China-North Korea Emergency Info Window

 

A frantic Diane Sawyer prepares for broadcast
One dark early morning in 2010. 3:30 AM (EST) ...

Is this what Americans will suddenly see on their television screens -- frantic reporters and anchor people hastily preparing to inform the viewing public that the unthinkable has happened?

NEWSFLASH: THE LAUNCHING OF TWENTY LAND-BASED CHINESE CSS-4 LONG-RANGE MISSILES, EACH ARMED WITH TWELVE FIVE-MEGATON NUCLEAR WARHEADS, HAS BEEN DETECTED BY NORAD. DESTINATION: THE UNITED STATES MAINLAND. SPECIFIC CITIES TARGETED: UNKNOWN. IN ADDITION, TWO NUCLEAR SUBMARINES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN HAVE BEEN SPOTTED NINETY MILES OFF THE COAST OF NEW YORK CITY. US SUBMARINES ARE PREPARING TO ENGAGE ...

Very soon, due to a new change in the strategic balance and recent international developments, the above nightmare scenerio may take place.

 

BACKGROUND: TAIWAN RE-UNIFICATION OR DEATH

The earliest foundation of the worsening crisis between China and the United States began over nine years ago on March 18, 2000, with the election of pro-independence candidate Cheng Shui-bian. Although Beijing announced that it would take a "wait and see" attitude, it has since been made abundantly clear that the rulers of this communist military dictatorship will settle for nothing less than re-unification between Taiwan and China -- at any price.

This alone would tend to make armed conflict between the two great nuclear powers of the Pacific seem to be INEVITABLE. The infamous "white paper" irrevocably re-defined cross-Straits policy. Linkage was made regarding the United States of America: if Washington defended Taiwan against a Chinese invasion, nuclear missiles would be fired against the US mainland. Both President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao continue the policies of former president Jiang Zemin who placed his reputation and "honour" on the line by promising this form of military action if the island pursues independence.

Here is the initial news report of the "white paper":

 

February 21, 2000 -- 'WHITE PAPER' WAR POLICY (Reuters and AP) -- China will be forced to use "drastic measures, including military force" if Taiwan indefinitely delays negotiations aimed at reuniting with the mainland, declared a policy "white paper" issued by the State Council, China's cabinet. NBC's Eric Baculinao reported from Beijing that the policy represented a dramatic lowering of the threshold for armed conflict across the Taiwan Strait, which also means raising the risk of a confrontation or war between the United States and China. The new policy also represents a stunning and dangerous revision of China's long-standing preconditions for initiating military attacks on Taiwan. Previously, China's position was to resort to force only in the event of foreign intervention or outright declaration of independence by Taiwan. Taiwan's continued refusal to talk is now also a cause of possible military action.

Underscoring the threat of force, the Hong Kong media, which is widely followed in Taiwan, reported over the weekend that Chinese President Jiang Zemin was in southern China touring military bases that would contribute to any invasion force of the island. The tactics ominously echoed Taiwan's last presidential election four years ago. Then, China tested missiles near the island to dampen independence sentiment, and the United States sent in warships to bolster Taiwan, once a close Cold War ally, raising tensions in the area to their highest in more than 30 years. Beijing's policy paper included a warning to the United States, calling on Washington to scale back arms sales to Taiwan and "not to stand in the way of the reunification of China." Taiwan bought 150 F-16 jet fighters from the United States and 60 Mirage fighters from France in the 1990s, enraging Beijing. China has warned the United States against including Taiwan in a proposed Theater Missile Defense system.

 

The following report from the Washington Times dated March 1, 2000, also leaves no doubt that Beijing has the will and the means to carry out the unthinkable: a nuclear attack against the United States:

 

March 1, 2000 -- BEIJING (Washington Times) -- BEIJING THREATENS NUCLEAR MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST UNITED STATES -- China stepped up its war of words over Taiwan yesterday, bluntly threatening to fire long-range nuclear missiles at the United States if it defends the island. The warning, published in the official People's Liberation Army newspaper, comes as a U.S. aircraft carrier and two cruise-missile destroyers recently began exercises off Japan. Defense officials said the warships could be sent to the Taiwan Strait in a crisis.

The official military newspaper, Liberation Army Daily, stated in a commentary made public in Beijing that U.S. intervention in a conflict between China and Taiwan would result in "serious damage" to U.S. security interests in Asia. The military then warned that China could resort to long-range missile attacks on the United States during a regional conflict. "China is neither Iraq nor Yugoslavia but a very special country," the newspaper stated. While China is a permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations, "on the other hand, it is a country that has certain abilities of launching strategic counterattack and the capacity of launching a long-distance strike," the article said. China's nuclear arsenal currently includes about 24 CSS-4 long-range missiles that are capable of hitting most of the United States with warheads of up to 5 megatons -- the equivalent of 5 million tons of TNT. It is building two other road-mobile ICBMs and a new class of strategic missile submarines.

 

Chinese leaders can continue wearing their poker faces, but we now know what they have considered and that they are preparing for the unthinkable: nuclear war.

So the question one now must ask is: will these dire events take place? ... and if so, when?

 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:

Several events have taken place since the 911 terrorist attack in 2001 on the United States that make armed and nuclear conflict with China more likely in the coming years.

 

 

STRATEGIC INFORMATION:

 

NOTE: The following strategic information, although largely still relevant, should be read with the successful February 2002 testing of a MIRVed Dongfeng-31 ICBM in mind. Continued testing and development throughout the year may quickly make the information below outdated and require new assessments.

 

Background on the CSS-4 (designated as DF-5 or DF-5A by the PRC):

Deployment: Silo
Range (km): 12,000 - 15,000
Re-entry Vehicle Mass (kg): 3,000 - 3,200
Warhead Yield: 2 MT (this is at variance with other reports indicating 5 MT yield)
Launch Preparation Time: 30-60 minutes

When the DF-5 (CSS-4) was first tested in September 1971, it had a range of 10,000 to 12,000 kms which allowed it to threaten the western portions of the United States. Beginning in 1983 the Chinese inaugurated the improved DF-5A, with an increase of over 13,000 km and a more accurate guidance system. The DF-5A upgrade increased the throw-weight of the system from 3,000 kg to 3,200 kg. As with the DF-4, initially the DF-5 was stored in a horizontal position in tunnels under high mountains, and are launched immediately outside the mouth of the tunnel. The missiles must be moved into the open and fueled prior to firing, an operational mode dubbed chu men fang pao (shooting a firecracker outside the front door), with the fueling operation apparently requiring about two hours. The initial deployment of a pair of DF-5s in silos in Central China was completed in 1981. That portion of the DF-5A force that is deployed in silos could be maintained in a ready-to-fire status.

CSS-4 LaunchFor many years almost all sources credited China as having only four DF-5s deployed in silos, including the authoritative 1992 treatement by John Wilson Lewis and Hua Di, which asserted that as of 1992 only four DF-5 missiles on alert. However, more recent estimates suggest that some 8 to 11 were deployed as of 1995, and that at least 13 missiles were deployed at the end of 1997. According to the National Air Intelligence Center, as of 1998 the deployed DF-5 force consisted of "fewer than 25" missiles. As of early 1999 the total deployed DF-5 force was generally estimated at about 20 missiles. In order to enhance the survivability of these missiles, China has constructed a large number of decoy silos which consist of shallow holes excavations with headworks that resemble operational silos.

The current force of DF-5A missiles is deployed with single warhead, but in November 1983 China inaugurated a DF-5 modification program to arm these ICBMs with MIRVed warheads. Technical difficulties, however, have stalled the program. The DF-5A, able to strike targets in the continental United States (CONUS), was the designated recipient of the MIRVs, although there is no evidence that they have been deployed. Some sources claim that at least four DF-5As have already been MIRVed, though it is generally asserted that while MIRVing may occur within the next few years no DF-5s have yet been fitted with MIRVed warheads. Based on the DF-5A throwweight and warhead shroud the missile could be equipped with a six reentry vehicles with each RV weighing 600 kgs (the size of the single warhead on the DF-21). The DF-5A second stage apparently has four vernier engines which reportedly fire for 190 seconds after the main missile engine cuts off. Thus the DF-5A could direct a warhead bus over a fairly large arc covering an array of aim points. But the exact status of this program cannot be confirmed based on open sources.

 

All CSS-4 info current as of April 15, 2000

 

 

Background on the JuLang 2, CSS-NX-4 (designated as JuLong, JL-2 by the PRC):

JL-2 SLBMDeployment: SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile)
Submarine Types: 092 Xia, 094 SSBN
Range (km): 7,000 - 8,000
Re-entry Vehicle Mass (kg): 700 kg
Warhead Yield: 3 or 4 MIRV @ 90 kT
1 @ 250-1000 kT

The JuLang 2 (NATO reporting name: CSS-NX-4) is the three-stage, solid-propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) under development since the early 1990s to replace the first-generation JuLang 1 (CSS-N-3). The missile was scheduled to be carried by the Type 094 (Jin class) nuclear-powered missile submarine.

The new JL-2 SLBMs will carry either 3 or 4 MIRV (90 kT each) or a single warhead with a yield of 250-1000 kT over a range of 8,000km.

The missile is the sea-based variant of the DF-31 land-mobile long-range missile. Development of these missiles was accelerated following the successful test of their common 2m-diameter solid rocket motor in late 1983. The missile is apparently comparable in size and performance to the American TRIDENT C-4 long-range multiple-warhead three-stage solid fuel missile missile that is launched from submergedsubmarines.

The JuLang 2 SLBM is said to have a maximum range of 8,000km and is capable of carrying 3~4 multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRV), each with a yield of 90kt; or a single warhead of 25-~1,000kt yield. The JuLang 2 SLBM is an important step for China towards a credible sea-based nuclear retaliation capability.

 

Launch of a JL-1 SLBMChina expected to show off new Julong-2 SLBM at Oct. 1 parade

September 29, 2009

Beijing-controlled media in Hong Kong report China will disclose its new submarine-launched ballistic missile, the Julong-2, during the October 1, 2009 National Day celebrations.

Other new missiles expected to be shown during the military displays include the DF-31A ICBM and DF-25 medium-range missile, and DF-11 short-range missile.

 

All CSS-NX-4 info current as of September 30, 2009

 

Land-Attack Cruise Missiles (LACM)

China is developing land-attack cruise missiles (LACMs) for theatre warfighting and strategic attack. These cruise missiles seem to have a relatively high development priority to ensure that Chinese forces will have greater conventional firepower. Long-range cruise missiles probably will also be used to bolster the viability of Chinese military deterrence. The first LACM design produced probably will be air-launched from Chinese bombers and should be operational in the near future. China could develop a sea-launched version for use on either submarines or surface combatants. Almost no hard data is available concerning this new weapon system, though various sources have provided fragmentary accounts.

Chinese LACM R&D is aided by an aggressive effort to acquire foreign cruise missile technology, particularly from Russia. China has also stolen enabling technologies, subsystems, GPS data, and technical data concerning cruise missile guidance systems from the United States.

