North Korea threatens nuclear attack on the US

[Crayo]

North Korea threatened the United States on Thursday with a preemptive nuclear strike, raising the level of rhetoric while the U.N. Security Council considers new sanctions against the reclusive country.

North Korea has accused the United States of using military drills in South Korea as a launch pad for a nuclear war and has scrapped the armistice with Washington that ended hostilities in the 1950-53 Korean War.

North Korea, which has one major ally, neighboring China, threatens the United States and its “puppet”, South Korea, on an almost daily basis.

“Since the United States is about to ignite a nuclear war, we will be exercising our right to preemptive nuclear attack against the headquarters of the aggressor in order to protect our supreme interest,” the North’s foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

North Korea conducted a third nuclear test on February 12, in defiance of U.N. resolutions, and declared it had achieved progress in securing a functioning atomic arsenal. It is widely believed the North does not have the capacity to deliver a nuclear strike on the mainland United States.

The North’s unnamed foreign ministry spokesman also said it would be entitled to take military action as of March 11 when U.S.-South Korea military drills move into a full-scale phase as it had declared the truce invalid.

It is the latest in an escalation of tough words from both sides of the armed Korean border this week as the U.N. Security Council deliberates a resolution to tighten financial sanctions and a naval blockade against the North.

North Korea, which held a mass military rally in Pyongyang on Thursday in support of its recent threats, has protested against the U.N. censures of its rocket launches. It says they are part of a peaceful space program and that the criticism is an exercise of double standards by the United States.

But North Korea’s shrill rhetoric rarely goes beyond just that. Its latest armed aggression against the South in 2010 came unannounced, bombing a South Korean island killing two civilians. It is widely accused of sinking a South Korean navy ship earlier in the year, killing 46 sailors.

North Korea was conducting a series of military drills and getting ready for state-wide war practice of an unusual scale, South Korea’s defense ministry said earlier on Thursday.

South Korea and the United States, which are conducting annual military drills until the end of April, are watching the North’s activities for signs they turn from an exercise to an actual attack, a South Korean official said.

“It hasn’t been frequent that the North conducted military exercise at the state level,” South Korea’s defense ministry spokesman, Kim Min-seok, said. “The North is currently conducting various drills on land, at sea and aerially.

“We are watching the North’s activities and stepping up readiness under the assumption that these drills can lead to provocation at any time.”

Kim declined to confirm news reports that the North has imposed no-fly zones off its coasts in a possible move to fire missiles, but he said any flight ban limited to near the coast would not be for weapons with meaningful ranges.

A top North Korean general said on Tuesday said Pyongyang was scrapping the armistice. But the two sides remain technically at war as the civil war did not end with a treaty.

South Korea’s military said in a rare warning on Wednesday that it would strike back at the North and target its leadership if Pyongyang launched an attack.

TLDR: North Korea being North Korea I guess.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Lol good luck with that.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Seems like much ado about nothing. Even if the N Koreans were crazy enough to try and mount some crazy unprovoked offensive attacks they would get shut down instantly.

 

[Crayo]

Don't worry Ameripussyfags, you have the British backing you up :tough:.

 

[Stopspot]

Seems like Kimg Jong Un trying to flex his muscles to build some kind of international image to me. His dad had the whole Korean war that helped build the image of him as a world leader (read dictator). Un just inherited it all. He might feel that he needs to live up to the family name (like people say about W and the second Iraq war). Who knows really.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

The US sucks at a lot of things, but slinging military dick is not one of them.

 

[Stopspot]

If America starts bombing the NK, wonder if Hollywood would throw some money their way to take out the servers the Pirate Bay is stored on. #LikeThatWouldHappen

 

[catlady]

North Korea has threatened this multiple times. If Kim were to actually go through with an attack, he knows his army would be fighting more then just the US. He's just a power hungry man that wants to be feared.

 

[Crayo]

Their servers are in the Netherlands aren't they? ^

 

[catlady]

If America starts bombing the NK, wonder if Hollywood would throw some money their way to take out the servers the Pirate Bay is stored on. #LikeThatWouldHappen

They will go into hiding under their million down homes. ity:

 

[Senhor Perfect]

N.Korea would be wiped off of the planet if they mounted an offensive attack on a NATO country. Regardless if China backs them or not.

 

[Stopspot]

Their servers are in the Netherlands aren't they? ^

Apparently moved to North Korea sometime early this week or last week. I remember reading an article on it in the paper while at work. They move around a couple of times a year.
I was shocked they even had server farms open for private users to buy space on in North Korea.

 

[Crayo]

N.Korea would be wiped off of the planet if they mounted an offensive attack on a NATO country. Regardless if China backs them or not.

I think their relationship with China was reported as "strained" too, and that North Korea are unnecessarily provoking which inevitably drags China in with them.

 

[Stopspot]

China is much more western friendly now compared to earlier in history as well. They wouldn't be as inclined to war as North Korea. China is an economic super power both in the present and on the rise, they don't need to swing their military dick around to feel big.

 

[Senhor Perfect]

My point being, even if China and N.Korea were in bed together, it wouldn't stop NATO from Japanning the shite of N.Korea. They wouldn't worry at all about Chinese retaliation.