Kim orders rockets on standby to attack

[DallasSleeper]

Reuters top headline.

"Breaking News: North Korea’s Kim orders rocket units on standby to fire at U.S. bases in the south and Pacific: KCNA"

No article to link to, only their main page right now.
http://www.reuters.com/news

[stevo]

Is it breaking news if it happened two days ago?

Stevo

[DallasSleeper]

NBC
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2...gainst-us?lite

North Korea stepped up its aggressive rhetoric on Tuesday, ordering its rocket and long-range artillery units to be combat ready and on the "highest alert" and issuing new threats against U.S. bases on Hawaii, Guam and mainland America.

Pyongyang warned that U.S. facilities would be "reduced to ashes and flames the moment the first attack is unleashed," according to a military order issued by the pariah state’s military "supreme command."

The U.S. and South Korea have signed a military agreement to combine forces in the event of an attack from North Korea. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.

It comes in response to joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean forces which began in the area early this month and which have seen U.S. bombers flying sorties threatening the North.

South Korea's defense ministry said it saw no sign of imminent military action by North Korea Tuesday, according to Reuters.

"They need to stop threatening peace on the peninsula," Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters on Tuesday of North Korea's latest threat. "That doesn't help anyone ... and we stand ready to respond to any contingency,''

He said Pyongyang's statements were designed to "raise tensions and intimidate others."

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects an army landing exercise on Monday.

North Korea's neighbor and long-time communist ally again called on all parties to show restraint. "At present, the situation on the Korean peninsula remains complex and sensitive,'' said China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei.

The announcement marked a further increase in military rhetoric from Pyongyang, and followed a threat last week that it would attack U.S. bases in the Pacific if its "enemies … make even the slightest movement."

It came as South Korea marked the third anniversary of the sinking of one its navy vessels, blamed on North Korea, which left 46 sailors dead.

Pyongyang previously threatened nuclear attack on the United States and South Korea, although it is not believed to have the capability to hit the continental United States with an atomic weapon. However, Reuters reported that U.S. military bases in the Pacific area are in range of its medium-range missiles.

The isolated nation has threatened to attack American military bases in Japan and Guam in retaliation for the U.S. conducting military exercises with South Korea. On Wednesday, major South Korean banks and media companies were hacked.

The military statement, also posted on the KCNA website, said: "From this moment the… supreme command will put on the highest alert all the field artillery units including strategic rocket units and long-range artillery units which are assigned to strike bases of the U.S. imperialist aggressor troops in the U.S. mainland and on Hawaii and Guam and other operational zone in the Pacific as well as all the enemy targets in south Korea and its vicinity."

Voice of America’s Northeast Asia bureau chief, Steve Herman, quoted South Korean radio station MND saying Tuesday’s announcement is the first time North Korea has referred to "Il-ho" — its highest level combat readiness posture.

North Korea has said it has abrogated an armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War and threatened a nuclear attack on the United States.

[Trip McNeely]

And we have B2's on standby ready to make it rain like Pacman Jones.

[Geor!]

[Rafa]

Don't worry, US will send Dennis Rodman to the rescue.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Don't worry, US will send Dennis Rodman to the rescue.

Someone sends Rodman to my home and I would nuke the offender on principal alone.

[Downs]

And this confirms among his other threats he's actually bat shit crazier than his dad.

[jw33]

[68RR]

shades of the movie "The Mouse that roared"

[dee]

I hope that little fucktard doesn't follow through with his retarded threats, that country is so brainwashed all will have to be wiped out to accomplish anything.

[stevo]

I hope that little fucktard doesn't follow through with his retarded threats, that country is so brainwashed all will have to be wiped out to accomplish anything.

It WILL happen sooner or later. Either he will pull the trigger and push his luck too far or someone from one side or the other is going to fuck up and fire a stray shot, forcing retaliation from the other side. To be completely honest, I rather it happen sooner before they develop improved missile/nuclear technology and while (it appears) China has backed-off their side a bit.

Stevo

[Denny]

Silly

[Forever_frost]

He's picked his targets: Hawaii, LA, DC and Austin.
Know what would stop him? That fucking missile shield Obama didn't see the point in.


