N. Korea's continued defiance of the UN Security Council

[tolstoi]

^^ that's a great analogy. and it also means that they MAY already have warheads ready for half the number of missiles on inventory right now. 'coz like you said " without a warhead, missiles will be useless", I don't think N Korea is just building missiles just for the heck of it.

like what i said, given NOKOR's economic status, i doubt if they could build 50 nuclear warheads enuf to rain down on their enemies..they don't have the economic capability to build a multi-million dollar plutonium grade warheads adequate to vaporize an area as wide as Tokyo.

here's the CIA's assessment on NOKOR's NUCLEAR arsenal..

October 2000: The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) assesses that North Korea has produced enough plutonium for at least one, and possibly two, nuclear weapons.

http://www.wisconsinproject.org/coun...miss-chron.htm

[tolstoi]

thats the problem na nga eh. NoKor is "believed" to have at least 10-50 nuclear warheads on their arsenal. Couple with that with a considerable amount of Biological and Chemical weapons...

OT: if you've seen the 3rd season of 24, mao toh ang effects of a Biological weapon. Nuclear? Try season 2... ehehehehe... basta imagine 50 nuclear missiles going to your country... thats enough to make you stop and think about attacking NoKor. Thats why hantud karon wa pay ni-attack nila. Nuclear deterrence. And thats what Iran is trying to get rin... nuclear deterrence... leverage, to the normal person...

where did you get this info that NOKOR has amassed 10-50 NUCLEAR warheads?

[omad]

like what i said, given NOKOR's economic status, i doubt if they could build 50 nuclear warheads enuf to rain down on their enemies..they don't have the economic capability to build a multi-million dollar plutonium grade warheads adequate to vaporize an area as wide as Tokyo.that's just your opinion as far as "they don't have the economic capability to build a multi-million dollar plutonium grade warheads" we're not privy to their under ground arms deal with other countries, their other illegal sources of income. but if you read all the entries on the link you provided, one thing is common "North Korea is refusing to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors full access to its nuclear sites". what do you think is the reason for such action? it's difficult to conclude that N Korea doesn't have more than 2 nuclear weapons since the latest CIA update was dated in the year 2000? besides, the chronology on your posted site stated otherwise. there's just a lot of things that doesn't add up that's why the US and its allies are very careful in dealing with this matter.

[tackielarla]

I got the info from Wikipedia. "By 1994, the United States believed that North Korea had enough reprocessed plutonium to produce about 10 bombs with the amount of plutonium increasing". As for the 50, I got it from news clips. Thats why I put in "believed" because they are unconfirmed.

Also from Wikipedia, they spend $5 Billion on their military alone... they might not be an economic power, but they do know where to spend their money...

And as stated by Omad, the fact that they refused IAEA inspectors to visit their nuclear facilities in itself is very fishy na. Its what the Iranians are doing right now. If they have nothing to hide, why bar the inspectors? Its simple logic...

[tolstoi]

like what i said, given NOKOR's economic status, i doubt if they could build 50 nuclear warheads enuf to rain down on their enemies..they don't have the economic capability to build a multi-million dollar plutonium grade warheads adequate to vaporize an area as wide as Tokyo.that's just your opinion as far as "they don't have the economic capability to build a multi-million dollar plutonium grade warheads" we're not privy to their under ground arms deal with other countries, their other illegal sources of income. but if you read all the entries on the link you provided, one thing is common "North Korea is refusing to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors full access to its nuclear sites". what do you think is the reason for such action? it's difficult to conclude that N Korea doesn't have more than 2 nuclear weapons since the latest CIA update was dated in the year 2000? besides, the chronology on your posted site stated otherwise. there's just a lot of things that doesn't add up that's why the US and its allies are very careful in dealing with this matter.

that was not just a mere opinion, i can back up some facts on the NOKOR economic status..according to this data here, NOKOR's GDP [last year] was just a slump $40 billion
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/kn.html

contrast that to a third world economy such as the Phils. $430.6 billion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Philippines

you may research on the net regarding the cost of building a nuclear program and then try to leverage it on the NOKOR economy, you'll be amaze on what you will find out.

[tolstoi]

I got the info from Wikipedia. "By 1994, the United States believed that North Korea had enough reprocessed plutonium to produce about 10 bombs with the amount of plutonium increasing". As for the 50, I got it from news clips. Thats why I put in "believed" because they are unconfirmed.

Also from Wikipedia, they spend $5 Billion on their military alone... they might not be an economic power, but they do know where to spend their money...

And as stated by Omad, the fact that they refused IAEA inspectors to visit their nuclear facilities in itself is very fishy na. Its what the Iranians are doing right now. If they have nothing to hide, why bar the inspectors? Its simple logic...

the economic status of a certain country is the best indicator for its NUCLEAR program capability..simple mathematics.

[mango]

Lighter side of this issue- North Korea fired a sixth missile this afternoon - probably because Kim Jung-il was irked by some reports he heard- calling his missiles pyrotechnics. hehehehehe

[lalakingbisdak]

The world war 3 is coming soon. Remember war of the worlds movie? This is it. Nokor vs the world.

[Spec-V]

Since the International Community was so focused on Iran's Nuke enrichment; DPRK just did what any deprived child will always do..."throw a tantrum & begging for attention"

[cerebus]

There would be no ww3 or invasion of nokor. it doesn't make sense.

after iraq, the us cannot afford to invade ww3, financially and politically. same reason for sokor, too. imagine millions of refugee to be feeded by sokor. the world community will not go to war just because nokor throws a tantrum.

the wild card is nokor. like cold war russia, you don't know what they are thinking but they're not crazy to go to war with sokor for they know they're going to lose. nokor going to war with us. with what?

the nukes that nokor have are primitive and cannot be attached to their missile. i'm not sure with their bio and chemicals.