North Korea can NOW hit the US East Coast

[American Patriot]

DPRK launched a missile last night and put a satellite into space.

They put the satellite right over Levi Stadium about an hour after the game was over....

People who believe they do not have this capability are wrong.

We're getting very, very close now to being EMP'd.

By the way, Iran... funded this one.

[vector7]

We are being setup by the Left to be destroyed.

[American Patriot]

Wow. Glad you caught that Vector. (LOL).

Of course we are.

We must "LOVE" Muslims.

We have to TAX the rich, or take their money.

We must, all white people, kiss the ass of blacks - cuz you know some white guys once owned blacks. NEVER MIND blacks SOLD the BLACKS into slavery in the first place. Never mind that BLACKS owned BLACKS. Never mind the Republicans set them FREE and the Democrats started the KKK. NEVER MIND fucking FACTS.

[vector7]

North Korea 'fires submarine-launched ballistic missile'

April 23 2016 at 10:16 PM

North Korea appears to have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast, South Korea says.
It is not clear whether the test was authentic, and if it was, whether it will be considered a success by the North.
A successful test would be significant because submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) are hard to detect.
It comes as North Korea gears up for a rare and significant party congress next month.

North Korea is banned from nuclear tests and activities that use ballistic missile technology under UN sanctions dating back to 2006.
'Fabricated'

"North Korea launched a projectile which was believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile around 6:30 pm (0930 GMT) in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) near the north-eastern port of Sinpo," a South Korea defence ministry spokesman said.
"We are keeping close tabs on the North Korean military and maintaining a full defence posture," he said.
North Korea has yet to report the test in its own official media. The secretive state has claimed to have carried out similar tests before but some doubt those claims.

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The US says photographs supposedly showing one launch in December were manipulated and others think the North has fired missiles from submerged platforms, but not submarines.

Regarding this latest test, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile travelled about 30km (19 miles), whereas a typical SLBM can travel at least 300km (186 miles).
North Korea has so far conducted four nuclear tests - the first one in October 2006 and the latest in January this year.
The UN Security Council responded to the latter by imposing its strongest sanctions to date over the North's nuclear weapons programme.

Last month North Korea said it had developed nuclear warheads small enough to fit on ballistic missiles, although experts cast doubt on the claims.

Analysts believe the North may be gearing up for a fifth test as a show of strength ahead of the North Korean Workers' Party Congress, the first since 1980.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36119159

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Russia, China in agreement on North Korea, South China Sea

BEIJING (AP) — The foreign ministers of Russia and China on Friday expressed their joint opposition to the U.S. deployment of an anti-missile system in South Korea and said non-claimants should not take sides in the dispute over the South China Sea.

The comments by Russia's Sergey Lavrov and China's Wang Yi following talks in Beijing display their countries' converging interests and mutual support in foreign affairs as they seek to counter the influence of the U.S. and its allies, particularly in Asia.

Despite endorsing United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea over its missile launches and nuclear tests, the two strongly criticized the proposed deployment of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system.

"Relevant countries shouldn't use Pyongyang's acts as a pretext to increase their military presence on the Korean Peninsula," Lavrov said. "We believe the possible deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system won't resolve this problem."

Both Russia and China, North Korea's now largely estranged ally, see the deployment as exceeding what is necessary to defend against any North Korean threat and would "directly affect strategic security of Russia and China," Wang said.

That could "add fuel to the fire of an already tense situation and even possibly wreck the regional strategic balance," Wang said.
Both called for efforts to restart long-stalled six-nation talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs.

On the South China Sea, which China claims almost entirely, Lavrov said outside parties shouldn't interfere, a reference to the United States, which has challenged Beijing's claims. Wang said it was up to those countries directly involved to find a peaceful resolution through negotiations.

"International society, particularly countries from outside the South China Sea, should play a constructive function in maintaining peace and stability and not contribute to the situation becoming more chaotic," Wang said.

Criticized over its aggressive tactics and construction of new islands with airfields, harbors and radar stations, China has sought to use Russia to bulk up its side of the argument against the U.S. and claimants such as the Philippines, which has brought a suit at the U.N. Court of Arbitration seeking a ruling on ownership over territories it claims.

China has refused to take part in the arbitration or recognize the court's ruling.

Along with enlisting Russia's support, China has given heavy publicity to what it calls a new consensus reached with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos — three members of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations — endorsing its stance that the South China Sea dispute should not be an issue for ASEAN as a whole.

That has renewed criticisms from some that China is applying divide-and-conquer tactics with its smaller neighbors and trying to drive a wedge through the organization. ASEAN members Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines contest China's claims, while Taiwan also claims much of the area.