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France says North Korea close to long-range missile capability
#WORLD NEWSAUGUST 31, 2017 / 11:51 PM / 2 HOURS AGO
France says North Korea close to long-range missile capability
A new stamp issued in commemoration of the successful second test launch of the "Hwasong-14" intercontinental ballistic missile is seen in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August 31, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS
Reuters Staff
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PARIS (Reuters) - France’s foreign minister said on Friday that North Korea would have capability to send long-range ballistic missiles in a few months and urged China to be more active diplomatically to resolve the crisis.
“The situation is extremely serious... we see North Korea setting itself as an objective to have tomorrow or the day after missiles that can transport nuclear weapons. In a few months that will be a reality,” Jean-Yves Le Drian told RTL radio.
“At the moment, when North Korea has the means to strike the United States, even Europe, but definitely Japan and China, then the situation will be explosive,” he said.
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originally posted by: Nexttimemaybe
originally posted by: ADSE255
North Korea isn't backing down on their lust for war and domination.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that the tense standoff between North Korea and the United States was on the verge of large-scale conflict and said it was a mistake to try to pressure Pyongyang over its nuclear missile program.
Putin, who is due to attend a summit of the BRICS nations in China next week, wrote in an article published on the Kremlin’s web site ahead of his trip that he favored negotiations with North Korea instead.
North Korea has been working to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States and has recently threatened to land missiles near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam.
On Monday, Pyongyang, which sees joint war games between the United States and South Korea as preparations for invasion, raised the stakes in its stand-off with the United States and its allies by firing an intermediate-range missile over Japan.
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Sorry, but what lust for war and domination?
Nonsense.
originally posted by: GeneralMayhem
The NoKos fought so hard last time they had to leave it alone eventually .
Who was involved? Over six million soldiers, sailors and airmen fought on both sides in the Korean War... More than three million of these were communists from North Korea, China and Russia. Opposing them were almost three million from South Korea and from 21 United Nations (UN) countries including Australia.
The 300,000-man Chinese offensive caught the U.N. forces off guard, largely because of U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's belief that China would not openly enter the war, and vastly expanded the conflict. The Korean War began when communist North Korean forces invaded democratic South Korea on June 25,
originally posted by: Timely
a reply to: ADSE255
Negotiations in tbe past have amounted to extorting money from the US ... 25 years worth.
originally posted by: ADSE255
a reply to: Timely
I don't think the guy is losing it, he never had it to begin with. The fact that he's attempting to go up against a super power is proof. Insane is an understatement. Don't get me wrong, I think most of the world leaders are insane but, they're so much better at hiding it thats all.
originally posted by: stormcell
originally posted by: ADSE255
a reply to: Timely
I don't think the guy is losing it, he never had it to begin with. The fact that he's attempting to go up against a super power is proof. Insane is an understatement. Don't get me wrong, I think most of the world leaders are insane but, they're so much better at hiding it thats all.
Real superpowers have a huge range of options to demonstrate their displeasure; sending more troops to army bases, sending an aircraft carrier (and supporting ships) in the direction of a trouble spot. North Korea can really only test a nuclear warhead underground in the mountains - the USA just needs to run simulations on supercomputers, plus they have vast areas of land where missile tests can be carried out.
North Korea could simply test their missiles by sending them out to sea, but they choose to fire them in the direction of other countries.