All LACM info current as of May 1, 2000

 

Background on the Type 92 Xia class submarine:

Length: 120 m
Speed: 22 knots dive
Missiles: SLBM - 12 JL-2
Torpedoes: 6 - 533 mm bow tubes

The Xia class proto-type: HAN

The HAN class submarine is a nuclear powered torpedo attack boat. While this class boat greatly improved the Chinese Navy's distant defense capabilities against enemy nuclear equipped surface forces, one of its most significant features was that it served as a stepping stone in the development of a Chinese nuclear powered, submarine launched ballistic missile (SSBN) force. Such a force would enhance Beijing's assurance of an effective retaliatory capability, as well as strengthening her deterrent posture.

Type 92 Xia

In 1981, China launched the Xia-class SSBN #406, derived from the Han-class SSN, with the hull lengthened to accommodate the missile tubes. The Type-092 became operational in 1983, though missile firings conducted in 1984 and 1985 were unsatisfactory due to fire control problems which were not resoloved until until 1988.

 

Xia class SSBN

 

The Xia class SSBN was initially armed with 12 JL-1 (CSS-N-3) SLBMs. A major update of the class started in 1995 to fit the new JL-2 SLBM system. The upgrade was completed in 1998. The JL-2 (CSS-NX-4) SLBMs is reported to carry 3 or 4 MIRV (90kT each) or a single 250kt warhead with a range of 8,000km. Operations have been limited and the Xia has never sailed beyond Chinese regional waters. Despite a potential for operations in the Pacific Ocean, capabilities would be very limited against modern Western or Russian ASW capabilities.

 

Background on the Type 93 SSN class submarine:

China nuclear sub type 93Missiles: LACM
Torpedoes: 6 - 533 mm bow tubes

The ONI new Type 93 SSN will be similar to Russian second generation designs such as the Victor III. The launch of the initial unit of this class from the Bohai Shipyard is expected sometime this year. As with the Song SSK, the new submarine will incorporate a hydrodynamically efficient hull form, a single shaft and a highly skewed 7-bladed propeller. The Type 093 is expected to deploy submerged-launch anti-ship cruise missiles, possibly a follow-on to the C801s, as well as the project Land Attack Cruise Missile.

 

Background on the Type 94 JL-20 class submarine:

Missiles: SLBM - 16 JL-2
Torpedoes: 6 - 533 mm bow tubes

A new design (type 094) has been planned and is expected to begin production between 2003-2005 **. Incorporating some Russian technology, the Type 094 is expected to be a dramatic improvement over the sole Xia class SSBN, with improved quieting and sensor systems, and a more reliable propulsion system. Other improvements in sonar, propulsion, training, and the application of quieting techniques will contribute to a significant improvement in the capabilities of China’s submarine fleet. There is unconfirmed speculation that as many as a dozen of these new boats may be eventually constructed, although other estimates suggest that 4-6 or 6-8 boats may be constructed.

** IMPORTANT (3/13/01): PRC has now tested and developed the 094. Click to article 3/13/01, read 'Red Subs Threaten Taiwan and U.S.' section, and click to article 8/8/00, read last paragraph.

 

Type 94 class nuclear sub (artist's rendering}

 

Plans to deploy this class of nuclear powered SSBNs are said to have been delayed due to problems with the nuclear reactor power plants. As of late 1999 there was an evident absence of public reports of the start of construction of the Type 094 submarine. Several years would be required for submarine construction, and probably an additional year or two for shake-down trials of the submarine, and testing of the JL-2 from the submarine. Each of the Type 094 SSBNs will mount 16 JL-2 ballistic missiles (DF-31s) with a range of 8000 kms. When deployed, this missile will allow Chinese SSBNs to target portions of the United States for the first time from operating areas located near the Chinese coast. Equipped with the JL-2 missiles, the Type 094 SSBNs would only have to patrol just to the northeast of the Kuril Islands to hold about three-fourths of the United States at risk.

All nuclear submarine info current as of December 7, 1999

 

 

PROPHECY TIMETABLE

 

Nostradamus or Base 7 Numerology

Nostradamus provides numerous quatrains discussing war with China. Western China and Mongolia is the land of the "great King of the Mongols." But his territory also included Central Asia and Afghanistan. America has been at war with "Ghengis Khan" in Afghanistan since October 2001 and in Pakistan since 2008.

However, it is China that may be the "Red Adversary" who will put "the great [Pacific] Ocean to terror." China may also be "the Orient" that "will be in great fear and dread" sometime during the administration of US President Barack Obama or, should Obama be assassinated in 2010 or 2012, his successor Vice President Joe Biden (who is a war hawk). Biden, more so than Obama, could be the leader "born from the aquatic triplicity" (the United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico) who "celebrates Thursday as his feast day" (Thanksgiving Day is always on a Thursday) and will bring "a tempest to the Orient."

From all of this we can deduce only that the war will likely begin sometime during either Obama's or Biden's administration. It is possible that Nostradamus may be indicating that war will begin in November around the time of Thanksgiving. This would likely occur during any of the Obama-Biden administration years (2009, 2010, 2011, or 2012). Otherwise, Nostradamus provides no other dating clues.

We can also deduce that America will be the victor -- but at what cost?

My system of divination, base 7, had been indicating for some time that we would near the most dangerous period in March/April 2000. That having passed, another vector involving both China and North Korea presented itself in July/August 2006 ... which safely passed us by.

However, the next period of danger, in keeping with provocative events that have occurred in 2009, places the US against a far more dangerous North Korea and China in March 2010.

 

AS THE DRUMS OF WAR BEGIN TO SOUND THE YOUNG MAN OF EVIL IS EXPOSED

By Michael McClellan

 

Kim Jong Il and successor son Kim Jong Un North Korean nuclear submarines, financed in part by Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church, may soon destroy US coastal cities

 

June 25, 2009 (7:54 AM EDT): Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, North Korea ... the beating of the drums of war grow more deafening as next year's predicted events of war and revolution happen, instead, now together with some of the worst of this year's. Today we can add Iraq, once again, to the list as 72 people die and 117 are injured in Baghdad from a bomb blast ... the latest in a series of terrorist attacks accompanying a US withdrawal from Iraq's major cities.

Many of you have likely read the following quatrain before many times, yet we have never discussed it. After all, what leader of a nation has been young with black hair and has had the power of Armageddon at his fingertips?

 

Nostradamus, Quatrain 3.60 ~

Throughout all Asia great conscription, also in Mysia, Lycia, and Pamphilia: Blood flows
through absolution of a young black-haired man replete with evil.

 

We may be fairly sure an Iranian leader, either a president or supreme mullah, will fulfill Nostradamus' and Daniel's prophecies concerning a Persian conqueror who will go to war with the West. The African leader who is from the land of Hannibal and will lead a Libyan fleet and cause great terror we can surmise is Moammar Gadhafi or, if not, one of his sons. A great Arab from "Arabia felix" (Yemen/Saudi Arabia) who will have a nuclear arsenal at his command we may speculate is Osama bin Laden now that Al Qaeda has announced that they will take over Pakistan's nuclear weapons when they have defeated its government and use them against Western European and US cities. But what about this mysterious young man from greater Asia?

This is very important to remember: he is the only leader in the axis of nations and groups that will array themselves against Europe and the United States who Nostradamus depicts as being actually "replete with evil." Perhaps it is for this reason that we should regard him, rather than Iran's President Ahmadinejad, as the actual personification of the so-called "Third Antichrist" (not to be confused with the beast of Revelation).

North Korea has become unrelenting in its warlike ambitions. It freely does as it wishes, threatening war with its neighbours and against US naval vessels, building nuclear warheads and testing long-range missiles, launching them in the direction of US allies like Japan and at US states such as Alaska and Hawaii, further threatening to destroy US troops in South Korea with chemical weapons and US mainland cities with nuclear missiles. Much worse, it has had the financial support of Reverend Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church to build these terrible weapons and Moon, in turn, has had the support of the "powers that be" who seek to use global war as a means to depopulate the planet and usher in a false Armageddon and a phony messiah king.

Now it has been announced: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is preparing to pass the gauntlet to his 25-year-old son, Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Un is already head of North Korea's spy agency and is rumoured to also be running part of his nation's military.

 

"Kim's son heads spy agency" - Straits Times, June 24, 2009 Wednesday - SEOUL (South Korea) - NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong Il has put his youngest son in charge of the country's spy agency in a move aimed at handing the communist regime over to him, a news report said Tuesday ...

"Kim Jong-un: a profile of North Korea's next leader" - The Telegraph, 2 June 2009 - Reports in South Korea have described him as gung-ho and determined. There have been accounts of his fierce competitive streak when playing basketball with his middle brother, Kim Jong-chul, who was cruelly dismissed by his father after one lengthy drinking session with Japan's prime minister Fujimoto, as too "girlish" to lead. Long ago, the chef was certain who would be the heir to the world's only Communist ruling dynasty. "Jong-un will be his father's successor. Everyone used to say it. He looked and acted just like him". Obsequiously, the chef only referred to the young Kim as "Prince". "When he shook hands with me, he stared at me with a vicious look. I cannot forget the look in the Prince's eyes: it's as if he was thinking: 'This guy is a despicable Japanese'."

The younger Kim is believed to have studied at the International School of Berne in Guemligen, Switzerland, under a pseudonym before returning to a military academy in Pyongyang. There are varying reports that he can speak German, French and English. His rise to power has been inexorable. In 2004, when he was 20, there were reports that he and his brother were joining their father on military inspections.

 

Jong Un is said to be "ambitious" and a "take-no-prisoners" type — again, in contrast to his older brothers. Jong Un oversaw the handling of two female American journalists detained in March while on a reporting trip to the China-North Korea border. The reporters have since been sentenced to 12 years of hard labour for illegal border crossing and hostile acts.

As the world slumbers, a new Hitler may truly be coming to power in North Korea who will become dictator of Central Asia and Asia Minor with powerful allies in China. He is "black-haired" and likely will be "black-hearted" and "evil." He may become the dictator of what Nostradamus calls "the great Empire of Antichrist" which will evolve throughout the "the Attila" (Central Asia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Siberia, and Russia) and "Xerxes" (Iran) — also known as "the barbarian empire." Thus, this atheistic young dictator will find cause to be allied with the Islamic fundamentalist groups and nations of Asia. Much of the world may choose to ignore this young man's rise to power, just as it did when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933. Yet he may well become the personification of the third antichrist ... and it is doubtful we will have to wait six years for his war to begin. Indeed, his war and those of his allies may only be months or weeks away.

 

Profile: Kim Jong Il and the North Korean Threat

by Michael McClellan

DATELINE: January 4, 2003, 10:00 PM EST - The passing of North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung on July 9, 1994 opened a new chapter in the on-again, off-again crisis in the North Pacific which began late in 1993. What information exists concerning his shadowy only son, Kim Jong Il, should be cause for sober thought. The evidence suggests that the 61-year-old successor to one of the most repressive and isolated communist regimes in the world is a decadent and dangerous psychopath. With the threat of a second Korean War never more than another international incident away, there is every indication that North Korea's despot is more militant, audacious, and confrontational than his predecessor. This excerpt from a July 10, 1994 Los Angeles Times article by Teresa Watanabe provides us with a disturbing view of the psychological profile of Kim Jong Il: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il

 

TOKYO -- Kim Jong Il, North Korea's presumed leader, is said to watch public executions with ‘frenzied joy,’ and amuse himself by ordering subordinates to shave their heads or strip naked. He is suspected of masterminding ... the 1983 bombing in Burma, now Myanmar, that killed 17 South Korean officials and a 1987 mid-air bombing of a South Korean airliner that killed all 115 people aboard.

