After rocket blow, North Korea shows off missile

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After rocket blow, North Korea shows off missile - The Times of India

PYONGYANG: North Korea's new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time on Sunday, vowing before cheering troops and bouquet-waving citizens to place top priority on his impoverished nation's military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile. :thumb::thumb:

The speech was a highlight of two weeks of celebrations marking the centenary of the birth of his grandfather , national founder Kim Ilsung - festivities that were marred by a failed launch on Friday of a rocket that generated international condemnation and cost North Korea a food aid-for-nuclear freeze deal with Washington. Kim Jong Un's speech took North Koreans gathered at Kim Il-sung Square and around televisions across the country by surprise. His father , late leader Kim Jong-il , addressed the public only once in his lifetime. Punctuating Kim's message that the North will continue to pour funds into its military , the parade culminated with the unveiling of a new long-range missile, though it's not clear how powerful or significant the addition is to the North Korean arsenal.

Although the launch was a huge, costly embarrassment for the new leadership, Kim's address was seen by analysts as an expression of confidence meant to show that he is firmly in control.

"Superiority in military technology is no longer monopolized by imperialists, and the era of enemies using atomic bombs to threaten and blackmail us is forever over," Kim said:lol:.
 

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Just what exactly are they trying to prove? I don't think they can scare the World into submitting to all their demands when we all know that they are practically starving... Maybe they should put to good use the money spent on this super-duper weapons on more down-to-earth things like agriculture... :confused:
 

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Just what exactly are they trying to prove? I don't think they can scare the World into submitting to all their demands when we all know that they are practically starving... Maybe they should put to good use the money spent on this super-duper weapons on more down-to-earth things like agriculture... :confused:

The Fat Kims won't. In his frustration of having a failed launch, I am sure a couple of hundred thousand North Koreans would have been executed for "bringing ill luck to the great successor's plans".

Tell me something, why doesn't the US attack NK? Because it wants the North Koreans to exist as a dispute. Why does US not finish off Palestinians? Because it doesn't want Israel to get all powerful in Middle East? Why does US not destroy Pakistan despite it being directly or indirectly responsible for killing dozens of American nationals? Because it doesn't want India to be the sole power in South Asia.

The whole idea to remain superpower is to keep discord alive in different areas of the world.
 

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Just what exactly are they trying to prove? I don't think they can scare the World into submitting to all their demands when we all know that they are practically starving... Maybe they should put to good use the money spent on this super-duper weapons on more down-to-earth things like agriculture... :confused:
The same criticism can be said of almost every country - India, China, even the US, where there are huge discrepancies in the population (esp whites vs natives/blacks/latinos)

It's a sad, but recurring theme occurring throughout the world and throughout history.

 

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The Philippines on the other hand is the extreme opposite of NoKor. It simply does not like to spend for defence. Vietnam which has a much smaller economy has more advanced weapons and are buying more weapons than the Philippines.
 

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