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Why do you think the North Koreans are developing WMDs? Who's to blame?

Yeah, go figure that the little idiots would panic after being named in that moronic Axis Of Evil speech fifteen years ago and put a WMD program into high-gear to keep themselves from being invaded.

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And look at what happened to Ukraine too by their buying into the nicey-nicey non-proliferation crap back in the 1990's. By giving up all the former Soviet nukes they had on their territory they, in time, became Putin's victim and lost a quarter of their sovereign land as a result. I'm amazed the Non-Proliferation Treaty is adhered to by anyone given than going along with it means that a smaller country just makes itself that much easier to get beaten up by the US or Russia.

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North Korea threatens to strike US aircraft carrier to show 'military's force'


Published April 23, 2017
· FoxNews.com

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North Korea threatened Sunday to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military prowess as two Japanese Navy ships joined a U.S. strike group for exercises in the Philippine Sea.

“Our revolutionary forces are combat-ready to sink a U.S. nuclear powered aircraft carrier with a single strike," according to North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party’s newspaper, the Rodong Sinmum.

The paper also likened the USS Carl Vinson to a “gross animal” and said a strike on the carrier would be “an actual example to show our military’s force.”

President Trump ordered the USS Carl Vinson to sail to waters off the Korean Peninsula in response to the rising tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile tests and threats to attack the U.S. and its allies. Vice President Pence said Saturday that group would arrive “within days.”

The Vinson and two other U.S. warships were joined by two Japanese destroyers as they continued their journey north in the western Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Navy said in a statement. The U.S. group also includes a guided-missile cruiser and a guided-missile destroyer.

The aircraft carrier had canceled a scheduled visit to Australia to divert toward North Korea in a show of force, though it still conducted a curtailed training exercise with Australia before doing so.

The Navy called the exercise "routine" and said it is designed to improve combined maritime response and defense capabilities, as well as joint maneuvering proficiency.

The Vinson group has conducted three previous bilateral exercises with the Japanese Navy since leaving San Diego on Jan. 5 for a western Pacific deployment. The most recent one was in March.

Analysts believe that North Korea could be gearing up for its sixth nuclear test in wake of a failed missile launch and ahead of the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army, which takes place Tuesday.

North Korea conducted two of its five nuclear tests last year and is believed to be working to develop nuclear-tipped missiles that could reach the mainland U.S.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/23 ... force.html

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