Kim Jong-un Threatens To Attack Bases of “American Bastards” In the Pacific
|I would like to see him try because Japan and Okinawa already have Patriot and Aegis missile defenses while THAAD was deployed to Guam specifically to defend against the Musudan missile threat. I will be more concerned if they successfully develop an submarine launched ballistic missile capability:
Leader Kim Jong-Un threatened US military bases across the Pacific after North Korea’s test of a powerful new missile triggered emergency UN Security Council talks on curbing Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.
Kim, who personally monitored Wednesday’s Musudan missile test, applauded a “great event” that significantly bolstered the North’s pre-emptive nuclear attack capability, the official KCNA news agency reported.
“We have the sure capability to attack in an overall and practical way the Americans in the Pacific operation theatre,” Kim was quoted as saying.
A Korean-language version of the same report had Kim referring to “the American bastards.”
The Musudan has a theoretical range of anywhere between 2,500 and 4,000 kilometres (1,550 to 2,500 miles), with the upper estimate covering US military bases as far away as Guam.
After a string of failures in recent months, North Korea tested two Musudans on Wednesday, one of which flew 400 kilometres into the Sea of Japan (East Sea).
KCNA said the missile had been fired at a high angle to simulate its full range, and had reached a maximum height of more than 1,400 kilometres.
The test “marked an important occasion in further strengthening the nuclear attack capacity of our state,” Kim said. [AFP]
You can read more at the link, but this picture released by North Korea shows how much Kim Jong-un had invested in the successful development of the Musudan:
These two looked happier than Lebron James winning the NBA Championship.
Of course Ri Pyong-chol is happy. He is thinking in his mind “I get to live!”
I always wondered how true the stories of DPRK scientists getting executed or jailed for failure really are. It seems to me considering their progress in recent years KJU must be sticking with a core group of scientists and given them a high latitude for trial and error with their test program. This may be why he has advanced his missile program far beyond what his father accomplished. Maybe Kim Jong-un is not as dumb or crazy as people claim? 😕
I am sure that the ones closest to the project (i.e. the hands on folks) are being spared to continue their work but I am sure KJU looks very closely at some of the older cadre who are supposedly “in charge” and blames them for any failures. Also, it’s a good way to clear out the dead wood to make way for a younger more vital leadership cadre.