North Korea Says it is making Nuclear Bombs

Cenaden · 10-02-2003

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N. Korea Says It Is Making Nuclear Bombs
22 minutes ago

By SANG-HUN CHOE, Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea (news - web sites) said Thursday it has completed reprocessing its 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods and is using plutonium extracted from them to make atomic bombs.

"The (North) successfully finished the reprocessing of some 8,000 spent fuel rods," a spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the North's official news agency, KCNA. The spokesman was not named.

Accusing the United States of taking a "hostile policy" toward the North, the statement said that North Korea "made a switchover in the use of plutonium churned out by reprocessing spent fuel rods in the direction increasing its nuclear deterrent force."

North Korea also said it will reprocess more spent fuel rods to be produced from the small reactor in its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang.

Earlier this week, North Korea claimed that it was taking "practical measures" to boost its nuclear weapons program as a deterrent against what it calls a U.S. plan to invade.

The claim came as some U.S. intelligence analysts are becoming increasingly concerned that the communist regime may have three, four or even six nuclear weapons instead of the one or two the CIA (news - web sites) had estimated.

New atomic bombs would give Pyongyang more authority at the negotiating table, and may allow it to part with one, either in a test or by selling it, experts say.

The United States and its allies are trying to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear programs. The North says it will do so only if the United States signs a nonaggression treaty, provides economic aid and opens diplomatic ties.

The nuclear dispute flared in October 2002 when U.S. officials said North Korea admitted running a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of international agreements.

Well, if the UN needed any event to prove that it was capable of decisive action, this is it.

If they don't, things are going go downhill reeeeeeeeaaallllllly fast. :\

*is glad he's not living on the West Coast*

--Cen

Haloface · 10-02-2003

QUICK LET'S BOMB THEM!!!11

Baltyn · 10-02-2003

Thats the spirit Halo!

Prezto · 10-02-2003

I'm making a bomb too....Taco Bell hurts...Call the Koreans

Ibudin · 10-02-2003

For some reason it doesn't bother me one bit. Let them pour tons of money into something that will never get used and if it does, will do them no good, cause basically can you say....end of the world?

One nuclear bomb gets set off it won't be pretty.

Ibudin

***Kivorn*** · 10-02-2003

The problem is that if the korean "government" faces a military campaign against them they'll literally have nothing to lose. A military defeat isn't an option for them and I'd not be surprised at all if they went ballistic (pun intended) before the end.

Gulor Gularin · 10-02-2003

We just need to let them know that the first A-bomb that gets used on us or our allies that is tied to N. Korean origin will result in their extermination as a state.

Economic aid? Forget it. Let them eat the plutonium they are producing instead of the food they should be producing.

Expect to see Japan go nuclear within 10 years now. Maybe S. Korea also.

So much for reducing the number of nukes in the world. *sigh*

Nydia Ywalmoriel · 10-02-2003

What I've observed is that, every so often, the North Korean government uses the 'nuclear threat' as leverage to try to pry/blackmail aid and/or concessions out of the world community in exchange for them *not* advancing their weapons program. Then a few months or a year later they'll do it again.

My gut agrees with Gulor on this one. As harsh as it sounds, let 'em starve. Sooner or later the government will implode. My only worry is that Kim-Jong-Il might be able to harnass his people's desparation into garnering support for a stupid, suicidal war, assuming that he really *is* that crazy...

Regards,
Nydia Ywalmoriel
Autonomous Collective

Haloface · 10-02-2003

'So much for reducing the number of nukes in the world. *sigh*'

- Yeah. Think America has something to do with that.

Lleauric · 10-02-2003

Well.. heres the problem..

NK is severly cash deprived as they have almost zero industry or resources. In fact, the only resource they DO have is arms dealing.. they export huge numbers of weapons all over the world.

At what point does it become inevitable that NK will sell Nuclear warheads for profit?
Ive read somewhere that a Nuclear Weapon, of relatively small size (easily concelable and transported) can garner up to 10 billion in cash..
Iraq WOULD have bought one in a second.

Every single one of Israels neighbors activly seek them.

At one time. Al Queda might have been able to afford it.

So what options are there?
We arent gonna invade NK.. thats a serious fucking bloodbath waiting to happen.. those people will fight tooth and claw and to the death. Then Nuke the world in a last act of defiance... They are crazy ass motherfuckers.. multiple generations raised from birth to be ready to fight and die.
We cant stop the N. Koreans from developing Nuclear Weapons... its inevitable..

What we CAN do is eliminate the marketplace...

They want nukes? fine.. we arent ever going to invade them.. so make all you want.. we just arent going to let those who would buy them from NK exist.

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Haloface Illusion: Justin Timberlake Joined: Aug 2001 Location: Sussex, United Kingdom Party: N/A Posts: 4,268 vCash: 1000	RE: QUICK LET'S BOMB THEM!!!11

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*Kivorn* The Modomizer Joined: Dec 2000 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Party: N/A Posts: 1,204 vCash: 1000	The problem is that if the korean "government" faces a military campaign against them they'll literally have nothing to lose. A military defeat isn't an option for them and I'd not be surprised at all if they went ballistic (pun intended) before the end.

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Gulor Gularin Retired Paladin Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Colorado Party: Independent Posts: 985 vCash: 900	We just need to let them know that the first A-bomb that gets used on us or our allies that is tied to N. Korean origin will result in their extermination as a state. Economic aid? Forget it. Let them eat the plutonium they are producing instead of the food they should be producing. Expect to see Japan go nuclear within 10 years now. Maybe S. Korea also. So much for reducing the number of nukes in the world. sigh

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Nydia Ywalmoriel Rolling Thunder Joined: Feb 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Party: N/A Posts: 1,570 vCash: 1000	What I've observed is that, every so often, the North Korean government uses the 'nuclear threat' as leverage to try to pry/blackmail aid and/or concessions out of the world community in exchange for them not advancing their weapons program. Then a few months or a year later they'll do it again. My gut agrees with Gulor on this one. As harsh as it sounds, let 'em starve. Sooner or later the government will implode. My only worry is that Kim-Jong-Il might be able to harnass his people's desparation into garnering support for a stupid, suicidal war, assuming that he really is that crazy... Regards, Nydia Ywalmoriel Autonomous Collective

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Lleauric Futue Te Ipsum! Joined: May 2001 Location: Connecticut Posts: 3,439 vCash: 1000	Well.. heres the problem.. NK is severly cash deprived as they have almost zero industry or resources. In fact, the only resource they DO have is arms dealing.. they export huge numbers of weapons all over the world. At what point does it become inevitable that NK will sell Nuclear warheads for profit? Ive read somewhere that a Nuclear Weapon, of relatively small size (easily concelable and transported) can garner up to 10 billion in cash.. Iraq WOULD have bought one in a second. Every single one of Israels neighbors activly seek them. At one time. Al Queda might have been able to afford it. So what options are there? We arent gonna invade NK.. thats a serious fucking bloodbath waiting to happen.. those people will fight tooth and claw and to the death. Then Nuke the world in a last act of defiance... They are crazy ass motherfuckers.. multiple generations raised from birth to be ready to fight and die. We cant stop the N. Koreans from developing Nuclear Weapons... its inevitable.. What we CAN do is eliminate the marketplace... They want nukes? fine.. we arent ever going to invade them.. so make all you want.. we just arent going to let those who would buy them from NK exist.

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