 

Despite a nuclear freeze negotiated by former US President Jimmy Carter with Kim Il Sung only a few weeks before Kim's death, numerous violations and threats to abrogate the treaty have occurred. Pyongyang finally abandoned the treaty in late December 2002, plunging the North Pacific, the Korean Peninsula, and the United States into the current crisis and setting the stage for a possible regional war -- one that could turn nuclear.

On April 22, 1997, Hwang Jang Yop, a high-ranking North Korean official who defected in early February, disclosed to the world that his country was "capable of scorching" South Korea and Japan with nuclear and chemical weapons. Meanwhile, U.S. intelligence experts also confirmed that the isolated communist nation was in the process of developing a large force of long-range Taepo Dong ballistic missiles which will be capable of reaching targets throughout much of Canada and all of the western and part of the central United States by the year 2005. Neighbouring China already possesses this capability now.

On August 31, 1998, North Korea fired a new version of the Taepo Dong I missile with a range of 1,240 miles over Japan, sparking international concern and outrage. The booster landed in the Sea of Japan and the payload, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, crashed in the Pacific Ocean. A second test launch of a medium-range Taepo Dong in 1999 reached the waters off Hawaii. Thus it would appear that the 2005 missile danger to North America posed by North Korea as projected by U.S. intelligence experts may be an uncomfortably accurate assessment.

Kim Jong Il’s regime presents a continuing proliferation problem as well. On November 21, 1998, the Pentagon said North Korea was producing and marketing short range missiles to Iran, Libya, Syria, and Pakistan—all capable of carrying nuclear payloads. It is well known that the North Koreans have also been supplying nuclear technology to these countries throughout the decade of the 1990s.

The North Korean military has now begun to utter direct threats against the United States as it mindlessly pushes forward with its nuclear development program and militarisation of the DMZ like so many army ants. Since December 1998, North Korean military leaders have repeatedly accused the U.S. of plotting a second war in the Korean Peninsula and warned that they are prepared to fight back. A general staff spokesman added that "it must be clearly known that there is no limit to the strike of our People’s Army and that on this planet there is no room for escaping the strike."

Since November 1993, 750,000 North Korean troops have remained amassed near their border with the south. South Korea’s army, 670,000 strong, along with the 37,000 American forces permanently stationed there, are no match against the north’s army of 1.1 million soldiers, mass artillery, tanks, MiG fighter jets, and Soviet-made SCUD missiles. Most analysts agree that Pyongyang's abandonment of the 1994 nuclear freeze accord with the U.S. and Japan, the reported development of at least two nuclear warheads (possibly a dozen more in the next six months), and incursions of men and artillery in the DMZ are indications that the regime of Kim Jong Il may be planning an "opportunistic" invasion of South Korea when George W Bush launches his invasion of Iraq.

North Korean active military is 1.1 million strongIndeed, on October 22, 1997, a senior top military defector revealed what Kim is planning: to attack American forces in South Korea and Japan. According to the defector, Kim believes that after he has incurred 20,000 U.S. casualties, the United States will "roll back its troops" and he will win the war. In the process, he has claimed, North Korea will strike Seoul, Japan, and Alaska with missiles equipped with chemical and nuclear warheads. With North Korea's economy in shambles and famine rampant throughout the country, Kim feels he has little to lose by commencing a second Korean War. And while the masses starve, China is seeing to it that the North Korean military is receiving large shipments of food.

According to most U.S. military planners, a second Korean conflict would be won by the United States and would be over in 60 days: but at an horrendous price. Hundreds of thousands of casualties, tens of thousands of them American, would be the inevitable result. Also, there is the distinct possibility that North Korea might use whatever nuclear capability it already possesses against its North Pacific neighbors or to turn Seoul into "a sea of fire" as it has threatened in the past. This can be accomplished by launching medium-range missiles like the No Dong II or Taepo Dong I which are capable of reaching Tokyo or Seoul.

Two nuclear strikes off the coast of Tokyo, Taipei, or even Los Angeles may be indicated in the following quatrain:

 

Nostradamus, Quatrain 9.48 ~

The great city of the maritime ocean, surrounded by a swamp of crystal:
In the winter solstice and the spring will be tried by a dreadful wind.

 

Giant tsunami buries Buenos Aires

 

Either Red China or North Korea could be responsible for the cataclysm implied by the above prediction. China currently possesses 52 nuclear submarines from which it can launch any of its roughly one hundred medium-range missiles. China also possesses four DF-5A long-range strategic missiles capable of striking the west coast of the United States and is aggressively developing its first line of CSS-4 ICBMs which will be capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads. A potential scenario for Quatrain 9.48 could be one of China's DF-5As falling short of its target, striking the ocean waters a few miles just outside Los Angeles harbor. Instead of total immolation the city would be ravaged by radioactive hurricane-force winds and huge, poisonous tsunamis. What is truly frightening is that, given the threats made by Chinese officials concerning the consequences of U.S. interference, this scenario could have played itself out "in the spring" of March 23, 1996 had China decided to invade Taiwan.

However, if either China or North Korea chooses the path of nuclear terrorism, the "tempest to the Orient" by an American president forecast by Nostradamus in the following verse may well prove to be a nuclear firestorm:

 

Nostradamus, Quatrain 1.50 ~

From the aquatic triplicity [the United States] will be born one who will make Thursday his feast day
[Thanksgiving]: His fame, praise, rule, and power will grow, by land and sea, a tempest to the Orient.

 

Joe Biden says 'Be afraid. Be very afraid.' Russia and China are training for nuclear war with the United States

 

Commentators have long been divided as to the intended meaning behind the "aquatic triplicity," viewing it as either an astrological clue or a metaphor for the United States which is bordered on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico. In late 1993, former President Clinton warned the late Kim II Sung that an unconventional attack on any of his neighbors would result in the total immolation of North Korea. Nevertheless, the following quatrain suggests that successor Kim Jong Il—or worse, China's President Hu Jintao—may desire to carry out the unthinkable:

 

Nostradamus, Quatrain 3.1 ~

After the combat and naval battle, Great Neptune in his highest belfry: The red adversary
will become pale with fear and put the great Ocean into terror.

 

Nuclear desruction at sea

 

Once again we are faced with "terror" which would certainly come "from the sky" via land-launched and sea-launched nuclear missiles. Is it possible that Quatrain 10.72 is somehow linked with this prophecy? If the color red in this instance is being used to represent communism, then the ocean upon which this red antagonist wreaks havoc must be the Pacific. The only nuclear communist states in that part of the world currently are China and North Korea.

This bodes ill for the future of other nations positioned around the "great Ocean"—including Japan, Australia, and the United States.

But what of Russia which also is situated on the Pacific Ocean? Let us hope that the Sino-Russian military pact against America and her Pacific allies is never activated.

 

This page will endeavour to keep you apace of important developments and predictions in this ongoing crisis involving China, its strategic ally North Korea, and any other Asian or Pacific nations that demonstrate an involvement with either (India or Pakistan, for example).


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U.S. missile defence test hailed a success as North Korea tensions rise - July 31, 2009.

Report: N. Korea seizes S. Korean boat - July 29, 2009.

Clinton Warns N. Korea and Myanmar May Be Sharing Nuclear Technology - July 22, 2009.

Clinton highlights danger of N Korea-Burma alliance - July 22, 2009.

Russia-China Warn US That Israeli Attack On Iran Means "World War" - July 16, 2009.

Report: Kim Jong Il has pancreatic cancert - July 13, 2009.

North Korea may have shot mid-range missile - July 5, 2009.

North Korea Test-Fires Seven Missiles, Drawing Condemnation - July 4, 2009.

North Korea test-fires more missiles, says Seoul -- South Korea has called the launches "a provocative act" - July 4, 2009.

U.S. 'ready' for N. Korean missile -- Pyongyang expected to test ICBM - July 4, 2009.

North Korea test-fires four Scud-type missiles into Sea of Japan - July 4, 2009.

N. Korea alleges Japanese espionage; threatens to down Japanese jets - June 27, 2009.

South to Boost Surgical Strike Capability Against North - June 26, 2009.

NKorea vows nuke attack if provoked by US - June 25, 2009.

NKorea threatens US; world anticipates missile - June 24, 2009.

North Korea threatens to harm US if attacked - June 22, 2009.

N.Korea accuses Obama of nuclear war plot - June 21, 2009.

Report: NKorea ship suspected of carrying missiles - June 21, 2009.

Planned N. Korea launch unnerves Hawaii residents - June 21, 2009.

Navy Positions Destroyer For Possible Intercept of North Korean Ship Suspected of Proliferating Missiles, Nukes - June 21, 2009.

Japan warns that North Korea may fire missile at U.S. on Independence Day - June 19, 2009.

U.S. official: N. Korean ship may be moving weapons, technology - June 18, 2009.

Analysts: NKorea's chemical arms as grave as nukes - June 18, 2009.

Report: NKorea plans to fire missile toward Hawaii - June 18, 2009.

N. Korea warns of 'thousand-fold' military action - June 18, 2009.

Obama says nuclear-armed N. Korea 'grave threat' - June 16, 2009.

Pentagon: NKorea missiles could threaten US - June 16, 2009.

NKorea warns of nuclear war amid rising tensions - June 14, 2009.

Hiroshima mayor 'fury' over N.Korea nuclear plans - June 14, 2009.

China Warns Against Force in Carrying Out North Korea Sanctionst - June 13, 2009.

North Korea in 'early phase of all-out confrontation with US' - June 13, 2009.

Defiant North Korea 'to weaponize plutonium' - June 13, 2009.

Chinese sub collides with sonar array towed by U.S. Navy ship - June 12, 2009.

S.Korea sends more troops to N.Korea border - June 12, 2009.

SKorea braces for 3rd nuclear test by North Korea - June 12, 2009.

N. Korea: US may provoke nuclear war in Peninsula - June 10, 2009.

North Korea would use nuclear weapons in a 'merciless offensive' - June 9, 2009.

U.S. Weighs Intercepting North Korea Shipments - June 8, 2009.

N. Korea Sentences U.S. Reporters to 12 Years of Hard Labor - June 8, 2009.

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Japan seeks G8 pressure on NKorea in wake of missile tests - June 7, 2007.

North Korea test-fires missiles - June 7, 2007.

US, Japan call for tough G8 line on North Korea - June 6, 2007.

Japan steps up pressure on North Korea ahead of G8 summit - June 6, 2007.

North Korea fires missiles into Sea of Japan - May 25, 2007.

North Korea test-fires missiles - May 25, 2007.

North Korea slams US, Japan, South Korea as greatest threats - May 24, 2007.

N. Korea warns South over 'provocations' - May 21, 2007.

Pyongyang warns South Korea in sea-border dispute - May 21, 2007.

Japan deploys own ballistic missile defences - March 30, 2007.

Japan to extend sanctions against NKorea - March 30, 2007.

U.S. carrier in South Korea for drills - March 23, 2007.

NKorea Condemns U.S.-SKorea Exercises - March 22, 2007.

Russia warns North Korea over nukes 'threat' - January 31, 2007.

Nuclear perils push Doomsday Clock ahead - January 17, 2007.

U.S. sends stealth fighter planes to South Korea - January 9, 2007.

