White House: US can defend against NKorea attack

**I⊥∀NIW∩LLIʞ** · 03-08-2013 03:12 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is fully capable of defending itself against a North Korean ballistic missile attack, the White House said Thursday, after Pyongyang threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States.

The threat from the North Koreans came ahead of a unanimous vote in the U.N. Security Council approving its toughest sanctions yet on the North in response to an atomic test last month.

North Korea has escalated its bellicose statements this week as the tightening of U.N. sanctions loomed. It has also threatened to scrap the cease-fire that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.

"I can tell you that the United States is fully capable of defending against any North Korean ballistic missile attack," said White House spokesman Jay Carney.

North Korea has now conducted three nuclear tests. In the past year, it has made strides toward its goal of having a nuclear weapon that could threaten the U.S. although experts doubt it yet has the capability to hit the U.S. with a ballistic missile or miniaturize a nuclear device to mount on such a missile.

However, the North possesses hundreds of shorter-range missiles that could hit U.S. bases in Japan and South Korea, said Victor Cha, Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.
It is difficult to know how capable U.S. missile defense is, should it be required.

Carney alluded to the development of U.S. system designed to defend against long-range missiles. He said the U.S. is on a "good trajectory" after success in its return to testing of the Ground-Based Interceptor.

http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-us-def...56200.html

**Octo** · 03-08-2013 03:17 PM

Have the Duck and Cover instructions been reintroduced in schools there yet?

**I⊥∀NIW∩LLIʞ** · 03-08-2013 03:20 PM

(03-08-2013 03:17 PM)Octo Wrote: Have the Duck and Cover instructions been reintroduced in schools there yet?

yes itz called we make north korea go boooom

**JayRodney** · 03-08-2013 04:03 PM

I think this is all distraction.

Overthrow of Mr Chavez's party (PSUV) in the upcoming Venezuelan elections is the States current focus.

Should a member of the PSUV be elected continuing Chavez's legacy, there will certainly be an excuse, perhaps even a major orchestrated event to get US boots on the ground there.

Then comes the installation of a puppet government, followed by BP, Haliburton, et al. We all know the drill.

The bottom line is Venezuelan people will no longer be allowed to benefit from their own resources. Chavez was a thorn in big oil's side for a number of years and the US will definitely put an end to this just like they did in Libya. Get those peasants back to poverty just like Libya.

**I⊥∀NIW∩LLIʞ** · 03-08-2013 04:27 PM

(03-08-2013 04:03 PM)JayRodney Wrote: I think this is all distraction.

Overthrow of Mr Chavez's party (PSUV) in the upcoming Venezuelan elections is the States current focus.

Should a member of the PSUV be elected continuing Chavez's legacy, there will certainly be an excuse, perhaps even a major orchestrated event to get US boots on the ground there.

Then comes the installation of a puppet government, followed by BP, Haliburton, et al. We all know the drill.

The bottom line is Venezuelan people will no longer be allowed to benefit from their own resources. Chavez was a thorn in big oil's side for a number of years and the US will definitely put an end to this just like they did in Libya. Get those peasants back to poverty just like Libya.

this tells me one thing and that is you need Jesus

**JayRodney** · 03-08-2013 04:30 PM

Bad.

**I⊥∀NIW∩LLIʞ** · 03-08-2013 04:38 PM

(03-08-2013 04:30 PM)JayRodney Wrote: Bad.

clearly

03-08-2013 04:42 PM

StevenChrist maybe Jay?

**I⊥∀NIW∩LLIʞ** · 03-08-2013 04:49 PM

(03-08-2013 04:42 PM)Anonymous Kritter Wrote: StevenChrist maybe Jay?

**UniqueStranger** · 03-08-2013 05:32 PM

I'm just throwing out a conspiracy theory here. What if China is planning some sort of strategic move against Japan for the disputed islands and North Korea is just a pawn in all of this? North Korea distracts the world while China moves in for the kill?

**JayRodney** · 03-08-2013 05:37 PM

Hadn't pondered that. Plausible.

03-09-2013 06:25 AM

next question? Can threatening ass N. Korean defend themselves alone without running to anyone else ,can they defend themselves from a nuclear attack? Lets not waste any time to find out and get rid of any threats to global commerce and trade, ASAP Too, bitch!

**Catitude** · 03-09-2013 04:59 PM

(03-08-2013 05:32 PM)UniqueStranger Wrote: I'm just throwing out a conspiracy theory here. What if China is planning some sort of strategic move against Japan for the disputed islands and North Korea is just a pawn in all of this? North Korea distracts the world while China moves in for the kill?

That is an interesting thought.

About what I'd expect from them too.

**UniqueStranger** · 03-09-2013 07:00 PM

(03-09-2013 04:59 PM)Catitude Wrote:
(03-08-2013 05:32 PM)UniqueStranger Wrote: I'm just throwing out a conspiracy theory here. What if China is planning some sort of strategic move against Japan for the disputed islands and North Korea is just a pawn in all of this? North Korea distracts the world while China moves in for the kill?

That is an interesting thought.

About what I'd expect from them too.

It's just that I'm thinking ... what is he (NK) waiting for, especially now with all the imposed sanctions.

Now, what is wrong with this statement from China?

"Yang says China is a major target of attacks and that it supports regulations under the United Nations to keep the Internet safe, free and peaceful. "

http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-f...18337.html