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WhiteTara

(29,715 posts)
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 01:21 PM Mar 2016

In latest outburst, North Korea's Kim orders nuclear weapons at the ready

Source: Washington Post

TOKYO — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has ordered his military to be ready to use its nuclear weapons at any time, saying they were needed given the “ferocious hostility” of new “gangster-like” sanctions leveled against Pyongyang.

The order, reported in North Korea’s official media Friday, is the second outburst in as many days from Pyongyang, an angry response to the new multilateral sanctions aimed at punishing Kim’s regime for its recent nuclear test and missile launch. Yesterday, the North Korean military fired six projectiles into the Sea of Japan.

“The only way for defending the sovereignty of our nation and its right to existence under the present extreme situation is to bolster up nuclear force, both in quality and quantity,” Kim said, according to a report carried by the Korean Central News Agency.

Kim stressed the “need to get the nuclear warheads deployed for national defense always on standby so as to be fired any moment,” the report said.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-latest-outburst-north-koreas-kim-orders-nuclear-weapons-at-the-ready/2016/03/04/7129f2c6-c691-43c3-9fbe-60a16f2ad338_story.html

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In latest outburst, North Korea's Kim orders nuclear weapons at the ready (Original Post) WhiteTara Mar 2016 OP
NK went nuclear under Bush's watch. onehandle Mar 2016 #1
I'm sure this will be spun to be WhiteTara Mar 2016 #2
Not good. snort Mar 2016 #3
Agreed. yourpaljoey Mar 2016 #4
When is somebody gonna shoot a drone up this guy's ass? tabasco Mar 2016 #5
Wait for Drumpfkenfheure WhiteTara Mar 2016 #7
The North Korean people tabasco Mar 2016 #9
Did he also order his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator at the ready? Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #6
Yes, and his frickin' sharks with frickin' lasers on their frickin' heads n/t Kennah Mar 2016 #12
How long would it be if this boy idiot launched a weapon PearliePoo2 Mar 2016 #8
That sound you hear is all three wheelbarrows deploying simultaneously. n/t Orsino Mar 2016 #10
Dear China: Curb your dog. Raster Mar 2016 #11
Send in Dave Skylark n/t Kennah Mar 2016 #13

snort

(2,334 posts)
3. Not good.
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 01:41 PM
Mar 2016

The US Russia China and Europe need to put their hands on their shoulders and contain this guy. This pipsqueak doesn't get to trigger nuclear war (even if SK gets hit). We just can't let this start.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
8. How long would it be if this boy idiot launched a weapon
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 02:40 PM
Mar 2016

before there was a response?
Is little Kim thinking of "suicide by nuke"?




Raster

(20,998 posts)
11. Dear China: Curb your dog.
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 06:09 PM
Mar 2016

Dear China:

Put your dog on a leash or we'll do it for you.

Sincerely,

The Planet.

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