North Korean Sabre Rattling 2013 We Nuclear Baby!

**Cail** · 2013-04-09 11:47

Steve Herman @W7VOA
Some senators upset that Minuteman 3 test was postponed so as not to further antagonize #DPRK.

Now theres some war monglers (didnt specify who, but it was at an Armed Forces Committee meeting with the Admiral in charge of the Pacific)

**Outlaw** · 2013-04-09 13:42

TOKYO It's easy to write off North Korea's threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: it has never demonstrated the capability to deploy a missile that could reach the Pacific island of Guam, let alone the mainland U.S.

But what about Japan?

Though it remains a highly unlikely scenario, Japanese officials have long feared that if North Korea ever decides to play its nuclear card it has not only the means but several potential motives for launching an attack on Tokyo or major U.S. military installations on Japan's main island. And while a conventional missile attack is far more likely, Tokyo is taking North Korea's nuclear rhetoric seriously.

On Monday, amid reports North Korea is preparing a missile launch or another nuclear test, Japanese officials said they have stepped up measures to ensure the nation's safety. Japanese media reported over the weekend that the defense minister has put destroyers with missile interception systems on alert to shoot down any missile or missile debris that appears to be headed for Japanese territory.

"We are doing all we can to protect the safety of our nation," said chief Cabinet spokesman Yoshihide Suga, though he and Ministry of Defense officials refused to confirm the reports about the naval alert, saying they do not want to "show their cards" to North Korea.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday on "Face the Nation" that news that North Korea is expected to go ahead with a missile launch signals "a catastrophe of enormous proportions."

McCain said what happens next will depend largely on China, whose relationship with North Korea, a senior official tells CBS News, is at a historic low.

"China can cut off their economy if they want to," McCain said. "Chinese behavior has been very disappointing, whether it be on cyber security, whether it be on confrontation on the South China Sea, or whether it be their failure to rein in what could be a catastrophic situation."

North Korea, meanwhile, issued a new threat against Japan.

"We once again warn Japan against blindly toeing the U.S. policy," said an editorial Monday in the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of its ruling party. "It will have to pay a dear price for its imprudent behavior."

Following North Korea's third nuclear test in February, Japanese experts have increasingly voiced concerns that North Korea may already be able to hit - or at least target - U.S. bases and major population centers with nuclear warheads loaded onto its medium-range Rodong missiles.

"The threat level has jumped" following the nuclear test, said Narushige Michishita, a former Ministry of Defense official and director of the Security and International Studies Program at Tokyo's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-...lear-missiles/

If they do launch a missile over Japan and they shoot it down things could get interesting real quick.

**The Stig** · 2013-04-09 16:00

No worries, Japan can and will finally deploy their secret project:

http://www.likecool.com/Gear/Pic/Ful...am-Robot-1.jpg

**Abandon** · 2013-04-09 17:09

I'd give all of everything to see Wing Zero lay waste to that country

**Callisto** · 2013-04-09 17:11

messing with Japan seems like a bad idea, who knows what form of tentacle-rape biological weapons those weirdos have put together

**Gokku** · 2013-04-09 17:14

You know how awesome it would be for Japan to bust out a mobile suit and just be on the news like... "... It's not an army..."

**dejet** · 2013-04-09 18:03

For some reason, I do not think I would even blink an eye at it. Id just be like "saw it coming"

edit: we have seen fake style ones no? like total joke ones that really only the arm works or something.

**Tarage** · 2013-04-09 18:04

Originally Posted by Ashmada

So which one is the trap?

**Salodin** · 2013-04-09 18:05

Originally Posted by Gokku

You know how awesome it would be for Japan to bust out a mobile suit and just be on the news like... "... It's not an army..."

The mental image of this is amazing.

**MF Perm tha Fineass** · 2013-04-09 18:23

Originally Posted by Tarage

So which one is the trap?

you're thinking of thailand

**Abandon** · 2013-04-09 19:02

Originally Posted by Tarage

So which one is the trap?

none; thai ladyboys are what you're thinknig of

**Abandon** · 2013-04-09 19:02

Originally Posted by MF Perm tha Fineass

you're thinking of thailand

damnit

**Boyiee** · 2013-04-09 19:16

Originally Posted by Tarage

So which one is the trap?

Don't think I'd care if one was.

**quannum** · 2013-04-09 20:15

the trap for SKoreans is how much make-up and cosmetic surgery they use.

**Callisto** · 2013-04-09 20:32

Originally Posted by dejet

For some reason, I do not think I would even blink an eye at it. Id just be like "saw it coming"

edit: we have seen fake style ones no? like total joke ones that really only the arm works or something.

Japan has during a tad further along than that, but not much, looks/moves more like the bad guy mech from Robocop 2

it's more of a toy than a military thing (the gun is a BB gun, etc), would be awesome to see these rolling at Pongyang though lol