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US 'prepared for N Korea missile launch'
Topic Started: Jun 22 2009, 11:46 AM (218 Views)
Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Jun 22 2009, 11:46 AM Post #1
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,578 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	US 'prepared for N Korea missile launch' PRESIDENT Barack Obama has assured the American public that the United States is ready and able to deal with any North Korean missile launch towards its territory. "This administration - and our military - is fully prepared for any contingencies," Mr Obama said in a CBS interview to be aired overnight. The comment came after he was asked about the possibility that Pyongyang could fire a missile toward Hawaii on or about July 4, US Independence Day. Asked if his answer meant Washington was "warning of a military response", Mr Obama replied: "No. It's just we are prepared for any contingencies." "I don't want to speculate on hypotheticals," he said, according to excerpts. "But I do want to give assurances to the American people that the T's are crossed and the I's are dotted in terms of what might happen." A Gallup poll released on Thursday suggested that 51 per cent of Americans believe North Korea poses the greatest direct threat to US security, ahead of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Pentagon has beefed up defences in Hawaii over fears Pyongyang may launch a missile towards the island chain, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. "I would just say I think we are in a good position should it become necessary to protect American territory," Mr Gates said. He said he had approved the deployment to Hawaii of Theatre High Altitude Area Defence weaponry for support in case of a North Korean launch. Such weapons, coupled with a radar system nearby, are designed to shoot down ballistic missiles. Ground-based defences in Alaska are also ready, Mr Gates said. Meanwhile, a US Navy destroyer, the USS John S. McCain, has been tracking a North Korean ship previously linked to illicit missile-related cargo, say US defence officials. South Korea's YTN television channel, citing an unnamed intelligence source, said the US suspects the 2000-tonne Kang Nam 1 is carrying missiles or related parts, and is heading for Burma via Singapore. It is the first vessel to be monitored under a United Nations resolution passed a week ago that bans shipments of arms and nuclear or missile technology to and from North Korea. US officials have yet to indicate if or when they might ask to search the vessel under the UN Security Council resolution. The measure calls for inspections of ships if there are "reasonable grounds" that a vessel may be carrying illicit cargo but rules out the use of military force to back up the searches. In the TV interview, Mr Obama said there was strong international consensus against Pyongyang, after it detonated its second nuclear device on May 25 and went ahead with what Washington called a disguised test of a long-range missile in April. Pyongyang said its April 5 launch put a satellite into orbit, a claim the US military has disputed, saying the payload - along with the rest of the missile - splashed into the Pacific Ocean. "More broadly, I think the international community has spoken," Mr Obama said, noting that the Security Council has agreed to tighter cargo inspections, a stricter arms embargo and new targeted financial curbs to choke off revenue for the North's nuclear and missile sectors. But the US President also pointed out that North Korea still had "a path towards rejoining the international community". "And we hope they take that path," he said. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25672950-23109,00.html



gingerwitch28	Jun 22 2009, 12:17 PM Post #2
twenty-first century ennui Posts: 1,684 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: Apr 18, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Atheist Political View Social Democracy	Didn't DPRK's last missile collapse in the Sea of Japan...? If so, why the concern?



stupidstuff	Jun 22 2009, 11:50 PM Post #3
Posts: 273 Group: Members Member #363 Joined: Nov 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Agnostic Political View Leftist	Because Krazy Kim is a charter member of the Axis of Evil! He and Saddam and Achmadinehoweveryouspellit are/were all Adolph Hitler's and so the USA must continually be on guard against this formidable group. Ha! Why? That's what presidents do! It shows how serious and level-headed they are. Do you recall Saddam's fleet of killer aerial drones that were poised to devastate the United States? Edited by stupidstuff, Jun 22 2009, 11:51 PM.



sabre	Jun 23 2009, 12:18 AM Post #4
Super Spok to the rescue! Posts: 1,244 Group: Members Member #218 Joined: Sep 16, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Atheist Political View freedom and all that shizzle	gingerwitch28 Jun 22 2009, 12:17 PM Didn't DPRK's last missile collapse in the Sea of Japan...? If so, why the concern? what it it collapses at a different point, i.e on japan?



Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Jun 23 2009, 02:35 AM Post #5
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,578 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	stupidstuff Jun 22 2009, 11:50 PM Do you recall Saddam's fleet of killer aerial drones that were poised to devastate the United States? Oh gosh. And to think i'd almost forgotten about the pre-war scare-mongering.



gingerwitch28	Jun 23 2009, 09:45 AM Post #6
twenty-first century ennui Posts: 1,684 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: Apr 18, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Atheist Political View Social Democracy	sabre Jun 23 2009, 12:18 AM gingerwitch28 Jun 22 2009, 12:17 PM Didn't DPRK's last missile collapse in the Sea of Japan...? If so, why the concern? what it it collapses at a different point, i.e on japan? Right, didn't think of that



Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Jul 2 2009, 10:36 AM Post #7
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,578 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	N Korea fires two-short range missiles NORTH Korea has fired two short-range missiles off its east coast amid high tensions sparked by its nuclear test in May, South Korean military officials say. The missiles were launched from a base near the eastern port of Wonsan, a defence ministry spokesman said. The communist state has responded defiantly to UN condemnation of its long-range rocket launch on April 5 and its May 25 nuclear test, vowing to bolster its defences. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25724801-23109,00.html



gingerwitch28	Jul 3 2009, 08:07 AM Post #8
twenty-first century ennui Posts: 1,684 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: Apr 18, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Atheist Political View Social Democracy	Here we go again...



Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Jul 4 2009, 02:57 AM Post #9
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,578 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	I saw another article saying 4 more had been shot last night. Facepalm



gingerwitch28	Jul 4 2009, 04:38 AM Post #10
twenty-first century ennui Posts: 1,684 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: Apr 18, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Atheist Political View Social Democracy	Not much anyone can do about it though.



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