Ace Nova Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 North Korea fires three short-range rockets as Pope visits South Korea(Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range rockets off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea's Ministry of Defense said, shortly before Pope Francis arrived in Seoul on his first visit to Asia.The rockets were fired from multiple launchers in the North Korean port city of Wonsan and traveled 220 km (135 miles) before landing in waters east of the Korean peninsula, a defense ministry official said.The last rocket was fired 35 minutes before Pope Francis was due to arrive at an air base in Seoul, where the pontiff started a five-day visit to South Korea.The launches came ahead of U.S.-South Korean military exercises scheduled to start on Monday. Seoul and Washington say the exercises are defensive in nature but North Korea regularly protests against the drills, which it sees as a rehearsal for war.North Korea last fired short-range rockets in late July but has since said repeatedly that the launches are specifically designed as counter measures against those drills."Given that the U.S. and the puppet forces of South Korea continue staging nuclear war exercises against us in particular, we will take countermeasures for self-defense which will include missile launches, nuclear tests and all other programs," a statement carried by North Korean state media last Friday said.Pyongyang is under heavy U.N. and U.S. sanctions related to its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Short-range rockets do not defy the ban but Pyongyang has in recent months changed its propaganda style to include photographs of leader Kim Jong Un personally supervising the launches.A spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said the United States was assessing whether the rocket firings were in violation of sanctions. Marie Harf said Washington had yet to determine what type of missiles had been fired, but said North Korea failed to follow international procedures by giving prior notification to ships and aircraft."We continue to call upon North Korea to refrain from taking such provocative actions," she told a regular news briefing.http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/14/us-northkorea-rockets-idUSKBN0GE06D20140814So now this genius has decided that he wants to intimidate the Pope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 He road through Rio without a bullet proof window. I don't think he is afraid of piss poor rockets. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not An FSB Agent Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) Gonna head over to /r/pyongyang and get the official word.EDIT: Lead article on Rodong, but I can't read Korean. warning-- north korean link http://www.rodong.rep.kp/ko/ Edited August 15, 2014 by Not An FSB Agent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 North Korea does something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 They were rejoicing... I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Don't fuck with Frankie.Gonna head over to /r/pyongyang and get the official word.EDIT: Lead article on Rodong, but I can't read Korean. warning-- north korean link http://www.rodong.rep.kp/ko/Wait, North Korea has webpages? For what, all 12 of it's citizens who have internet? And now I'm on a CIA watchlist because I clicked the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not An FSB Agent Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 They were rejoicing... I guess.Turns out they were celebrating the defeat of the Japanese in the Fatherland Liberation War(that would be WWII to us filthy dogs in the West) 69 years previous.Today though, the Southwestern Command blasted the sinister aim of the puppet forces in the South for launching five speed boats deep into territorial waters and commenced the indiscriminate shelling peaceful fishing vessels. Though, the Command reassured everyone The officers and men of the KPA on the southwestern front were already well aware of the despicable true nature of the military gangsters who committed such provocation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val22 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 North Korea showing off again!I met a soldier on a plane years ago who was stationed in South Korea. He said every now and then the North Koreans soldiers would get a little too close to the border and the US soldiers would turn the tanks around and point it at them. They would then go back away from the border.I think if North Korea every makes a "real" move on any of the other Asian nations, they should just blow them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 I think if North Korea ever makes a "real" move on any of the other Asian nations, they will be blown up.Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not An FSB Agent Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 North Korea showing off again!I met a soldier on a plane years ago who was stationed in South Korea. He said every now and then the North Koreans soldiers would get a little too close to the border and the US soldiers would turn the tanks around and point it at them. They would then go back away from the border.I think if North Korea every makes a "real" move on any of the other Asian nations, they should just blow them up.If the North ever makes a move, it will be to the south, and they have around 40,000 pieces of artillery on the border and in caves along the border and about 120 divisions-- that was about the size of the US military in WWII. Seoul would be destroyed in an attack, and they would have the upper hand on the peninsula for weeks.Without the use of tactical nukes to stop the advance, it could be another 1950 with the entire country being over run before an effective counter attack could be mobilized. it would not be pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 North Korea showing off again!I met a soldier on a plane years ago who was stationed in South Korea. He said every now and then the North Koreans soldiers would get a little too close to the border and the US soldiers would turn the tanks around and point it at them. They would then go back away from the border.I think if North Korea every makes a "real" move on any of the other Asian nations, they should just blow them up.If the North ever makes a move, it will be to the south, and they have around 40,000 pieces of artillery on the border and in caves along the border and about 120 divisions-- that was about the size of the US military in WWII. Seoul would be destroyed in an attack, and they would have the upper hand on the peninsula for weeks.Without the use of tactical nukes to stop the advance, it could be another 1950 with the entire country being over run before an effective counter attack could be mobilized. it would not be pretty.Operative words there. So they'd have an advantage at first, but once it becomes an international issue (Which, let's be honest, would happen almost immediately), they'd get fucked so hard by every member of the international community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Moon Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 imm pretty sure all north korean missles are short range LOL AMIRITE?!? they probably have small penises because theyre nutritionally deprived, LOL! that fat boy running shit don't know about nothin except windows 95' and cake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbominableHoman Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Nobody gives a shit about the war. It's the millions of poor people they'd have to take care of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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