Reports over the last few days have claimed that north Korea is planning to test a long range missile capable of delivering a nuclear strike to the United States.
The US has stated in no uncertain terms that this will not be tolerated, though no action has been taken and no plans have been publicised on exactly what the US plans to do about this growing threat, though i have no doubt there are such plans and they will be carried out swiftly should North Korea continue to defy the rest of the world.
*Update 13/6/09*
North Korea has rejected the latest UN santions and threatened military action, including weaponizing all of their plutonium stocks.
North Korea has stated that abandoning their nuclear program is out of the question and that it was a necessary decision to protect itself from a hostile US policy and the Nuclear threat against the north.
The North will take “resolute military action” if the United States impose any “blockade” on it. They did not elaborate if they were reffering to an attempt to stop its ships or impose sanctions.
North Korea describes its nuclear program as a deterrent against U.S. led attacks. Washingtonhas stated that they have no intention of attacking, and also expressed fear that the North is selling its nuclear arms to other nations.
This statement has come just hours after the U.N.S.C imposed tough new sanctions on The North, punishing themfor their latest nuclear test on May 25.
The U.N. resolutions have imposed new sanctions on North Korea’s weapons exports and financial’s and allows inspection of suspect cargo ships while either in port or at sea.
To me North korea is acting like a toddler, tell them they cant have something and they throw a tantrum and scream blue murder untill they get what they want or are stopped, fall asleep from exhaustion or get distracted by something else.
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