North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the demonstration of a "new-type tactical guided weapon" on Thursday as a warning to South Korea to stop importing high-tech weapons and conducting joint military exercises with the United States, state media KCNA said on Friday.
North Korea test-fired two new short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, South Korean officials said, its first missile test since Kim and US President Donald Trump agreed to revive denuclearisation talks last month.
The KCNA report did not mention Trump or the US, but it said Kim criticised South Korean authorities for carrying on with joint exercises, which are usually conducted with US troops.
"We cannot but develop nonstop super-powerful weapon systems to remove the potential and direct threats to the security of our country that exist in the South," Kim said, according to KCNA.
He accused South Koreans of "double dealing" for saying they support peace but simultaneously importing new weapons and conducting military drills.
South Korea's leader should stop such "suicidal acts" and "should not make a mistake of ignoring the warning," Kim said.
Kim said he was satisfied with the rapid response and low-altitude trajectory of the weapon, which he said would make it difficult to intercept.
Seoul's National Security Council said on Thursday it believed the missiles were a new type of ballistic missile, but it would make a final assessment with the US.
Ballistic missile tests would be a violation of UN Security Council resolutions that ban North Korean use of such technology. North Korea rejects the restriction as an infringement of its right to self-defence.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Friday July 26 2019, @06:40PM (30 children)
"There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea." -- President Donald J Trump, June 12, 2018
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday July 26 2019, @07:04PM (21 children)
Whaddya gonna do?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Friday July 26 2019, @07:20PM (2 children)
How about another pointless, bloody, long, aimless land war in Asia. The last 5 we fucked up have taught us how to do it right
(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Saturday July 27 2019, @02:48AM (1 child)
No: i say we gather ALL the leaders in the world together in one room (at least the ones who seem to need to beat their chests and crow) and make them whip their dicks out so we can compare them. Biggest one gets a Slushie for a prize.
The losers we just go "Tsk, tsk" at them as we slowly shake our heads side to side, then we get them back together again and tell them all to GROW THE FUCK UP and stop being children.
Jeebuz... grow up people... Kim, Donald, China-guy, Russia-guy: they all needs to be Putin their shit back in their trousers and just get laid. Or piss on a bed. Or get a blow-job from a blue dress because you can't stand your wife. Or whatever.
But grow. up.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Saturday July 27 2019, @08:38AM
May I recommend :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLllFMF-OkQ [youtube.com]
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Friday July 26 2019, @07:36PM (14 children)
My plan is to keep reminding people how terrible he is until he is no longer in office.
So if you want me to shut up about it vote anybody but Trump in 2020!
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @07:49PM (1 child)
At this point I think the lines have been drawn. Anyone supporting Trump at this point is fully invested, everyone else already realizes how terrible he is.
It is an "us vs. them" situation for conservatives and they apparently don't care how terrible their politicians are as long as they "win". Brainwashing for the lose, I mean "win".
(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Sunday July 28 2019, @01:47AM
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @08:26PM (4 children)
This is what your posts amount to:
It is free advertising for Trump.
(Score: 3, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Friday July 26 2019, @09:40PM (3 children)
If that were true Clinton would have won in 2016. Afterall, there was a paid army of trolls reminding us about how terrible she was on a daily basis.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @10:11PM
I can go find my posts on this very site from early 2016 saying Trump was going to win because you idiots wouldn't stop your juvenile and incoherent ranting about him.
The stuff about Clinton did not even come close. Every fucking unrelated thread had some moron who couldn't help themselves advertising for him by mentioning how stupid/racist/orange/etc Trump was.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Friday July 26 2019, @10:30PM
Really? You still believe that's why she lost?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @04:43AM
Maybe the difference was that the detractors were making valid points about Hillary's criminal behavior, whereas the bad points about Trump were lost in the noise of emo screaming.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Friday July 26 2019, @08:30PM (3 children)
You have to consider that people vote for him because he's so terrible.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @08:57PM (2 children)
You just won't listen. People voted for him because they thought Hillary was worse.
If the democrats would just run a decent person as candidate then Trump would lose in 2020.
Not going to happen though, is it. Hands over your ears la la la la la la I can't hear you Orangeman Bad la la la why you racist sexist not woke la la la its her turn whaaaa.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday July 26 2019, @09:17PM
You're not supposed to wait for the democrats to do a damn thing. There is a reason they don't oppose the GOP. If the voters won't vote for somebody else, they are just shit out of luck.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Touché) by Gaaark on Saturday July 27 2019, @02:55AM
Yup. People looked at her and went "Oh HELL NO!"
