returned" to South Korea...

Um. Yeah. You going to sign up to do that.

The real threat from North Korea is that it might collapse. That would send millions of refugees into China and South Korea looking for food.

Is not South Korea the proper place for Korean Refugees?

Yeah, I know that SK may not be prepared for it, but it does make sense that is the direction for Koreans to go to, if they can jump those walls.....

Probably, but the fact is, they aren't ready. I don't think the world is ready for a collapse of the PDKR...

Now, maybe, just maybe we might get lucky and this new guy might have had just enough western influence to know his country is on the wrong path.