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Jun 18 2009

UPDATED: JUNE 19 – North Korea Plans to Fire Missile Toward Hawaii

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UPDATE: JUNE 19

Japan warns that North Korea may fire missile at U.S. on Independence Day
North Korea may launch a long-range ballistic missile towards Hawaii on American Independence Day, according to Japanese intelligence officials.
The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles, would be launched in early July from the Dongchang-ni site on the north-western coast of the secretive country.  Read More

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North Korea may launch a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return to international disarmament talks on its rogue nuclear program.

The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles, would be launched from North Korea’s Dongchang-ni site on the northwestern coast, said the Yomiuri daily, Japan’s top-selling newspaper. It cited an analysis by the Japanese Defense Ministry and intelligence gathered by U.S. reconnaissance satellites.

The missile launch could come between July 4 and 8, the paper said. Read More

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Officials: US tracking suspicious ship from NKorea
The U.S. military is tracking a ship from North Korea that may be carrying illicit weapons, the first vessel monitored under tougher new United Nations rules meant to rein in and punish the communist government following a nuclear test, officials said Thursday.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he has ordered additional protections for Hawaii just in case North Korea launches a long-range missile over the Pacific Ocean.

The suspect ship could become a test case for interception of the North’s ships at sea, something the North has said it would consider an act of war.

Gates, speaking at the same news conference, said the Pentagon is concerned about the possibility of a North Korean missile launch “in the direction of Hawaii.”

Gates told reporters at the Pentagon he has sent the military’s ground-based mobile missile system to Hawaii, and positioned a radar system nearby. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles in their last stage of flight. Read More

Well let me ask: Obama what will you do now? A NK ship with Nukes on board and NK threaten to send a missile towards the U.S. Your talking sure has you in a spot does it not? Cut missile defense more?

What do you think Americans…do you feel safe with Obama as your president? How about you that live in Hawaii and Alaska, do you feel safer today?

LINKS:

(1) Secretary Gates positions Defensive forces in advance of possible launch of N.Korean missile

(2) US ready for possible N Korean missile launch to Hawaii: Gates

(3) Iran, Twitter, and freedom By Michelle Malkin

Jun 15 2009

UPDATE: JUNE 17 – North Korea warns of nuclear war

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UPDATE: JUNE 17

Korea Warns U.S. of Thousand-Fold Military Action
North Korea warned Wednesday of a “thousand-fold” military retaliation against the U.S. and its allies if provoked, the latest threat in its drumbeat of rhetoric in defense of its rogue nuclear program.

The warning, carried by the North’s state media, came hours after President Barack Obama declared North Korea a “grave threat” to the world and pledged that new U.N. sanctions on the communist regime will be aggressively enforced. Read More

North Korea warns of nuclear war

South Korea’s president ordered his top security officials Sunday to deal “resolutely and squarely” with new North Korean warnings of a nuclear war on the eve of his U.S. visit. In Washington, Vice President Joe Biden said “God only knows” what North Korea wants from the latest showdown.
President Lee Myung-bak travels to Washington on Monday for talks with President Barack Obama that are expected to focus on the North’s rogue nuclear and missile programs.

The trip comes after North Korea’s Foreign Ministry threatened war with any country that stops its ships on the high seas under new sanctions approved by the U.N. Security Council in response to its May 25 nuclear test. Read More

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U.S. May Confront Ships Near N. Korea
The Obama administration said Friday it is prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying contraband materials to North Korea but will not try to forcibly board them, in accordance with new U.N. sanctions.

White House officials said they expect North Korea to act “irresponsibly” to the sanctions, imposed Friday by the U.N. Security Council in response to the communist nation’s recent nuclear tests. The sanctions include expanding an arms embargo and authorizing searches of ships thought to be carrying banned items to North Korea, such as materials that could be used in weapons. Read More

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Biden: Important to Enforce N. Korean Sanctions
Vice President Joe Biden says it’s important that the U.S. and other nations make sure that the latest U.N. penalties stick against North Korea. Read More

Seems that Obama has worked himself in between a rock and a hard spot with North Korea! I was always told if you trap a dog in a corner you’re sure to get bit!

LINKS:

(1) On the march: Iran photo of the morning
By Michelle Malkin

Jun 9 2009

VIDEO – Obama the 3AM Red Phone is Ringing, How will you handle the call? North Korea Is Calling!

North Korea today said it would use nuclear weapons in a “merciless offensive” if provoked

“Our nuclear deterrent will be a strong defensive means…as well as a merciless offensive means to deal a just retaliatory strike to those who touch the country’s dignity and sovereignty even a bit,” said the commentary, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

It appeared to be the first time that North Korea referred to its nuclear arsenal as “offensive” in nature. Pyongyang has long claimed that its nuclear weapons program is a deterrent and only for self-defense against what it calls US attempts to invade it.

The tough talk came as South Korea and the US lead an effort at the UN Security Council to have the North punished for its nuclear test with tough sanctions. Read More

Keep drawing a line and daring the NK to cross over will get you no where Obama! Talk will not work Obama! So what are you going to do now that the 3 am phone is ringing?

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LINKS: (1) Reports: North Korea sentences American journos to 12 years in a labor camp By Michelle Malkin