North Korea Prepping Nuclear Weapons Test -- Defense Officials Tell ABC News 'They've Put Everything in Place' - January 4, 2007.

Seoul: N. Korea a serious threat - December 29, 2006.

North Korea accuses U.S. of staging aerial war exercises - November 23, 2006.

US Mock Attack of North Korea - November 23, 2006.

France searches N. Korean vessel - November 16, 2006.

Bush seeks global help on N. Korea - November 16, 2006.

Chinese Sub Came Close To U.S. Ships -- Navy Commander Says Close Encounter Could Have Triggered 'Unforeseen' Incident - November 14, 2006.

Defenses on subs to be reviewed - November 14, 2006.

China sub stalked U.S. fleet - November 13, 2006.

N. Korea: Japan stay out of talks - November 3, 2006.

Taiwan commissions U.S. destroyers - November 1, 2006.

Pace on war with North Korea: 'More brute force,' less precision - October 31, 2006.

Why Bush Is Seeking Confrontation With N Korea - October 30, 2006.

North Korea launched five missiles - October 30, 2006.

MSDF set to monitor 2 sea-lanes / To check ships near Okinawa, Tsushima Strait - October 22, 2006.

Rice Secures Russian Support in Blocking North Korea - October 22, 2006.

Rice dubious over nuke test pledge - October 22, 2006.

US tracks 'suspicious' N Korea ship - October 20, 2006.

N.Korea ship being tracked by U.S. intelligence - October 19, 2006.

North Korean General: 'War Is Inevitable' - October 19, 2006.

Bush: 'Grave consequence' for North Korea nuke transfer - October 18, 2006.

US calls for swift sanctions, warns North Korea against attack - October 18, 2006.

N. Korea informs China of plan to conduct 3 more nuke tests - October 18, 2006.

Rice Promises U.S. Defense of Japan - October 18, 2006.

Rice reassures Japan, discusses N. Korea worries - October 18, 2006.

North Korea calls UN sanctions a 'declaration of war' - October 17, 2006.

U.S. officials: N. Korea may be planning 2nd nuclear test - October 17, 2006.

S. Korea aware of signs N. Korea may be preparing 2nd nuke test - October 16, 2006.

Crisis heightens as China attacks use of warships to intercept cargo vessels - October 16, 2006.

Australia volunteers navy for naval blockade of North Korea - October 16, 2006.

Korea bomb could be sent by sea, analyst warns - October 16, 2006.

UN declares tough sanctions on North Korea - October 16, 2006.

U.S. intelligence statement: N. Korea radioactivity detected - October 13, 2006.

US fears 'hell' of a response - October 12, 2006.

N.Korea Threatens Japan Over Sanctions - October 12, 2006.

Bolton urges 'swift' U.N. action on North Korea - October 12, 2006.

Military options 'on table' on N Korea - October 12, 2006.

North Korea Threatens War Against U.S. - October 11, 2006.

Japan Is Set to Ban North Korean Ships - October 11, 2006.

US push for air strikes - October 10, 2006.

N.Korea may conduct another nuclear test-Yonhap - October 9, 2006.

Bush urges immediate UN response to North Korea's nuclear test - October 9, 2006.

North Korea Nuke Test Fans Fears in Asia - October 9, 2006.

Sanctions proposed against North Korea - October 9, 2006.

North Korea says conducted nuclear test - October 9, 2006.

North Korea claims nuclear test - October 9, 2006.

North Korea's Bomb Can Kill 200,000 -- Russian Experts - October 8, 2006.

Korea tension: 60 shots fired - October 7, 2006.

N. Korea's Kim Rallies Army Commanders - October 6, 2006.

Fears N. Korea may test at weekend - October 6, 2006.

U.S. warns North Korea against nuclear test - October 5, 2006.

Renewed Activity Seen at Suspected North Korea Test Sities, U.S. Intelligence Says - October 4, 2006.

World calls for N. Korea restrain - October 4, 2006.

North Korea pledges to test nuclear bomb - October 3, 2006.

NKorea says nuclear weapons 'self-defense', blasts US - September 26, 2006.

Scholar: N. Korea speeds up nuclear bomb plan - September 23, 2006.

Japan imposes N Korea sanctions - September 19, 2006.

North Korea 'determined to carry out underground test' - September 10, 2006.

US warship arrives in Japan on N. Korea concerns - August 30, 2006.

N. Korea lashes out at wargames - August 22, 2006.

North Korea Could Attempt Nuclear Test Soon -- Russian Expert - August 20, 2006.

N. Korea Appears to Be Preparing for Nuclear Test - August 17, 2006.

N. Korea slams Seoul for spy satellite launch -- Pyongyang says move compels it to step up ‘invincible war deterrent’ - August 1, 2006.

Korean troops exchange border fire - August 1, 2006.

China warns US not sell fighter jets to Taiwan - July 22, 2006.

North Korea 'completely irresponsible', 'dangerous': Rice - July 21, 2006.

North Korea launches wartime alert - July 19, 2006.

US military exercise 'violates' North Korea's sovereignty: official - July 11, 2006.

Japan N-crisis draft under attack by China - July 11, 2006.

Satellite photos detect activity at NKorea missile bases: report - July 11, 2006.

Japan Considers Strike Against N. Korea - July 10, 2006.

Japan mulling attack on N. Korean missile bases - July 10, 2006.

North Korea braces for 'all-out war' - July 9, 2006.

West mounts 'secret war' to keep nuclear North Korea in check - July 9, 2006.

New U.S. Destroyer Sails to Japan - July 8, 2006.

U.S. deploys missile destroyer to Japan - July 7, 2006.

N.Korea issues new threat - July 7, 2006.

N. Korea missile aimed at area off Hawaii - July 7, 2006.

Taiwan To Test Fire Cruise Missile Capable Of Hitting China - July 6, 2006.

North Korea May Test More Missiles; UN Considers Resolution - July 6, 2006.

World Condemns North Korean Missile Tests - July 5, 2006.

U.S. \: World united against N. Korean missile threat - July 5, 2006.

U.S. Officials: North Korea tests long-range missile - July 5, 2006.

NORAD alert status stepped up - July 5, 2006.

Missiles launched from North Korea -- Reports indicate 6 rockets fired, including long-range - July 4, 2006.

N. Korea threatens U.S., with 'nuclear war' - July 4, 2006.

N. Korea Warns of Nuclear War if Attacked - July 3, 2006.

North Korea Warns Off US Attack - July 3, 2006.

N. Korea missile threat could test U.S. might -- Pyongyang’s long-range weapon could test American resolve, alliances - June 24, 2006.

All options open if North Korea tests missile: US envoy - June 21, 2006.

U.S. begins massive war games in Pacific - June 20, 2006.

N. Korean threat activates shield - June 20, 2006.

US makes missile defense system operational - June 20, 2006.

Report: U.S. activates missile defense system -- North Korea seems headed 'towards a launch' - June 20, 2006.

Rice Warns N. Korea Against Missile Test - June 19, 2006.

US warsn North Korea against 'provocative' missile launch - June 19, 2006.

N Korea threatens to 'wipe out' US forces - June 19, 2006.

Japan Warns North Korea Over Any Missile Attack - June 19, 2006.

North Korea Threatens To Wipe Out US Forces In South Korea - June 19, 2006.

North Korea Accuses US Spy Plane Of Intruding Into Its Territory - June 19, 2006.

North Korea Appears Close to Missile Test - June 18, 2006.

Pentagon warns over China buildup -- Pace and scope of modernization surprises analysts, report says - May 24, 2006.

China military upgrades a potential threat to US: Pentagon - May 23, 2006.

Iran receives 'missile shipment' from North Korea - April 27, 2006.

More muscle, with eye on China - April 20, 2006.

N. Korea Suggests It Can Strike U.S. First -- North Korea Suggests It Has Ability to Launch a Pre-Emptive Strike on the United States - March 21, 2006.

Thousands of Taiwanese hold anti-China rally - March 18, 2006.

N.Korea army threatens pre-emptive attack - March 14, 2006.

China Conference Slams Taiwan - March 14, 2006.

North Korea: U.S. Is Preparing Invasion - March 12, 2006.

Report: North Korea fires missiles - March 9, 2006.

N. Korea Launches Missiles Near China Border - March 8, 2006.

China Sends Warning To US Over Taiwan - March 7, 2006.

Taiwan Says It Now Faces Almost 800 Chinese Missiles - March 7, 2006.

'Taiwan independence' bid to bring disaster: China - March 1, 2006.

Negroponte Calls North Korea, China, Iran 'Threats to U.S. national security' - February 28, 2006.

Chen move threatens peace in the Strait - February 28, 2006.

Taiwan scrap unification council - February 27, 2006.

Taiwan scraps unification body -- Meeting draws fire from Beijing, alarm from U.S. - February 27, 2006.

Commercial photos show Chinese nuke buildup - February 16, 2006.

Amid China Threat US To Hold Mammoth Naval Operations In Pacific - February 15, 2006.

N. Korea Accuses U.S. of Plotting Attack - September 21, 2005.

Chinese warships cruis near gas field claimed by Japan - September 15, 2005.

War Is Not Far from Us and Is the Midwife of the Chinese Century -- Leading CCP official argues for exterminating U.S. population - August 8, 2005.

Top Chinese general warns US over attack - July 15, 2005.

China: We'd nuke U.S. if provoked over Taiwan -- Major general says Beijing prepared to use WMDs against American cities - July 14, 2005.

U.S. defense and intelligence officials voice fear 'Beijing will attack Taiwan in the next two years' -- 'Officials say all the signs point in one troubling direction: Beijing then will be forced to go to war with the United States, which has vowed to defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack' - June 26, 2005.

China's new missile 'warning to U.S.' -- Taiwan military experts say America should take notice - June 20, 2005.

PLA officer threatens America: 'China is not Iraq' - June 16, 2005.

Rumsfeld blows whistle on China military threat -- Defense secretary warns of hundreds of missiles targeting Taiwan, Beijing weapons spending - June 5, 2005.

North Korea Says US Stealth Bomber Move Signals Nuclear War - June 2, 2005.

N. Korea move concerns U.S. allies - May 12, 2005.

N. Korea 'boosts nuclear arsenal' - May 11, 2005.

New missile tested by N. Korea could reach U.S. base - May 11, 2005.

IAEA: N. Korea could have 5-6 nuclear weapons - May 8, 2005.

N. Korea nuke test preparations? -- Signs of activity raise alarm, uncertainty - May 7, 2005.

Japan Threatens to Take N. Korea Nukes Issue to U.N. - May 6, 2005.

UN chief Kofi Annan warns of nuclear catastrophe - May 3, 2005.

US Has 'Significant' Deterrent Capability Against North Korea: Rice - May 3, 2005.

Rice to N.Korea: U.S. Can Defend Itself - May 2, 2005.

N.Korea 'Bullies,' U.S. Says After Missile Reports - May 1, 2005.

N. Korea Missile Test Raises New Fears - May 1, 2005.

N. Korea Fires Missile Into Sea of Japan - May 1, 2005.

US: N. Korea apparently tests missile -- Development follows tough language in nuclear standoff - May 1, 2005.

Official: North Korea capable of firing nuclear-armed missile at US - April 28, 2005.

US envoy leaves Beijing concerned over possible North Korean nuclear test - April 27, 2005.

