12-14-2019, 01:23 PM
** 14-Dec-2019 World View: North Korea makes new test as 12/31 deadline looms
North Korea announced that it conducted another "crucial test" which
"will be applied to further bolstering up the reliable strategic
nuclear deterrent of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea."
They didn't announce what was tested, but it's believed that it
was an advanced rocket engine of a type that can be used in ballistic
missiles.
For the past two years, since the talks between Kim Jong-un and Donald
Trump began with a "charm offensive," North Korea has not tested
any nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles. However, it has made
numerous tests of things like cruise missiles, which are a threat
to South Korea and Japan.
North Korea originally promised that it would denuclearize, in return
for agreement by the US to end the UN and US sanctions. Kim Jong-un
has used a variety of artifices to trick Trump into removing the
sanctions unilaterally, but has not succeeded. These tricks worked
with president George Bush in 2008, which was a major humiliation
to the US. But Trump has refused to fall for them.
Now, North Korea has set a deadline of the end of this year for the
sanctions to be lifted. They have not said how they will retaliate,
but it's believed that it would be a resumption of nuclear weapon and
ballistic missile tests.
John Xenakis is author of: "World View: War Between China and Japan:
Why America Must Be Prepared" (Generational Theory Book Series, Book
2), June 2019. Paperback: 331 pages, over 200 source references, $13.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732738637/
---- Sources:
-- North Korea says it conducted test to bolster its “strategic
nuclear deterrent”
https://www.nknews.org/2019/12/north-kor...deterrent/
(NK News, 14-Dec-2019)
-- U.S. envoy to visit Seoul as deadline looms for stalled North Korea
talks
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-north...SKBN1YH0QI
(Reuters, 13-Dec-2019)
---- Related posts:
*** 07-Dec-2019 World View: North Korea missile test
*** http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?...736#p48736
*** 07-Dec-2019 World View: North Korea ICBM test
*** http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?...733#p48733
*** 07-Dec-2019 World View: China - North Korea vassal relationship
*** http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?...735#p48735
North Korea announced that it conducted another "crucial test" which
"will be applied to further bolstering up the reliable strategic
nuclear deterrent of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea."
They didn't announce what was tested, but it's believed that it
was an advanced rocket engine of a type that can be used in ballistic
missiles.
For the past two years, since the talks between Kim Jong-un and Donald
Trump began with a "charm offensive," North Korea has not tested
any nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles. However, it has made
numerous tests of things like cruise missiles, which are a threat
to South Korea and Japan.
North Korea originally promised that it would denuclearize, in return
for agreement by the US to end the UN and US sanctions. Kim Jong-un
has used a variety of artifices to trick Trump into removing the
sanctions unilaterally, but has not succeeded. These tricks worked
with president George Bush in 2008, which was a major humiliation
to the US. But Trump has refused to fall for them.
Now, North Korea has set a deadline of the end of this year for the
sanctions to be lifted. They have not said how they will retaliate,
but it's believed that it would be a resumption of nuclear weapon and
ballistic missile tests.
John Xenakis is author of: "World View: War Between China and Japan:
Why America Must Be Prepared" (Generational Theory Book Series, Book
2), June 2019. Paperback: 331 pages, over 200 source references, $13.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732738637/
---- Sources:
-- North Korea says it conducted test to bolster its “strategic
nuclear deterrent”
https://www.nknews.org/2019/12/north-kor...deterrent/
(NK News, 14-Dec-2019)
-- U.S. envoy to visit Seoul as deadline looms for stalled North Korea
talks
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-north...SKBN1YH0QI
(Reuters, 13-Dec-2019)
---- Related posts:
*** 07-Dec-2019 World View: North Korea missile test
*** http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?...736#p48736
*** 07-Dec-2019 World View: North Korea ICBM test
*** http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?...733#p48733
*** 07-Dec-2019 World View: China - North Korea vassal relationship
*** http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?...735#p48735
