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jpak

(41,758 posts) Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:20 PM Apr 2018

North Korea 'halts missile and nuclear tests', says Kim Jong-un

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Source: BBC

"From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles," the Korean Central News Agency said.

Mr Kim's decision comes a week before he is due to meet his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in.

North Korea has defied international sanctions over its weapons programme.

In November, it said it had successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the whole of the continental United States.

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North Korea 'halts missile and nuclear tests', says Kim Jong-un (Original Post) jpak Apr 2018 OP

Um, ChiTownDenny Apr 2018 #1

Maybe not so much, duforsure Apr 2018 #18

Exactly, they said there is no need for further nuclear or missile tests. They're not getting rid.. George II Apr 2018 #19

Nukes ain't cheap. Ask the old USSR. marble falls Apr 2018 #2

Thank you President trump..... pangaia Apr 2018 #3

Unlikely but possible Un realizes he doesnt want rump to come out of their meeting claiming Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #4

yep but maybe bluestarone Apr 2018 #5

Oh, didnt hear that, that makes far more sense. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #6

Seems quite likely: muriel_volestrangler Apr 2018 #10

Dumbshit will take credit anyway Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #12

TYVM for this! bluestarone Apr 2018 #13

I was thinking it was a good faith effort but that makes sense underpants Apr 2018 #11

He is sure to take credit FiveGoodMen Apr 2018 #7

NO DOUBT!! bluestarone Apr 2018 #9

NK has reached its nuclear goals, having developed an ICBM that can hit any nation. Doodley Apr 2018 #8

I highly suspect not. longship Apr 2018 #14

And I highly doubt that the DPRK has an ICBM either. longship Apr 2018 #15

Just because there was a Unicorn lair 'discovered' in North Korea, doesn't mean greyl Apr 2018 #16

How many tests have the DPRK made of ICBMs? longship Apr 2018 #17

ChiTownDenny

(747 posts)

1. Um,

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:23 PM

Apr 2018

this is a Big Fucking Deal.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)

18. Maybe not so much,

Reply to ChiTownDenny (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 07:40 AM

Apr 2018

If Kim continues with weapons production, not testing , that isn't so good, and they've lied before about this. NK I believe has done this before then cheated anyway, so HE doesn't have to test since they think they have everything already tested and ready to shift into production. I would love it if everything IS stopped, but I doubt it will be. More PR and self promotion than anything.

George II

(67,782 posts)

19. Exactly, they said there is no need for further nuclear or missile tests. They're not getting rid..

Reply to duforsure (Reply #18)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 03:31 PM

Apr 2018

...of their weapons or stopping production.

marble falls

(57,102 posts)

2. Nukes ain't cheap. Ask the old USSR.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:23 PM

Apr 2018

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

3. Thank you President trump.....

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:23 PM

Apr 2018

god, I better put in a sarcasm emoji, what with all the misunderstandings here recently....

on 2nd thought....nah!!!

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

4. Unlikely but possible Un realizes he doesnt want rump to come out of their meeting claiming

Reply to pangaia (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:24 PM

Apr 2018

credit so do this now.

Kim Jong Un, like Putin, was scared of Hillary, he wasnt going to do jack shit while she was prez, i mean he wasnt going to antagonize any longer.

bluestarone

(16,976 posts)

5. yep but maybe

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:27 PM

Apr 2018

Like we heard before, Maybe there ground is unstable for any more testing??

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

6. Oh, didnt hear that, that makes far more sense.

Reply to bluestarone (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:28 PM

Apr 2018

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)

10. Seems quite likely:

Reply to bluestarone (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:35 PM

Apr 2018

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42305161

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

12. Dumbshit will take credit anyway

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #10)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:37 PM

Apr 2018

bluestarone

(16,976 posts)

13. TYVM for this!

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #10)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:38 PM

Apr 2018

underpants

(182,826 posts)

11. I was thinking it was a good faith effort but that makes sense

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:36 PM

Apr 2018

As much he should always STFU now would be a great time to not claim credit for it.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

7. He is sure to take credit

Reply to pangaia (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:32 PM

Apr 2018

bluestarone

(16,976 posts)

9. NO DOUBT!!

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:34 PM

Apr 2018

Doodley

(9,093 posts)

8. NK has reached its nuclear goals, having developed an ICBM that can hit any nation.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:34 PM

Apr 2018

And why not?

longship

(40,416 posts)

14. I highly suspect not.

Reply to Doodley (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 08:26 PM

Apr 2018

And as to their nuclear claims, I doubt those, too.

I think that their initiator design is faulty. That's why all their early so-called nuke tests were well below nuclear yield. I also highly suspect that those same troubles resulted in them building a rather much larger device. When it was tested with a somewhat better initiator, it ran away and utterly destroyed their underground test site. Some DPRK nuclear scientist got their cross-section calculations rather tragically wrong.

They have no infrastructure left to continue their program. That's why the are quitting. They have no choice but to quit.

longship

(40,416 posts)

15. And I highly doubt that the DPRK has an ICBM either.

Reply to Doodley (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 09:20 PM

Apr 2018

Certainly not a reliable or accurate one.

And even if they DO have a nuclear bomb, it most definitely has not been weaponized, let alone shrunk to the size of a missile deliverable one. When one only tests them by burying them, they don't have to be small. That's different for one as a missile payload.

DPRK is giving up on nothing with this concession because they have neither a weaponized nuclear bomb (if they have one at all) nor a reliable delivery system.

greyl

(22,990 posts)

16. Just because there was a Unicorn lair 'discovered' in North Korea, doesn't mean

Reply to longship (Reply #15)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:58 AM

Apr 2018

they don't have ICBMs.

Korean news agency say they have 'recently reconfirmed' the lair of one of the unicorns ridden by the ancient King Tongmyong

..in what appears to be a genuine world exclusive, the inimitable Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has now broken the incredible news that archaeologists in Pyongyang have discovered a unicorn's lair.

Or rather, the report says that they have "recently reconfirmed" the lair of one of the unicorns ridden by the ancient Korean King Tongmyong, founder of a kingdom which ruled parts of China and the Korean peninsula from the the 3rd century BC to 7th century AD.

The KCNA goes on to state that the location happens to be 200 metres from a temple in the North Korean capital, adding: "A rectangular rock carved with words "Unicorn Lair" stands in front of the lair."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/30/unicorn-lair-discovered-north-korea

longship

(40,416 posts)

17. How many tests have the DPRK made of ICBMs?

Reply to greyl (Reply #16)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 06:40 AM

Apr 2018

Allegedly, one. ONE!!!

That is what I would call a unicorn.

In other words, they have, at best, a dodgy nuclear weapon, and an alleged ICBM that has been tested one time.

I'll stick with my assessment.

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