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @09:50PM (2 children)
Have faith. I'm sure the Democrats can pick a candidate so uninspiring or controversial that Trump will squeak back in for a 2nd term. Biden on top, a young socialist on the bottom. Four more years, pretty much guaranteed.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @10:15PM (1 child)
We have at least 37 more years of Trump to look forward to.
It's Donald Trump for 5 more years until 2024, then Ivana Trump 2024-2032. Next Donald Trump Jr. in 2032-2040, and Eric Trump in 2040-2048. Finally Barron Trump in 2048-2056.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday July 29 2019, @03:37PM
That's a scary thought. You keep your dystopian thoughts to yourself.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @07:52PM
Yet another mark against fustakrakich, the Angel of Apathy. He doesn't want to actually fix anything, he just wants to demoralize people.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Friday July 26 2019, @09:47PM (1 child)
Get a real politician who will work with governmental resources such as the intelligence community and State Department to adjust to the threat presented instead of a tweeting scared little boy in an old man's body as President?
This sig for rent.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @10:18PM
Don't worry, the barrista is investigating the origins of all that.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday July 26 2019, @09:25PM (7 children)
To be fair, nowhere in the summary do they say the new weapon is nuclear.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DeathMonkey on Friday July 26 2019, @09:36PM (1 child)
US analysts suspect North Korea may have developed 12 nukes since first Trump-Kim summit [washingtonexaminer.com]
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @10:49PM
FTFY:
Anonymous sources make up fake news. [washingtonexaminer.com]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by janrinok on Saturday July 27 2019, @11:55AM (4 children)
The missile wasn't carrying a nuclear warhead, but that doesn't mean it isn't nuclear capable. There can be no doubt that N Korea has some nuclear warheads, and the threat comes from not knowing which missiles might be carrying one. Dare S Korea risk anything that might mean that the response from N Korea will be nuclear? If the first missile is inbound, do you assume that it is NOT nuclear and wait until it detonates, or do you assume that it IS nuclear and retaliate before you suffer a massive strike? Can you guarantee to stop all incoming missiles? Do you bet on Kim being smart enough to not risk everything?
By the time you get to actually using a nuclear warhead the game has been lost. The reason that there hasn't been a nuclear war is because none of the potential players can guarantee that they will be the winner.
(Score: 1, Disagree) by RandomFactor on Saturday July 27 2019, @07:25PM
SK should have made the job of protecting itself, and the US protecting it, less impossible by not providing NK tens of millions of next to the border hostages, effectively and asymmetrically attackable by cheap 1950's tech.
Instead the policy has been this weird alternating combination of Nevil Chamberlain and 'sanctions'
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday July 29 2019, @03:53PM (2 children)
I'd like to think it's, because we know how awful those things are. You think conventional weaponry has collateral damage, Nuclear Weapons are the definition of collateral damage. You're destroying the environment, doing who knows what kind of damage to the atmosphere, and killing many, many regular citizens. The use of Nuclear Weapons as a weapon should be avoided, essentially at all costs. Only insane people think, it's okay to consider using Nuclear Weapons. I'd also, like to think that, if we'd known what we do now about Nuclear Weapons. The USA wouldn't have used them on Japan. Then again, the horrors of war, make you do some pretty terrible things. Here's hoping, that those with the ability, never get to that point.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 29 2019, @04:35PM
You're the first person in a long-ass time I've wanted to tell to use fewer commas
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday July 29 2019, @05:34PM
Unfortunately, there is no evidence in indicate that nuclear weapons would not be used if a country thought that they could gain an advantage by using them.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2019, @02:35PM (1 child)
from the bullying actions of the USA.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Monday July 29 2019, @04:04PM
Do you also support the atrocities that are being committed in North Korea on a daily basis? Because, unless we've been seriously lead on, there's a huge humanitarian crisis in North Korea. The only reason, nothing's been done about it is, because the regime has an iron grip on it's population. If the citizens were at unrest and able to express that. North Korea wouldn't be such a nightmare problem. It would just be another evil dictator, who needs to be shown, that at some point your actions have consequences. Instead, the people are lead to believe, that the government, especially the leader, is infallible and it's the outsiders that can't be trusted.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"