UN sanctions a 'declaration of war': N Korea Says - April 27, 2005.

China to deploy missiles near Taiwan - April 25, 2005.

US Debates Plan to Quarantine North Korea - April 25, 2005.

China blames Japan for tensions - April 11, 2005.

Chinese begin to worry U.S. military -- Officials say equation has shifted in event of a Taiwan crisis - April 8, 2005.

Massive Protest in Taiwan Against China Law - March 26, 2005.

Massive anti-China march in Taipei - March 26, 2005.

North Korea ready for war over nuclear issue: ambassador - March 25, 2005.

China Threatens Australia Over Alliance With U.S. -- "Australia had better not help the United States to defend Taiwan -- or else" - March 21, 2005.

North Korea an 'imminent threat' - March 18, 2005.

IAEA chief: N Korea bigger threat - March 17, 2005.

REPORT: CHINA, RUSSIA TO 'REHEARSE INVASION OF TAIWAN' - March 17, 2005.

Russian Army Chief Arrives in China Ahead of Joint War Games - March 17, 2005.

Chinese military growth raising tension, U.S. warns - March 16, 2005.

Chinese military given right to attack Taiwan - March 15, 2005.

N. Korea threatens to boost nukes,denouncing joint military drills planned this week by United States and South Korea as preparations for an invasion of the North - March 15, 2005.

N. Korea: S. Korea-US Joint Military Operation Could End in Real War - March 14, 2005.

Taiwan: China's War bill a big provocation - March 14, 2005.

China Law Authorizes Force Against Taiwan - March 14, 2005.

Beijing warns of invasion if Taiwan dares to declare its independence - March 9, 2005.

Beijing lays down law over Taiwan -- China warns military action against Taiwan if peaceful means fail to stop move towards independence - March 8, 2005.

China warns US, Japan to keep Taiwan out of military pact - March 6, 2005.

N. Korea: Japan, U.S. plotting invasion - February 21, 2005.

U.S., Japan upset China on Taiwan - February 20, 2005.

Goss: North Korea's nuclear capability grown -- CIA director also cites chemical, biological weapons programs - February 17, 2005.

CIA issues warning on China's military efforts - February 16, 2005.

North Korea Confirms It Has Nuclear Weapons - February 10, 2005.

China builds up strategic sea lanes - January 19, 2005.

Japan maps plan to defend southern islands against military attack - January 16, 2005.

Taiwan deploys missiles on mobile launchers to counter Chinese attack - January 16, 2005.

N.Korea says nuclear war risk on rise - January 10, 2005.

N. Korea Issues Guidlines for War With U.S. - January 5, 2005.

ElBaradei Says N.Korea Nuke Crisis Getting Worse - January 5, 2005.

Jihad In North Korea: Communism's Embrace Of Islam - January 4, 2005.

Iraq, Iran, North Korea Top Bush Agenda - January 2, 2005.

Danger of nuclear war mounting on Korean peninsula: North Korea - January 1, 2005.

North Korea says Japanese sanctions would be 'declaration of war' - December 15, 2004.

China, Russia Will Hold First War Games - December 13, 2004.

Fears on North Korea's nuclear status - December 7, 2004.

Hawk Engagement: A Dangerous Turn in US Plans for North Korea - November 30, 2004.

Militia Squads to Defend Russia's Disputed Kuril Islands - November 16, 2004.

Russian Far East Outraged Over Return of Kuriles to Japan - November 15, 2004.

China warns Taiwan against provocation - November 15, 2004.

Japan Says Chinese Sub Intruded Waters - November 12, 2004.

Japan says submarine was Chinese - November 12, 2004.

Japan on alert after sub scare - November 10, 2004.

Sea border breach irks South Korea - November 10, 2004.

U.S. Nuclear Weapon to Be Used in Case of N. Korea's Invasion - November 7, 2004.

N. Korea warns of naval conflict - November 2, 2004.

S. Korean boats fire warning shots - November 1, 2004.

North Korea argues US force cutback means war imminent - November 1, 2004.

South Korea on alert - October 26, 2004.

DMZ breach raises spy fears - October 26, 2004.

Islamic Terror Group: Seoul Will Burn if Zaitoon Unit is Not out of Iraq in Seven Days - October 20, 2004.

N Korea warns of "grave consequences" - October 16, 2004.

China sends more troops to N. Korea border -- 150,000 troops already deployed - October 16, 2004.

S.Korea navy ship sinks amid N.Korea alert - October 13, 2004.

Threat of Iran, North Korea Getting Nukes Makes 2005 a Scary Year - October 7, 2004.

US deploys destroyers off North Korea as part of missile defense system - October 1, 2004.

U.S. Deploys Destroyers in East Sea to Watch North Korea - September 30, 2004.

China warns against Taiwanese war threat - September 29, 2004.

North Korea says danger of war rising, blames US - September 27, 2004.

US concerned about signs of N Korean missile test -- N Korea accuses Japan of wanting "to invade N Korea" - September 27, 2004.

7th Fleet on mission to keep Asia stable -- United States deploys ships for missile defense against N Korea - September 26, 2004.

THE NEXT WAR FRONT: Kerry criticizes Bush over N Korea and Iran, urging direct engagement - September 25, 2004.

Tokyo conducts drills in case of missile attack on Yokota Air Base - September 25, 2004.

U.S. destroyers deploying off N. Korea - September 24, 2004.

Japan fears North Korea ballistic missile launch -- Warships dispatched to Sea of Japan - September 24, 2004.

US warns N. Korea against missile test, threats - September 24, 2004.

North Korea threatens to turn Japan into "nuclear sea of fire" - September 23, 2004.

North Korea may be preparing to test-fire missile - September 23, 2004.

N. Korea and Iran: The terrorist threat that lies ahead - "Iraq, with all its problems, is only the opening act of the drama now ahead of us" - September 17, 2004.

Mystery surrounds N. Korea cloud - September 13, 2004.

Massive Explosion in North Korea - September 12, 2004.

Report: Mushroom Cloud Seen After N.Korean Explosion - September 11, 2004.

China will send troops to Haiti - September 6, 2004.

Taiwan Says China Ships Challenge U.S. Defense Line - August 25, 2004.

Taiwan stages war games as report shows China would win in six days - August 11, 2004.

US may move second aircraft carrier to Asia-Pacific - August 11, 2004.

China will have 800 missiles aimed at Taiwan by 2005 - August 11, 2004.

New N. Korean Missiles Said to Threaten U.S. - August 3, 2004.

Taiwan shows force on beach facing Chinese mainland - July 27, 2004.

China Militia Hold Exercises Opposite Taiwan - July 26, 2004.

Taiwan deploys missiles on island off China: Jane's - July 25, 2004.

China must reinforce defence, says president - July 25, 2004.

N. Korea rejects U.S. 'sham offer' - July 24, 2004.

U.S. worried by North Korea, Iran missile link - report - July 24, 2004.

All US troops to leave Seoul by December 2008: Pentagon - July 23, 2004.

Chinese military drills imminent: report - July 23, 2004.

China tells US Pacific Command chief military contact with Taiwan must stop - July 23, 2004.

Taiwan holds live-fire exercises as war games continue - July 23, 2004.

Chinese war games under way in Taiwan Straits: report - July 16, 2004.

China's war game warning to Taiwan - July 16, 2004.

China plans Taiwan Strait war games - July 4, 2004.

US plans huge show of force in Pacific -- Seven aircraft carriers to move within striking distance of China; Taiwan forces slated to join in drill - June 30, 2004.

China told to use nukes if Taiwan hits dam -- Some parliamentary delegates call on Beijing to retract its no-first-use pledge to deter 'terrorist acts' like dam strike - June 19, 2004.

Taiwan, China gear up for arms race - June 19, 2004.

China General Threatens War if Taiwan Targets Dam - June 17, 2004.

North Korea missile test 'brings US within range' - June 11, 2004.

Koreas clash over naval border - June 9, 2004.

G8 cites 'serious concerns' about North Korea - June 9, 2004.

China blasts Taiwan's weapons purchase - June 8, 2004.

Russia backs N. Korea in nuke talks -- U.S. sees sign of Moscow colluding with communist regime - June 5, 2004.

China to send 'message' with war games -- Communists plan military exercises near island nation - June 2, 2004.

China defends military build-up, blames US for worsening Taiwan ties - May 31, 2004.

Study: China readying for conflict - May 31, 2004.

U.S. causes China to rethink military strategy, Pentagon says - May 31, 2004.

North Korea a "far more compelling threat" than Iraq: Kerry - May 30, 2004.

China Says Pay Any Price to Stop Taiwan Statehood - May 24, 2004.

N. Korea 'gave Libya uranium' - May 24, 2004.

North Korea linked to Libya's uranium -- Nearly 2 tons of hexaflourine shipped by 'axis of evil' in 2001 went undetected - May 23, 2004.

Beijing steps up pressure on Chen -- Analysis: New phase in struggle - May 19, 2004.

U.S. rebukes China's Taiwan threat -- Promises to fulfill its obligations to aid in Taipei's defense - May 18, 2004.

Links with Pakistan cloud China's membership in global nuclear group - May 18, 2004.

Beijing threatens Taipei with destruction -- Recognize '1 China' or else, says official statement - May 17, 2004.

China tells Taiwan president drop his drive for independence or "be consumed in his own flames" - May 17, 2004.

U.S. confirms S. Korea troop cut -- 'Redeployment to meet worsening Iraq situation' - May 16, 2004.

North Korea lashes out at the US after nuclear talks end - May 15, 2004.

China increases aid to Syrian missiles - May 14, 2004.

Working level talks end as NKorea vows never to accept US demands - May 14, 2004.

As world obsesses on Iraq, China advances its agenda - May 11, 2004.

Reports: N. Korean missile is able to reach U.S. bases - May 6, 2004.

N. Korea puts long-range missile on the market - May 5, 2004.

China Sails Warships Into Hong Kong - April 30, 2004.

China: No Direct Elections in Hong Kong - April 26, 2004.

China's military buildup raises concerns in US - April 25, 2004.

N. Korea Accuses U.S. of Preparing Attack - April 25, 2004.

China more than doubling budgeted military spending this year: Pentagon - April 23, 2004.

The Sinister Sino-Russian 'strategic partnership' - April 19, 2004.

China launches post-election barrage on Taiwan, warning against independence - April 14, 2004.

China accuses Taiwan president of provocation - April 14, 2004.

'New constitution' means timetable for Taiwan independence: official -- Taiwan leader's plan will result in tensions and danger in the Taiwan Straits - April 14, 2004.

Thousands in HK protest Chinese rule - April 12, 2004.

S. Korea to become second-largest military ally in Iraq - April 9, 2004.

North Korea says standoff with US at "brink of nuclear war" - April 9, 2004.

China Claims Right to Amend Hong Kong Law - April 6, 2004.

China scolds U.S. over radar sale - April 2, 2004.

U.S. confirms Taiwan radar sale - April 1, 2004.

N. Korea, al Qaeda union a threat - April 1, 2004.

N.Korea slams planned US air defence deployment as preparation for war - March 31, 2004.

US can deter any North Korean attack, says US military commander in SKorea - March 31, 2004.

Chen to press for independence - March 29, 2004.

Chinese, Indian defence ministers agree to boost military ties - March 29, 2004.