With the threats billowing out of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's regime at an unusually rapid clip, concern is mounting that the young leader could be backing himself into a corner -- feeling compelled to do something or lose face.

Shortly after midnight local time, North Korean state television reported that Kim signed orders to put the nation's rockets on combat-ready status. In a photo released on state-run media, a chart titled "U.S. mainland strike plan" could be seen and a map showed missiles arcing into Hawaii, Washington, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas.

The Pentagon is worried Kim may put himself in a position where he feels he has to act on his threats.

The North Koreans, while having made progress in their ballistic missile program, still have not mastered the technology of delivering a nuclear device by a long-range missile. But they are making progress, and that is what has the Pentagon concerned. Plus there is the concern that North Korea could strike at South Korea, a top U.S. ally.

"The North Koreans seem to be headed in a different direction here. So we will unequivocally defend and we are unequivocally committed to that alliance with South Korea, as well as our other allies in that region of the world. And we will be prepared -- we have to be prepared to deal with any eventuality there," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.

Kim warned Friday he is preparing to "settle accounts with the U.S." after the U.S. deployed B-2 stealth bombers to South Korea to participate in a training exercise Thursday.

The third-generation dictator's comments in a meeting with senior generals are part of a rising tide of threats meant to highlight anger over the drills and recent U.N. sanctions over Pyongyang's nuclear test.

State media says Kim signed a rocket preparation plan and ordered rockets on standby to strike the U.S. mainland, South Korea, Guam and Hawaii.

Later Friday at the main square in Pyongyang, tens of thousands of North Koreans turned out for a 90-minute mass rally in support of Kim's call to arms.

Men and women, many of them in olive drab uniforms, stood in arrow-straight lines, fists raised as they chanted, "Death to the U.S. imperialists." Placards in the plaza bore harsh words for South Korea as well, including, "Let's rip the puppet traitors to death!"

The U.S. military says the two B-2 stealth bombers sent to South Korea were meant to demonstrate the Pentagon's commitment to defend its ally against threats from North Korea.

The two B-2 Spirit bombers flew more than 6,500 miles from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to South Korea, dropping inert munitions before returning to the U.S., according to a statement released by U.S. Forces Korea.

"The United States is steadfast in its alliance commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea, to deterring aggression, and to ensuring peace and stability in the region," the statement said.

The B-2 Spirit is capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear weapons. The Pentagon said the mission was part of its ongoing Foal Eagle training exercise series, which began March 1 and ends April 30.

Hagel said Thursday afternoon that the move was part of normal exercises and not intended to provoke a reaction from North Korea.

The exercise, though, was announced a day after North Korea said it had shut down a key military hotline usually used to arrange passage for workers and goods through the Demilitarized Zone.

North Korea, which says it considers the U.S.-South Korean military drills preparations for invasion, has pumped out a string of threats in state media. In the most dramatic case, Pyongyang made the highly improbable vow to nuke the United States.

On Friday, state media released a photo of Kim and his senior generals huddled in front of a map showing routes for envisioned strikes against cities on both American coasts.

Experts believe the country is years away from developing nuclear-tipped missiles that could strike the United States. Many say they've also seen no evidence that Pyongyang has long-range missiles that can hit the U.S. mainland.

Still, there are fears of a localized conflict, such as a naval skirmish in disputed Yellow Sea waters. Such naval clashes have happened three times since 1999. There's also the danger that such a clash could escalate. Seoul has vowed to hit back hard the next time it is attacked.

North Korea's threats are also worrisome because of its arsenal of short- and mid-range missiles that can hit targets in South Korea and Japan. Seoul is only a short drive from the heavily armed border separating the Koreas.

"The North can fire 500,000 rounds of artillery on Seoul in the first hour of a conflict," analysts Victor Cha and David Kang wrote recently for Foreign Policy magazine. They also note that North Korea has a history of testing new South Korean leaders; President Park Geun-hye took office late last month. "Since 1992, the North has welcomed these five new leaders by disturbing the peace," they wrote.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/29/north-korea-orders-rocket-prep-b2-drill/

[Nash B.]

It is endebidable!