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North Korea, Kim Jong-un and the Big Bad Bomb

May 27th, 2012

By Dan Miller Unsuccessful negotiations with Iran to avoid nuclear weapons development have been much in the news. Her frequent collaborator North Korea — which has already made and tested nuclear devices — is lurking in the background while we await her delayed attempt to conduct another. As a Russian arms shipment is en route […]

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Tags: China, DPRK, Kim Jong-un, missile, North Korea, nuclear, South Korea
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More North Korean Threats – Next Verse Same as the First

April 24th, 2012

By Dan Miller Why? Is North Korea serious or is she polishing her tarnished begging bowl yet again? The perception that North Korea is “almost ready” to conduct another nuclear test “soon” has been voiced since before the abortive missile test on Friday the Thirteenth of April at 7:39 AM Korean time. It is now […]

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Tags: bomb, China, DPRK, Kim Jong-un, missile, North Korea, nuclear, test
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Should We Feed the Malnourished North Koreans? – Take Two

April 16th, 2012

By Dan Miller No again, for the same reasons and a few more. On March 30th, I wrote an article asking that question. My answer was that we shouldn’t because the then impending but now failed long range missile launch, and probably still impending underground nuclear test (or faked nuclear test), were yet more examples […]

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Tags: bomb, China, DPRK, Iran, missile, North Korea, nuclear, rocket, test, UN
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Will North Korea Attempt a Nuclear Test?

April 14th, 2012

By Dan Miller It seems rather likely, soon, although not for the reasons commonly suggested. Motivations for a nuclear test It has been widely speculated that a North Korean nuclear test will follow the embarrassing spectacle of its expensive ($850 million) Friday the 13th long range missile debacle. According to this article from Bloomberg, Kim […]

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Tags: bomb, DPRK, failure, missile, North Korea, nuclear, rocket, starvation, test
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North Korea, Missile Launch, and a Big Bad Bomb

April 12th, 2012

By Dan Miller Going Once! Going Twice! Going Thrice! Gone! But don’t worry. President Obama is on the ball. The Missile launch After previous failures, it had been anticipated that North Korea would attempt, between April 12th and 16th, to launch a long range missile that it claimed would lift only a harmless small observation satellite […]

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Tags: China, DPRK, missile, North Korea, nuclear, payload, rocket, South Korea
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