China's Army On Combat Alert - March 27, 2004.

U.S. congratulations anger China - March 27, 2004.

Clashes as Taiwan mulls recount - March 26, 2004.

China warns on Taiwan crisis - March 26, 2004.

China steps up pressure on Chen - March 25, 2004.

Chinese fury over Japan detentions - March 25, 2004.

China flexes missile muscle on eve of Taiwan vote - March 18, 2004.

North Korea raises nuclear tension - March 18, 2004.

N. Korea: Disarming Will Lead to Invasion - March 18, 2004.

Taiwan polls 'could spark crisis' -- 'in the worst case leading to war between China and the United States' - March 17, 2004.

China: Taiwan threatens stability - March 15, 2004.

US warns NKorea to stop exporting dangerous weapons or face world action - March 12, 2004.

Taiwan president accuses China of interfering in election - March 9, 2004.

South Korea to deploy Russian tanks along inter-Korean border - March 9, 2004.

China: "Taiwan War is Inevitable" - March 8, 2004.

Taiwan urged to build-up arms amid growing Chinese threat - March 7, 2004.

Bush Signals Patience on North Korea Is Waning - March 4, 2004.

China warns U.S. off Hong Kong - March 4, 2004.

Russia warns of possible military intervention in North Korea - March 2, 2004.

Russia Warns North Korean Dispute Is 'Dangerous,' Interfax Says - March 1, 2004.

Millions join anti-China protest inTaiwan - February 29, 2004.

Moment of truth for China and the Pyongyang time bomb - February 20, 2004.

U.S. Practices Evacuation of South Korea - February 20, 2004.

China ups anti-Chen crusade -- Beijing mobilizes more resources, including military, to thwart Taiwan move towards independence - February 18, 2004.

China ignores Taiwan's DMZ offer - February 4, 2004.

Taiwan urges demilitarized zone - February 3, 2004.

Taiwan rejects Paris poll warning -- Taiwan has said it "deeply regrets" France's opposition to a planned referendum which has angered China - January 27, 2004.

Nuclear war danger highest ever? U.N.'s nuclear chief cites North Korea, Iran, underground trade - January 26, 2004.

Cambodia condemns Taiwan's so-called 'defensive referendum' - January 23, 2004.

Taiwan focus main game for Beijing - January 20, 2004.

N. Korea official tells U.S. 'time is not on your side' - January 15, 2004.

China's fury at Taiwan 'holy war' - January 1, 2004.

North Korea accuses US of aerial espionage in preparation for war - December 31, 2003.

Hawks tell Bush how to win war on terror -- North Korea, Iran, Syria, even Saudi Arabia and France in the crosshairs - December 31, 2003.

It is time to take China-Taiwan issue seriously -- "China's relationship with Taiwan is now on a collision course" - December 23, 2003.

China Turns Up the Heat on Taiwan President - December 17, 2003.

Taiwan's Chen Warns China Against Missile Tests - December 17, 2003.

Nuclear crisis with N Korea drags on amid mixed prospects for 2004 - December 17, 2003.

China Must Prepare to 'Crush' Taiwan Independence Moves - December 16, 2003.

China rejects Taiwan 'terror' barb - December 16, 2003.

Defiant Chen vows to hold referendum, defend Taiwan - December 15, 2003.

NEWSWEEK (Dec 22 issue): Taiwan: Rocking the Boat -- China says Chen is leading Taiwan into danger, but the political changes afoot are bigger than any one man - posted December 14, 2003.

President Chen Shiu-bian tells television viewers he intends to go ahead with 20 March 2004 vote -- Taiwan’s president likely to continue with plans that have outraged China and unnerved the US - December 14, 2003.

Defiant Taiwan president reaffirms referendum plans - December 11, 2003.

Taiwan Says Vote Still on Despite Bush Warning - December 10, 2003.

China's Hu warns Taiwan residents -- current Taiwan crisis more serious than those in 1996 and 2000 -- possibility of some form of "armed liberation" of Taiwan higher than at any time in recent memory - December 9, 2003.

U.S. warns Taiwan, China - December 9, 2003.

Bid to beef up Taiwan vote law - December 8, 2003.

Taiwan plans 'missile' vote, demanding China remove missiles aimed at the island - December 6, 2003.

Chinese military pressures Taiwan - December 4, 2003.

Beijing warns threat of Olympic boycott or international condemnation will not sway China decision to attack Taiwan - December 4, 2003.

Chinese military ready for "necessary" casualties over Taiwan -- Senior Chinese military officers warn Taiwan it is staring "into the abyss of war" - December 3, 2003.

Taiwan's Chen holds ground on referendum - December 3, 2003.

A Dangerous New U.S. Policy Toward Taiwan? -- Two proposed policy changes make a military confrontation in the Taiwan Strait more, not less, likely - December 2, 2003.

Taiwan Poll Plan Adds to Cross-Straits Tensions -- President Chen Shui-bian says Chinese missiles justify independence vote - December 1, 2003.

U.S. urges Taiwan leader to drop referendum plan - December 1, 2003.

WAR WITH CHINA MAY BE VERY NEAR: Taiwan's leader is citing the hundreds of missiles China has aimed at the island as justification for his plans to use a new law that gives him the power to hold an independence vote when threatened by China's massive military -- such a vote will trigger an immediate war, Beijing has warned - December 1, 2003.

China 'Gravely Concerned' Over Taiwan Bill - November 28, 2003.

Taiwan Approves Referendum Bill Despite China - November 27, 2003.

Taiwan vote risks China's wrath - November 27, 2003.

US warns China not to use force against Taiwan - November 21, 2003.

Taiwan to China: Stop interfering - November 20, 2003.

China: Taiwan Independence = War - November 19, 2003.

China renews Taiwan threat of war -- "the day 'Taiwan independence' is promulgated is also the time when war will be declared" - November 19, 2003.

China Threatens Taiwan Anew With Force - November 19, 2003.

Taiwan: Sliding toward independence and war? - November 18, 2003.

Nukes option by U.S. in Korea - November 18, 2003.

CIA sounds new warning on North Korea multi-stage missile that could hit parts of US - November 14, 2003.

N. Korea: nuke ready to use - November 6, 2003.

South Korean Navy Fires Warning Shots at North Korean Patrol Boat - October 30, 2003.

China warns of Taiwan 'disaster' - October 27, 2003.

North Korea Test-Fires Anti-Ship Missile - October 20, 2003.

NK 'ready to unveil N-deterrence' - October 16, 2003.

N Korea in 'nuclear display' threat - October 16, 2003.

N Korea Rebuffs South On Nukes, Blames US - October 15, 2003.

N Korea Denounces South Over US Troop Call - October 5, 2003.

North Korea Using Plutonium for Bomb Production - October 2, 2003.

North Korea Spurns Talks, Rattles Nuclear Sabre - September 30, 2003.

North Korea says U.S. forced its nuclear stance -- 'Hostile policy' emerged late last year, envoy says - September 30, 2003.

Chinese bolster military near N. Korea -- Beijing deploys 150,000 troops to deter nuke ambitions - September 16, 2003.

Japan warns that it will attack if North Korea aims missile - September 15, 2003.

Military exercise provokes N Korea - September 14, 2003.

New axis of evil? U.S. officials say China, N. Korea behind Iran's missile program - September 8, 2003.

Protesters urge Taiwan name change - September 6, 2003.

Jimmy Carter: N. Korea crisis top threat to world peace - September 5, 2003.

China warns Tokyo against missile defense plans - September 4, 2003.

Taiwan holds massive wargames amid warnings of future Chinese threat - September 4, 2003.

New N. Korean parliament OKs increased 'nuclear deterrent force' - September 3, 2003.

N. Korea 'ready to show' nuke capability - August 29, 2003.

U.S. Plans Naval Exercises in Message to N. Korea - August 18, 2003.

Sub hunt risks stirring up China, North Korea - August 18, 2003.

Shots at sea risk to Korean talks - August 18, 2003.

North Korea threat has Russia rearming -- With Kim 5 weeks from full nuke capability, Moscow refurbishes once-vaunted naval fleet - August 5, 2003.

China Getting Ready for Severe Blitzkrieg Against Taiwan -- "Many experts say that the North Korean conflict is not a conflict between Pyongyang and Washington, but a large-scale diplomatic game between China and the USA with a view of gaining control over the Korean Peninsula" - August 1, 2003.

Pentagon Report: China's Space Warfare Tactics Aimed at U.S. Supremacy - August 1, 2003.

Pentagon says China refitting missiles to hit Okinawa - July 31, 2003.

U.S. cites buildup of China's missiles -- Strategy menaces Taiwan, report says - July 30, 2003.

Nuclear testing said to be imminent - July 27, 2003.

N. Korea threatens tactical nukes - July 25, 2003.

N.Korea May Go Nuclear, Say Tokyo Sources - July 23, 2003.

Beijing launching own 'Aegis' warships -- Military modernization continues as challenge to U.S. hegemony - July 23, 2003.

Upping the ante for Kim Jong Il -- Pentagon Plan 5030, a new blueprint for facing down North Korea - July 21, 2003.

Bush: Going nuclear will 'alienate' North Korea -- N. Korea repeats treaty call - July 21, 2003.

North Korea, South Korea Exchange Fire on DMZ - July 17, 2003.

Koreans fire across border - July 17, 2003.

U.S. Heeds North Korea on Nuke Claims - July 16, 2003.

U.S., N. Korea Drifting Toward War, Perry Warns - July 15, 2003.

N.Korea Says It Has Made Bomb-Grade Plutonium - US - July 15, 2003.

North Korean nuclear claims 'serious,' U.S. official says - July 15, 2003.

War possible to halt nuclear threat -- Australian PM Howard threatens naval blockade - July 14, 2003.

N Korea in rapid dash on A-bombs - July 14, 2003.

Defector to Bush officials: Strike N. Korea before it's too late - July 11, 2003.

N. Korea 'ready for war or talks' - July 10, 2003.

N.Korea threat to abandon '53 armistice - July 1, 2003.

CIA: North Korea may be trying to miniaturize nuclear weapons - July 1, 2003.

North Korean Army Warns U.S. on Sanctions - July 1, 2003.

Raining death on U.S. cities? Growing ballistic threat fuels missile-defense research, deployment - June 30, 2003.

N Korea 'may test nuclear bomb' - June 29, 2003.

Declaration of independence for island? Taipei leaders call referendum on future a 'basic right' - June 24, 2003.

U.S. Told Japan North Korea Has Nuclear Warheads, Sankei Says - June 20, 2003.

N. Korea: Blockade means war - June 17, 2003.

North Korea Warns U.S., Japan Against Blockade - June 17, 2003.

North Korea Warns South Korea Over Border - June 12, 2003.

U.S. Can't Rule Out N.Korea Strike, Perle Says - June 11, 2003.

Bush vows defense of Taipei -- While Rep. Tom DeLay slams U.S. '1 China' policy - June 5, 2003.

US Making New Plans For War On N Korea - June 5, 2003.

North Korea Warns South About Naval Clash; South Fires Warning Shots - June 3, 2003.

U.S. Seeks Ability to 'Take Down' N.Korea Quickly - June 2, 2003.

North Korea Says It Will Make More Nukes - June 2, 2003.

Bush, Putin warn Iran, N. Korea - June 1, 2003.

