North Korea threatens US with a pre-emptive nuclear strike.

Iraklis F.C. · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:27

fadetoblack said:
Shock horror if the Patriot missile defense system fails again

i believe it is not the same system introduced in the gulf war, it has improved quite significantly

Jono8 · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:29

Japan have said they will shoot it down if it goes over them. Fair enough really.

Name · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:34

CaptainRAVE said:
do you think the US will shoot it down just to prove tht they can?

They should totally do this, pahaha. Some sort of missle launch happening today (yes im slow on the uptake)

Wayn0r · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:34

Wouldn't it be the Aegis cruisers that would target + shoot it down? Believe they are supposed to be pretty amazing?

englishpremier · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:38

Only Japan have said that they would shoot it down.

Any shooting down of a "peaceful" missile test is likely to result in war.

Wayn0r · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:41

Peaceful + missile test in the same sentence seems wrong

Its not as if its designed to distribute fluffy bunnies after take off!

robgmun · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:43

Iraklis F.C. said:

Diagro · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:49

They are at war with SK any missile should be seen as an attack tbh

ubersonic · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:51

Wayn0r said:
Peaceful + missile test in the same sentence seems wrong

Its not as if its designed to distribute fluffy bunnies after take off!

I think he meant rocket test

FTM · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:53

be funny as anything if they do a test and it blows up on the pad or goes up and then fails like a big roman candle..I wonder how they would spin that

Name · 10 Apr 2013 at 08:55

Daily Mail is over egging this far too much. Not sure if any of the headlines are true:

Japan has setup anti missle defences at 3 locations across Japan and is prepared for an attack

NK and SK on the 'verge' of nuclear war.

Bit drastic isnt it? But i suppose thats the DM for you.

GAC · 10 Apr 2013 at 09:14

Name said:
Daily Mail is over egging this far too much. Not sure if any of the headlines are true:

Japan has setup anti missle defences at 3 locations across Japan and is prepared for an attack

NK and SK on the 'verge' of nuclear war.

Bit drastic isnt it? But i suppose thats the DM for you.

they are and they arnt, their doing the same as all mass media and miss reporting about the japanese missile defense's as japans had missiles setup in tokyo for a few years now. but the western media only notice them when north korea start to say things.

so it is true, just not new.

doodah · 10 Apr 2013 at 09:33

Please let it blow up on launch.

theleg · 10 Apr 2013 at 10:17

Name said:
Daily Mail is over egging this far too much. Not sure if any of the headlines are true:

Japan has setup anti missle defences at 3 locations across Japan and is prepared for an attack

NK and SK on the 'verge' of nuclear war.

Bit drastic isnt it? But i suppose thats the DM for you.

If only it was just the DM :/ it seems like most western media is going ape over this.

Name · 10 Apr 2013 at 10:42

I call complete waste of space on this whole saga.

SK now claiming if NK launches test missle, they WILL strike first in a nuclear attack TODAY.

I've heard it all now. Nothing to see here, going back to work!

Azza · 10 Apr 2013 at 10:43

Are we dead yet?

Haha just seen the N.K. embassy in Ealing.

Von Smallhausen · 10 Apr 2013 at 10:44

Does SK have nuclear weapons ?

MickeyFinns · 10 Apr 2013 at 10:45

Von Smallhausen said:
Does SK have nuclear weapons ?

In short no;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_nuclear_research_programs

But they have US backing.

Scougar · 10 Apr 2013 at 10:48

Name said:
I call complete waste of space on this whole saga.

SK now claiming if NK launches test missle, they WILL strike first in a nuclear attack TODAY.

I've heard it all now. Nothing to see here, going back to work!

How pathetic. Now just taken the same tone as NK :-(

Craig1981 · 10 Apr 2013 at 10:50

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22088274

A rather interesting new video from the BBC