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| N. Korea could nuke US, Europe ‘within months’: France |
| 2017-09-03 |
| [DAWN] France’s foreign minister warned on Friday that North Korea could have the capacity to deliver a nuclear strike on the United States and even Europe “within months”. Jean-Yves Le Drian called the situation following a string of missile tests by Pyongyang “extremely serious” and urged the reclusive state to turn to dialogue to ease spiralling tensions. “We see a North Korea whose objective is to have missiles capable of transporting a nuclear weapon tomorrow,” Le Drian told RTL radio. “In a few months, that will be a reality. At that moment, when it has the capability to hit the US, even Europe and at the very least Japan and China, with a nuclear weapon, the situation will be explosive.” Early on Tuesday, North Korea fired an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 over Japan, prompting US President Donald Trump to say that “all options” were on the table in an implied threat of pre-emptive military action. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 That sure is a nice dam you have there, be a shame is something were to happen to it. |
| Posted by: Cravilet Poodle5789 2017-09-03 20:13 |
| #6 EC, how do you think the populations of France and the UK would feel about that. The French and Brits have big booms, will they push the button or is this purely a case of expecting the US to do all the dirty work>? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-09-03 19:02 |
| #5 It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from North Korea against any other nation as an attack by China on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon China. That would get their attention. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2017-09-03 17:24 |
| #4 Besoeker if they choose Taiwan to test one of the first missing items would be a big dam in China. Circles have a way of completing. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-09-03 15:51 |
| #3 They'll soon be testing 'above ground.' Probably on a remote island or out at sea. Unless I miss my guess, we'll shortly be calculating 'down wind drift.' With their test instrumentation in place, I'd be watching for the Chinese to vacate one of their militarized islands. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-03 15:36 |
| #2 The Chinese gave blueprints for a missile device table nuclear warhead to AQ Khan. It even had notes on the torque to use when tightening the bolts. He gave it to everybody and their aunty. The idea that NK is months away is absurd. |
| Posted by: John Frum 2017-09-03 15:28 |
| #1 Waiting for the 90% confidence mark it seems. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-09-03 13:22 |