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N.Korean leader briefed on missile-launch plan

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maniac-kun

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the North Korea crisis (all times local):

6:30 p.m.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un was briefed on his military's plans to launch missiles in waters near Guam days after the Korean People's Army announced its preparing to create ”enveloping fire" near the U.S. military hub in the Pacific.

The Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that Kim during an inspection of the KPA's Strategic Forces praised the military for drawing up a ”close and careful" plan. Kim said he will give order for the missile test if the United States continues its ”extremely dangerous actions" on the Korean Peninsula.

The KPA's Strategic Forces said last week it would finalize by mid-August a plan to fire four intermediate ballistic missiles near Guam and send it to Kim for his approval
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https://apnews.com/ca9cbe4c0c1f43e2...n=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

Also:

SPY satellites have observed North Korea moving a missile into position for a possible launch, with the US saying its forces are on high alert.

Officials have told US media that spy satellites have observed DPRK mobile missile launcher movement, indicating an intermediate-ballistic missile may be being prepared.

The report comes as US Secretary of Defence James Mattis warns any further escalation could rapidly lead to war: ”Yes that means for a lot of young troops they're going to be in a wartime situation."
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Kim said he would ”watch a little more" Washington's behaviour, but he will make an ”important" decision if the US continues its ”extremely dangerous reckless actions".

”The US Imperialists caught the noose around their necks due to their reckless military confrontation racket ... (but) he would watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees spending a hard time of every minute of their miserable lot," the report says.
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Another DPRK statement this morning attacked planned US-South Korea ”Freedom Guardian" military drills scheduled for August 21.

”No matter what rhetoric they let out about ”annual, regular and defensive drills", they cannot cover up the danger of a war outbreak," the statement says.

”If any accidental case would be sparked, though unwanted, it would never avert a war. What matters is that when a second Korean War breaks out, it would be a nuclear war."
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http://www.news.com.au/world/missil...t/news-story/ff9e0926f948b56c660b718e949993fa
 
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Tagyhag

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Lol that's all he's going to do. Look at it.

Once China told them that they're on their own if they do anything, Kim tucked his tail between his legs.
 
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ianpm31

Member
Looks like Kim is taking a step back. First it was Guam then it was waters near Guam then it was finalizing plans and now it's if the U.S continues it's dangerous actions. Well that tells me Kim isn't THAT crazy
 
F

FantasticMrFoxdie

Mumber
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Bad_Boy

time to take my meds
The report comes as US Secretary of Defence James Mattis warns any further escalation could rapidly lead to war: “Yes that means for a lot of young troops they’re going to be in a wartime situation.”
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Fuck my life. Somebody get me off this pennisula.
 
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cameron

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WSJ: North Korea Backs Off Guam Missile-Attack Threat
SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has decided not to launch a threatened missile attack on Guam, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Tuesday, but warned that he could change his mind “if the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions.”

The report, published early Tuesday, could help dial back tensions that had spiraled last week following an exchange of threats between North Korea and U.S. President Donald Trump.
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North Korean state media said in its report Tuesday that Mr. Kim had made his decision not to fire on Guam after visiting a military command post and examining a military plan presented to him by his senior officers.

While Mr. Kim said he had decided not to launch the attack on Guam yet, he advised the U.S. “to take into full account” whether the current standoff was to its benefit. He also said it was incumbent on the U.S. to “stop at once arrogant provocations against the DPRK and unilateral demands and not provoke it any longer,” using an abbreviation for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the formal name for North Korea.

“If the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions on the Korean Peninsula and in its vicinity, testing the self-restraint of the DPRK, the [North] will make an important decision as it already declared,” the report quoted Mr. Kim as saying.

Mr. Kim added that the planned launch could still be carried out at any moment, and said that such a strike would be a “most delightful historic moment” that would “wring the windpipes of the Yankees and point daggers at their necks.”
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capitalCORN

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I'm hoping if he backs off enough times a coup will take place, and whatever general takes the point will take the same road China did.
 
TwoDurans

TwoDurans

"Never said I wasn't a hypocrite."
You know the country is in a weird place when your president loses the moral high ground to the leader of North Korea.
 
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Kuroi Gogeta

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They stand nothing to gain by being the agressor. He wants his people to be seen as defending themselves. That's much easier to sell than "we need to get them before they get us!"

Fortunately for N.Korea, this is the absolute best president for their propaganda because Trump does a fantastic job of painting America as an aggressor.
 
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Stead Fast

Banned
When the supreme leader of North Korea is displaying more political and militant tact than the President of the United States, you know we've entered into a new era in world history.
 
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qcf x2

Member
This reads surprisingly desperate on North Korea's part. Like their bluff has been called and they know it.
 
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Talamius

Member
Mattis has a quote in there saying if they shoot at the US, he's assuming it's a hit, and it's game on.

Basically if they even point a missile at US interests and fire it then they had better be ready for the consequences.
 
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Trouble

Banned
The fact that there is qualifying language in it makes me think they know it would be a really bad idea to actually do it, but they have to ratchet down the rhetoric slowly.
 
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Imperfected

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“The US Imperialists caught the noose around their necks due to their reckless military confrontation racket ... (but) he would watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees spending a hard time of every minute of their miserable lot,” the report says.
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There has got to be a better translation than this.
 
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