{"id":11791,"date":"2009-06-18T11:22:49","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T16:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=11791"},"modified":"2009-06-18T11:22:49","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T16:22:49","slug":"navy-preparing-for-ops-against-nork-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=11791","title":{"rendered":"Navy preparing for ops against Nork shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve probably all read by now that the Pentagon on Tuesday warned<\/a> that North Korea is about three years out of having missiles that can strike the mainland US;<\/p>\n

North Korea’s missiles could hit the United States in as few as three years if the reclusive rogue nation continues to ramp up its weapons system, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

At a Tuesday morning Senate hearing on missile defense, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn pointed to Pyongyang’s recent steps to accelerate its long-range weapons program and agreed with Sen. John McCain, a Republican that the U.S. should be prepared for a “worst-case scenario” with North Korea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And that a Japanese newspaper is warning that North Korea will try to fire a missile towards Hawaii in the next few weeks<\/a>;<\/p>\n

North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return to international disarmament talks on its rogue nuclear program.<\/p>\n

The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles (6,500 kilometers), would be launched from North Korea’s Dongchang-ni site on the northwestern coast, said the Yomiuri daily, Japan’s top-selling newspaper. It cited an analysis by the Japanese Defense Ministry and intelligence gathered by U.S. reconnaissance satellites.<\/p>\n

The missile launch could come between July 4 and 8, the paper said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Star and Stripes<\/a> is reporting that US Navy elements are preparing to conduct operations against North Korean shipping;<\/p>\n

The U.S. Navy, acting on authority granted by the United Nations, is prepared to intercept North Korean ships and request permission to search them for arms or nuclear technology, a Pentagon official said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Sailors cannot board a ship by force, but if an inspection is refused, the Navy can follow it to the next port and again press for an inspection. The approach is authorized by a U.N. Security Council resolution approved Friday.<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama and visiting South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said at the White House on Tuesday that the resolution must be fully enforced, but noted that it did not authorize military force. Lee said he and Obama agreed that \u201cunder no circumstance are we going to allow North Korea to possess nuclear weapons.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Under no circumstances”…well, unless the North Koreans insist on possessing nuclear weapons, of course. And lets tell them all in advance that we can’t use force. That won’t cost any unnecessary casualties, will it? What’s the point? <\/p>\n

Obama missed his opportunity to get tough with the North Koreans when he didn’t shoot down that first missile a few weeks back. Tough talk won’t stop Il, just like it hasn’t stopped anyone else. Maybe if the Navy parked off the North Korean shores (outside the 12 mile limit, of course) and shook their fists in unison – that might stop them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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