N Korea warns US of nuclear retaliation - May 29, 2003.

China-Russia 'closer than ever' - May 27, 2003.

U.S. Must Be Ready to Blockade N.Korea - Experts - May 19, 2003.

S.Korea Says Preparing for Possible N.Korea Actions - May 19, 2003.

N.Korea to Respond with War to U.S. Strike -S.Korea TV - May 17, 2003.

North Korea gets stern warning - May 15, 2003.

US and S.Korea Vow to End North's Nuclear Ambition - May 14, 2003.

North Korea has dozens of nukes - May 14, 2003.

N. Korea Says Nuclear Pact a 'Dead Document' - May 13, 2003.

N. Korea fired laser at U.S. troops - May 13, 2003.

North Korea Warns It May Take 'Emergency Measures' - May 11, 2003.

North Korea has 100 N-weapons aimed at US, propagandist claims - May 4, 2003.

N. Korea: Sanction Move Could Trigger War - April 30, 2003.

North Korea faces naval blockade over nuclear arms - April 28, 2003.

North Korea's War Strategy of Massive Retaliations against US Attacks - April 24, 2003.

N. Korea: War at 'any moment' - April 24, 2003.

N. Korea: U.S. Leading Region Toward War - April 24, 2003.

Russian official predicts 'catastrophic' development regarding US-North Korean nuclear standoff - April 24, 2003.

Report: U.S. Has Plans to Bomb N. Korea Nuke Plant - April 22, 2003.

N Korea calls for increased defence capability to meet 'US aggression' - April 21, 2003.

North Korea Urges Koreas to Unite to 'Smash' U.S. Moves - April 20, 2003.

China steps up preparation for U.S. conflict -- America's war in Iraq seen as precursor to Asia conquest - April 8, 2003.

N. Korea war noises over U.N. role - April 7, 2003.

North Korea plans to upgrade missiles with Russian technology - April 3, 2003.

What's Next? U.S. set sights on Iran, North Korea - April 3, 2003.

Kim Jong-Il MIA - 43 Days Since Last Sighted -- Absence of North Korean Leader and 61 Commanding Military Sparks Fears of Imminent War - March 28, 2003.

China readies for future U.S. fight - March 25, 2003.

U.N. Envoy: N. Korea Readying for War, Worried Washington May Target Them Next - March 22, 2003.

U.S. Carrier Arrives at S. Korea; N. Korea Voices War - March 15, 2003.

Stealth jets sent to South Korea - March 11, 2003.

China brinksmanship behind North Korea? -- North Korea "could not be threatening the U.S. with nuclear missiles, as it is, without at least China's tacit support. Clearly, North Korea and China are allies. The Chinese want Taiwan. The North Koreans want South Korea. The only nation preventing both goals is the U.S." - March 10, 2003.

N. Korea: Our missiles can hit all of U.S. -- Pyongyang spokesman warns New York, Washington and Chicago would be 'aflame' - March 8, 2003.

U.S. orders 24 long-range bombers to Guam -- Deployment planned to send message to North Korea - March 4, 2003.

North Korea intercepts U.S. reconnaissance plane - March 3, 2003.

N Korea warns world will 'suffer horrifying nuclear disasters' - March 2, 2003.

S. Korea Warns of Possible 'Calamity' -- N. Korea threatens that nuclear war could break out on the Korean Peninsula at 'any moment' - March 1, 2003.

N. Korea warns of nuclear conflict - February 26, 2003.

N. Korea Says U.S. Plane Intruded Into North Airspace - February 25, 2003.

Report: N. Korea test fires missile - February 24, 2003.

US plans total war against North Korea -- casualties may reach one million during the first day of an attack - February 23, 2003.

North Korean fighter jet sparks alert -- first incursion into South Korean airspace since 1983 - February 20, 2003.

N. Korea in armistice threat - February 18, 2003.

China expands naval power -- Taipei alarmed, calls move a threat - February 17, 2003.

Arroyo Approves Philippine-US Joint War Game on Southern Island - February 17, 2003.

Japan 'ready to attack N. Korea' - February 13, 2003.

North Korea has ballistic missile capable of hitting U.S. - February 12, 2003.

N. Korea warns against aggression -- 'peninsula risks a nuclear disaster and would be reduced to ashes' - February 7, 2003.

U.S. 'ready for any N. Korea contingencies' - February 6, 2003.

N. Korea threatens US with first strike - February 6, 2003.

Iraq & North Korean timelines converge - February 3, 2003.

N. Korea 'ready in case of U.S. attack' - February 3, 2003.

U.S. commander seeks buildup in Pacific -- Official: Deployments would send signal to North Korea - February 1, 2003.

North Korea Accuses U.S. of Planning Attack -- North Korea Accuses United States, South Korea of Planning Massive Joint Military Attack - January 28, 2003.

Blair: North Korea is next - January 29, 2003.

US flexes muscles off Korean peninsula - January 24, 2003.

N. Korea using China to obtain missile supplies - January 22, 2003.

North Korea warns against 'act of war' - January 22, 2003.

U.S. Military Alert: N. Korea Increasing Patrols in DMZ - January 14, 2003.

N. Korea vows 'holy war' on U.S. - January 12, 2003.

N. Korea Threatens 'Third World War' - January 10, 2003.

North Korea Vows to Fight U.S. Invasion - December 31, 2002.

The North Korea-Islamic alliance planned to launch global war in autumn 1992, says author -- Alliance planning for war again - October 30, 2002.

Chinese test new missile threat to US shield - February 12, 2002.

China Moves Toward War - March 13, 2001.

China Deploying over 400 Missiles Opposite Taiwan - August 8, 2000.


ARTICLES AND REPORTS


North Korea Vows to Fight U.S. Invasion

Tuesday, December 31, 2002

FOXNews.comNorth Korean military on state of high alert

SEOUL, South Korea — Just hours after the last two U.N.-certified nuclear inspectors left the country, North Korea raised the stakes in its standoff with the United States Tuesday, stating that war was likely but that invading American troops would be wiped out "to the last man."

South of the DMZ, both South Korea's president and president-elect urged negotiations to ease the deepening crisis over Pyongyang's resumed nuclear program, and said economic sanctions being considered by Washington might not work.

In Moscow, North Korea's ambassador to Russia said that the U.S. had threatened his country "with a pre-emptive nuclear strike," the Interfax news agency reported.

"These conditions also make it impossible for us to abide by the [nuclear nonproliferation] treaty," Ambassador Pak Ui Chun said, "whose main provision bans nuclear powers from using nuclear weapons against countries that do not have them."

Pyongyang's main newspaper was no less strident. "The U.S. is stepping up preparations for a war against the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea], persistently turning aside the latter's constructive proposal for concluding a nonaggression treaty," said Rodong Sinmun. "If the enemy invades even an inch of the inviolable territory of the DPRK, the people's army and people of the DPRK will wipe out the aggressors to the last man."

"Inevitable is the confrontation with the imperialists as long as they do not abandon the aggressive and predatory nature," continued the article, as translated on the English language-section of the North's official Korean Central News Agency Web site. "So there is no other way than winning a victory by firmly struggling against the imperialists without the slightest concession and hesitation."

Meanwhile, the international community's attempt to monitor North Korea's nuclear ambitions ended with a whimper, as the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, a Lebanese man and a Chinese woman, flew into in Beijing Tuesday. "We cannot comment on anything at this stage," the man said, mobbed by reporters at Beijing's Capital Airport.

An IAEA official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said one inspector would stay on in Beijing for a few days but the other was expected to return to IAEA headquarters in Vienna on Wednesday. The IAEA conducts nuclear inspections on behalf of the U.N. worldwide, including in Iraq. Pyongyang ordered the expulsion of the two monitors on Friday.

"We were the eyes of the world," said IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming in Vienna Tuesday. "Now we virtually have no possibility to monitor North Korea's nuclear activities nor to provide any assurances to the international community that they are not producing a nuclear weapon."

Fleming said the expulsions left the agency reliant on satellite imagery. "It's a position this agency does not like to be in," she said. "We need to be on the ground at the facilities directly, in order to be in a position to verify a given country's nuclear declaration."

Meanwhile, U.S. officials said they were considering using heavy economic pressure on the communist North to give up its nuclear ambitions. North Korea blames Washington for raising tensions over its nuclear issue.

South Korea's President-elect Roh Moo-hyun raised doubts about whether economic sanctions might work. He worried they could backfire and trigger armed conflicts on the world's last Cold War frontier. More than two million troops are massed on both sides of the Korean border.

"I am skeptical whether so-called 'tailored containment' reportedly being considered by the United States is an effective means to control or impose a surrender on North Korea," Roh told reporters.

Roh, who begins a five-year term in February, supports outgoing President Kim Dae-jung's "sunshine" policy of engaging North Korea. They believe that dialogue is the only viable way to resolve the North's nuclear issue peacefully.m Roh requested that the United States consult South Korea, a close ally, before formulating a new approach in its policy toward North Korea.

"Success or failure of a U.S. policy toward North Korea isn't too big a deal to the American people, but it is a life-or-death matter for South Koreans," he told reporters. "Therefore, any U.S. move should fully consider South Korea's opinion."

The outgoing president, Kim, stressed the importance of a strong alliance between South Korea and the United States in dealing with the nuclear issue, said his spokeswoman, Park Sun-sook.

"The United States is by far the most important ally for us," the spokesman quoted Kim as saying at a dinner meeting with Cabinet members Monday night. He added that pressure on North Korea would not necessarily work against reclusive North Korea. About 37,000 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as a deterrent against the North.

South Korean officials are alarmed at signs that North Korea may withdraw from the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, a move that would drastically escalate the nuclear crisis. On Tuesday, Fleming said the Vienna-based nuclear agency had heard of such concerns but that as of noon Tuesday, North Korea had not declared to the IAEA that it was abandoning the treaty.

In recent weeks, North Korea removed monitoring seals and cameras from its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon that were frozen under a deal with the United States in 1994. North Korea says that it is willing resolve concerns over its nuclear program if the United States signs a nonaggression treaty. Washington rules out any talks before the North changes course.

South Korea's Assistant Foreign Minister Lee Tae-shik plans to visit Beijing on Thursday to solicit Chinese help. South Korea also plans to dispatch a delegation to Russia but no date has been set.

Russia and China are among the few countries in the world which maintain friendly ties with North Korea. The Koreas were divided in 1945. The 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice agreement, not in a peace treaty, meaning the North and South are technically still at war.

 

The North Korea-Islamic alliance planned to launch global war in autumn 1992, says author -- Alliance planning for war again

October 30, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern

WorldNetDaily.com

An alliance between North Korea, Iran, Syria and Iraq brought the world to the brink of war in 1992, says a new book exploring U.S. policy failures in the Middle East and the way they opened the door for dramatic terrorism in the 21st century.

The alliance, detailed in terror expert Yossef Bodansky's "The High Cost of Peace," takes on special significance with recent admissions by North Korea that it has already joined the nuclear club. Iran, significantly, also has nuclear weapons, Bodansky says.

"During the spring and early summer of 1991, as the Soviet Union was wobbling toward its demise, the anti-U.S. strategic mantle passed to an informal grouping of rogue states – the People's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran," writes Bodansky. "All aspirant powers, they were alarmed by the demonstration of American military might, resolve and technological expertise in the war against Iraq. However, with time, these regimes reached more realistic conclusions about the lessons of the Gulf War."

