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SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) — North Korea has already manufactured several nuclear weapons and is ready to deploy these in the event of a war, a high-ranking North Korean defector claimed on Thursday.
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Apparently, North Korea got weaponization technology from Pakistan. We know that Pakistan originally got this technology from [...]

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Geopolitics: After North Korea’s nuclear bomb test, the People’s Republic of China insists that “punishment should not be the purpose” of any response. Maybe the problem isn’t North Korea, but China.
On the surface, China’s unwillingness to get tough with its client is perplexing. North Korea’s intransigence on nuclear weapons increases risks on [...]

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WASHINGTON – As reports circulated of a second imminent nuclear test, a high-ranking North Korean official who is called the unofficial spokesman for Kim Jong-il issued a not-so-veiled threat to the United States today in an interview with South Korean radio.

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PLANS previously drafted by the Pentagon predict 52,000 US military casualties and one million civilian dead in the first 90 days of conflict if America attacked Pyongyang.
The US leadership is looking at international economic and diplomatic sanctions against North Korea as its primary response to Monday’s nuclear test. But military contingencies are [...]

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North Korea has warned that it will take “strong countermeasures” against Japan if it goes ahead with sanctions against the country.
Tokyo said yesterday that it was banning all North Korean imports and barring the country’s ships from Japanese ports. The measures are in addition to the raft of sanctions currently being [...]

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Military Superiority: As North Korea and Iran become nuclear threats, Russia objects to the possible deployment of U.S. defense systems in Poland. But then, so do the Democrats. What would Ronald Reagan do?
Russia, which was supposed to be a partner in the six-party talks to rein in the North Korean missile and [...]

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The naval exercise to be held by US, Bahrain and allies later this month brings a massive concentration of American naval, air and marine might to the Persian Gulf.
US officials said the exercise starting Oct. 31 will practice interdicting ships carrying weapons of mass destruction and missiles.
DEBKAfile’s military sources report: US naval, [...]

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Recent U.S. intelligence analyses of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs were flawed and the lack of clarity on the issue hampered U.S. diplomatic efforts to avert the underground blast detected Sunday, according to Bush administration officials.

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Russian and Egyptian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Hosni Mubarak will pay special attention to bilateral cooperation in the field of peaceful usage of nuclear energy during their next meeting, national media highlighted on Monday.

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North Korea’s recent underground nuclear test is part of a worrisome trend of increased nuclear proliferation. Before making a decision about moving the hands of the Clock, however, the Board of Directors is also watching to see how the international community responds to North Korea’s actions.

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