North Korea 'will test missiles weekly', senior official tells BBC

[inanna]

Source: BBC

5 hours ago

North Korea will continue to test missiles, a senior official has told the BBC in Pyongyang, despite international condemnation and growing military tensions with the US.

"We'll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis," Vice-Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol told the BBC's John Sudworth.

He said that an "all-out war" would result if the US took military action.

Earlier, US Vice-President Mike Pence warned North Korea not to test the US.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39623882

[retrowire]

1. North Korea 'will waste money weekly', senior official tells BBC nt

[rpannier]

2. Yep

That is pretty much the actual message their conveying

[Dammit Jim]

5. Better Headline

North Korea Will Test Missiles Weakly
Just like they've already been doing!

[ansible]

6. Don't underestimate them, they're very resourceful

North Korea is pretty much the biggest criminal organization in the world, funding their government with illegal activities like arms smuggling, drugs and counterfeit money. They don't need to waste money when they can just print US dollars that are so authentic looking they can pass through bill changers and can only be detected as counterfeits by the US treasury.

[catsudon]

15. Came here to say this

They are wasting our money since they print "super dollars" as they're called. Nk has been giving us the middle fingers for years and killing innocent civillians in their concentration camps, maybe it is time to do something more drastic with south's blessing.

[ansible]

17. I don't think we ever could, unfortunately

North Korea is positioned perfectly to continue on as their own isolated totalitarian dictatorship for pretty much forever. China doesn't want a war that will destabilize Asia and South Korea doesn't want refugees that will destroy their economy. Kim can keep blackmailing the west with war and demanding food aid in return to keep things calm.

[moonscape]

9. They learn something from all that testing, don't they? n/t

[retrowire]

16. Doesn't look like it to me lol nt

[LanternWaste]

18. The first US rocket failure was 1957, the most recent, 2016

The first US rocket failure was 1957, the most recent, 2016. No doubt, our incompetence is most note-worthy as well. Perfection being little more than faith-based, magic-thinking.

Insert distinction lacking relevant difference... just in case.

[larwdem]

3. Trump started this

He had to fuck with the second craziest leader in the world !!

[nycbos]

4. I don't thin you can quite blame this one on the Orangeman.

They would be acting this way if Hillary was President. Kaine would have gone to the DMZ and this would have happened.


The main difference is we would have a responsible adult in charge of our own nukes and not a insane madman.

[C Moon]

10. You're saying Clinton would have handled this the same as Trump?

Really?
Trump and his sycophant racists are boneheads. They have the whole world on edge.
Hillary Clinton would not have poured gasoline on the fire like this idiot.

[nycbos]

14. I never said Hillary would have handled it the same as Trump

If you read my post I said an adult would have been in charge of our own nukes. I meant that the tension have been there long before hand.

For the record I supported her in the primary.

[IronLionZion]

7. Instead of feeding their starving people

[Marcuse]

13. "Let them eat yellowcake."

[Renew Deal]

8. This sounds like good news

They will blow up and waste their own stuff weekly, monthly, yearly.

Go for it

This is worth watching. Mike Morrell on Charlie Rose: https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017434517

[DFW]

11. At that rate...........

Either the entire North Korean economy will be geared toward making missiles, or they'll run out before their "war" even starts.

Sounds fine to me. They have the added advantage of knowing that even if Trump DID order a missile strike, there is still a 50-50 chance he would order it to hit the wrong part of Korea.

[Bengus81]

12. Un is getting a woodie from all this attention.....Trump playing Un's game for him n/t