These nations, and later others, agreed on three tenets insofar as the U.S. goes:

Though Iran had fought a bloody war with its neighbor Iraq – a conflict that killed as many as 1 million people on both sides – by 1991, Tehran and Baghdad began to see their mutual fates were tied together, writes Bodansky.

By the spring of 1992, with Iran's help, Iraq was not only trading with Syria for basic consumer goods, it was also buying sophisticated weapons systems from China and North Korea – delivered through Iran. By July, Iran was assuming leadership of this new axis with plans to evict the U.S. from the Persian Gulf and the Middle East on its way to destroying Israel. War was planned for the fall – and North Korea was to play a significant role, according to Bodansky.

In October, Iran deployed its two nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles. But, after the buildup, the preparations for war fizzled out. An internal political crisis in North Korea was the reason. Dictator Kim Il-Sung was ill. But he was not yet ready to yield power to his son, Kim Jong-Il. Though North Korea officials told Iranian leaders they were still ready to go to war with the U.S. before the U.S. elections, Tehran determined that "confidence was lacking at the highest level."

This history raises questions about North Korea's recent announcement that it, too, has joined the nuclear club. Some intelligence analysts believe the timing of that public declaration was meant to deter or delay the imminent U.S. attack on Iraq. They say both Iraq and Iran are on the verge of significant technological breakthroughs that could change the balance of power in the region. And, they say, North Korea is once again working in concert with this anti-American alliance.

"In the spring of 2002, Iran crossed a major operational threshold with the successful test-firing of the Shihab-3 ballistic missile," Bodansky writes. "Launched from the Semnan region on May 1, the Shihab-3 achieved a range of more than 600 miles and struck its intended target – a major first. Any lingering doubts about the actuality of the Iranian nuclear threat were dispelled on May 24, during the Bush-Putin summit in Moscow, in a briefing by the Russian deputy chief of the general staff, General Yuri Baluyevsky. Addressing the significance of the Iranian ballistic-missile program as a regional and global threat, Baluyevsky was most explicit: 'Iran does have nuclear weapons. Of course, these are non-strategic nuclear weapons. I mean these are not ICBMs with a range of more than 5,500 kilometers and more.' While Iran may not be able to hit Moscow or Washington with its nuclear-tipped missiles, it can certainly strike Israel."

 

Chinese test new missile threat to US shield

February 12, 2002

From Oliver August in Beijing

Times Online

CHINESE scientists are close to a breakthrough in rocket technology that would allow Beijing to overcome President Bush’s proposed anti-missile shield, American military analysts say.

The People’s Liberation Army is believed to be in the final stages of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile with multiple warheads, matching Russian, American and British nuclear technology. One Washington analyst said: “It looks like the Chinese are much further (ahead) than we originally thought.”

China’s most advanced missiles have a range in excess of 8,000 miles, which puts them within striking distance of the continental United States. Chinese scientists are working on equipping these missiles with multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles (Mirvs), meaning that the warhead can separate into more than a dozen individual weapons in space.

At present China has around 20 long-range missiles, a number that experts say would allow the American shield to protect against the Chinese arsenal. Washington aims to be able to guard against attacks by rogue states employing up to 24 missiles.

If Beijing upgraded all its missiles with multiple warheads, the analyst said, “it could easily overwhelm the shield. That would change the balance of power in Asia.”

US government agencies have followed China’s pro-gress in missile technology closely before a decision on the development of the missile shield.

Beijing is said to have stepped up Mirv tests in recent weeks. Earlier this month the Japanese media reported a test flight, during which a Chinese missile completed the first half of its trajectory before disintegrating upon the deployment of the separate warheads.

It was a Dongfeng-31, which has a range of more than 5,000 miles. China is also said to be preparing for a test of the naval version. US intelligence officials are said to have spotted preparations for the test at a Chinese naval port.

Washington first highlighted China’s attempt to develop Mirv technology in 1998, when it claimed that Beijing had obtained Russian SS18 missile technology.

The topic is expected to be discussed during President Bush’s visit to Beijing next week.

 

China Moves Toward War

by Charles R. Smith (NewsMax)

Tuesday, March 13, 2001

According to congressional sources, China is rapidly moving toward war. A newly released congressional report predicts that China will attack Taiwan unless the United States supplies badly needed defense systems to the tiny island nation. "Taiwan is virtually defenseless against the 250 missiles now deployed by Beijing," noted Al Santoli, senior foreign policy adviser to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. The investigative report prepared by Santoli was delivered to Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee. "If we do not send strong political signals by enhancing Taiwan's defense systems, and urging democratic cohesion in Taipei, Beijing could go for the gusto [invade Taiwan] even before it reaches its full deployment of 600 cross-Strait missiles by 2005," states the congressional report.

According to the report, Taiwan is now helpless against the growing arsenal of advanced missiles being deployed by Beijing. The report calls upon newly elected President Bush to supply "long-range radar systems" and "software links" to Taiwan to "more rapidly tie together its disparate warning and response systems." "From Defense Minister Shi-wen Wu to Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Yao-ming Tang to IW/EW Commander Lt. Gen Abe Lin to ship and submarine commanders in Kaoshiung, all emphasized the need for the Aegis naval (radar) system," noted the report.

Clinton Policy Destabilized Region

In 2000, the Clinton administration refused to export the Aegis radar system to Taiwan and withheld U.S.-made AMRAAM air defense, citing pressure from Red China. Congressional defense experts now cite Taiwan's lack of advanced radar and defensive missiles as inviting Red China to attack now. "The PLA is rapidly bringing a new generation of Russian-made fighters on line with advanced avionics and air-to-air missiles. It is a cruel joke to withhold U.S. AMRAAM missiles purchased by Taiwan in Hawaii until after the PLA begins firing at them," noted the report.

"We should have learned from Vietnam. The current nonsensical policy is similar to Robert McNamara and his Whiz Kids in 1965. Taiwan should receive the AMRAAMs now, to deter an attack."

Red Subs Threaten Taiwan and U.S.

The report also noted that Taiwan's submarine force is badly outnumbered and outclassed by new Chinese attack subs. "The PLA navy now has 96 operational submarines, including state of the art diesel subs, compared to the 4 submarines of the Taiwan navy. Two of those [Taiwanese] submarines are Guppies built in 1946," states the congressional report. "The U.S. should sell at least a few submarines to Taiwan, as well as provide advanced air and surface ASW assets."

The newly released congressional report also underscored assessments by U.S. defense analysts about the rapid increase in the Chinese submarine and missile forces. The Chinese navy's single ballistic missile submarine cannot reach American targets from its home waters. However, in January China tested its new submarine-launched JL-2 (Great Wave) missile from underwater.

According to the Cox report, the JL-2 was built using stolen American nuclear secrets. The 7,000-mile-range JL-2 missile is capable of striking three targets with lightweight nuclear warheads and can destroy any city along the heavily populated U.S. West Coast from Chinese home waters. U.S. intelligence sources confirmed that China is constructing a new class of nuclear submarine to carry the JL-2 missile. Each submarine is designed to carry 16 JL-2 missiles. The PLA Navy is expected to take delivery of the first JL-2 armed nuclear sub in 2005.

KLUB Cruise Missile

In addition, the Chinese navy recently bought two advanced Russian Kilo-class diesel attack submarines. U.S. defense sources stated they were gravely concerned the submarines, undergoing modification in the Russian Bol'shoy Kamen shipyard, would be equipped with a deadly new underwater-fired missile - the 3M54 "KLUB," NATO code-named SS-N-27. China is reported to be on the verge of concluding a multibillion-dollar arms deal with Moscow to equip its rapidly growing attack submarine force with the KLUB, a long-range, airborne cruise missile reported to be similar in performance and range to the U.S. Tomahawk. "The Chinese are reported to be interested in the KLUB, but no reports of a sale just yet," stated Richard Fisher, a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation.

The KLUB "comes in two versions. One is a 300 km land attack cruise missile similar to the Tomahawk. If the PLA purchases this version of the KLUB, it would then have a strategic force projection capability if placed on current or future submarines," noted Fisher. "With this version of the KLUB, the PLA could support Iran by attacking Western Coalition bases in the Middle East, or by attacking India in the event of a war with Pakistan. It also has more options to attack Taiwan and U.S. bases in Asia in the event of conflict there," stated Fisher.

"The second version of the KLUB is a subsonic cruise missile with a supersonic rocket second stage that attacks ships. Again, the U.S. or many of its allies lack the ability to defend against this kind of missile. For the PLA, the long range of the KLUB can be exploited once it has its soon-to-be launched constellation of imaging and radar satellites."

Jack Spencer, a defense analyst and senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, echoed Fisher's concerns, noting that the KLUB and other Russian missile were designed with American targets in mind. "This anti-ship missile is very difficult to defend against and it was developed to kill American ships," emphasized Spencer. "The thing to remember is that the United States depends largely on its Navy to project power around the world. So we should find it exceedingly troubling that these anti-ship missiles are proliferating at such a dangerous rate," noted Spencer ...

 

China Deploying over 400 Missiles Opposite Taiwan; 094 Class Submarines being Developed - Can Launch Nuclear ICBMs Capable of Reaching Anywhere in the United States

Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) Beijing has deployed more than 400 guided missiles along the coastal provinces of Jiangsi and Fujian opposite Taiwan, according to the 2000 National Defense Report released by the Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Tuesday. The range of the missiles covers the whole of Taiwan, according to the report. The report further said that the number of missiles will increase by over 600 by the year 2005. It pointed out that Beijing's armed forces deployment maintains a "positive defense" strategy combining army, navy, air force and missile units in the seven military regions of mainland China. Beijing has been redoubling its efforts to modernize its armed forces, the report said, adding that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has launched across-the-board reforms in training, war strategy and administration.

Affected by the Persian Gulf War, Beijing reformed its Central Military Commission (CMC), the country's highest military guiding body, in 1998. A General Logistics Department was established under the direct control of the CMC to carry out the procurement, research and administration of weapons and related equipment, the report said. With regard to missile development, the report went on, Beijing has been concentrating its efforts on improving the mobility, precision and capability of its guided missiles. Beijing has successfully developed its Dongfeng 31 ballistic missile and is also developing new missiles with solid fuel to replace its old missiles that use liquid fuel.

With respect to the air force, under the technical assistance of Israel and cooperation with Russia, the PLA Air Force has successfully manufactured J-10 and J-11 jet fighters that will enter military service by 2005. The combat capabilities of these jet fighters are similar to those of US-made F-15s and F-16s. Beijing has also purchased AA-12 air-to-air missiles to build up the combat capability of its warplanes, and has self-developed a low-level, all-weather bomber -- the J-7 -- as well as buying Russian-made Su-30MKK fighter-bombers. The mainland has also successfully developed a series of anti-aircraft missiles, including the Red Flag-9, the SA-10, the Red Flag-7 and the SA-15, according to the report.

With regard to naval developments, Beijing is developing the model-093 and model-094 nuclear-powered assault and guided missile submarines. The O94 can be equipped with 12 to 16 intercontinental long-range missiles that would reach all of the United States. Beijing has also bought modern-class destroyers and K-class diesel powered submarines from Russia, the report said.


 

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