North Korea puts rocket units on alert to 'attack US'

Instructions from the PM of Japan on North Korea (this is official)
From the Prime Minister's office.

Link
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/96_abe/decisions/2013/0404siji_e.html


1. Take all possible measures to gather and analyze information including forthcoming moves by North Korea

2. Promptly provide accurate information to the public

3. Fully prepare for contingencies with a sense of urgency and make every possible effort to ensure the safety and security of the public


Further directive: interception of North Korean missile.

Link
Japan issues order to shoot down any North Korea missile
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1209788/japan-issues-order-shoot-down-any-north-korea-missile

Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera issued the order, which will see Aegis destroyers equipped with sea-based interceptor missiles deployed in the Sea of Japan, the defence official said.

The official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said the order, which was issued on Sunday, was routine and was being kept low-key.

As Pyongyang moves ballistic weapons to the coast, it may also be planning to disable computer networks in the US.

Headlines on Drudge Report:

NKorea missile test expected this week...
May be planning to disable computer networks in USA...
Pentagon Draws Up Counterpunch...
China warns against turmoil...
Who really has the power in Pyongyang?
Kim Jong-un's AUNT 'is driving force...

N. Korean Satellite Flies Over America Over And Over And Over Again In The Next 5 Days…

http://beforeitsnews.com/space/2013/04/n-korean-satellite-flies-over-america-over-and-over-and-over-again-in-the-next-5-days-2457512.html

The North Korean satellite launched into space back in December of 2012 that is said to be for weather forecast purposes but is being widely portrayed in the West as a veiled ballistic missile test passes over the East Coast of America and as far west as just west of the New Madrid fault line over and over and over again in the next several days.

Published on Feb 6, 2013 - North Korea, already gearing up for yet another nuclear test, has posted a bizarre online video depicting New York under an apparent missile attack with "We Are the World" serving as a soundtrack.

The three-minute video posted on YouTube on Saturday was released by Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from North Korea's state-run media. It features a young man in a dream sequence in which he sees himself aboard a North Korean space shuttle launched into orbit by the same type of rocket Pyongyang successfully launched in December. A densely populated city, which is shrouded in a U.S. flag, is then depicted to the tune of "We Are the World," the charity single recorded in 1985.

"Somewhere in the United States, black clouds of smoke are billowing," reads a caption translated from Korean. "It seems that the nest of wickedness is ablaze with the fire started by itself."

The video concludes with the young man saying his dream will "surely" come true. As of early Tuesday, it had been viewed more than 60,000 times.
"Despite all kinds of attempts by imperialists to isolate and crush us ... never will anyone be able to stop the people marching toward a final victory," a final caption reads.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, in a statement to FoxNews.com, said the video is another "disturbing reminder" of what a nuclear-capable North Korea would mean to the world.

"The film is yet another disturbing reminder that a nuclear-capable North Korea is a threat in its region and worldwide," Bolton said. "We should not delude ourselves by thinking that Pyongyang will ever be negotiated out of that capability."

Doug Bandow, a senior fellow for Cato Institute specializing in foreign policy, said the "weird" video is proof that Pyongyang has entered the digital age.
"My first reaction is they are getting with the Internet age," Bandow told FoxNews.com. "For years, they have used vivid imagery in their rhetoric — they once threatened to turn Seoul into a lake of fire — so they've figured out a way to put pictures to the rhetoric. But it doesn't look to me to be more than an amplification of what they've said for years."

The video is little more than "bluster," Bandow said, and should not be seen as a threat to the United States.

"I think this is bluster," he said. "The good news here is that while they're evil, they're not stupid. They know they would lose."

Bruce Klinger, a senior research fellow for northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation, said the "strange, amateurish" video does not directly warn of an impending attack, but rather suggests that "wouldn't it be nice" if an assault on the United States were to occur.

"In a way, it's very similar to all those North Korean propaganda posters of Uncle Sam being bayoneted or the U.S. Capitol dome being blown up," Klinger told FoxNews.com. "In North Korea, death to Americans is a common theme."

The video, Klinger said, is also yet another indication that Kim Jong Un's regime will not be much different than that of his father and grandfather.
"It's very consistent with decades of North Korean propaganda," he said. "Things will not change under Kim Jong Un."
U.S. State Department officials declined to comment on the video Tuesday.

Meanwhile, South Korea's U.N. ambassador said on Monday that a North Korean nuclear test is believed to be imminent. Ambassador Kim Sook said there are "very busy activities" taking place at North Korea's nuclear test site "and everybody's watching."

North Korea announced last month that it would conduct a nuclear test to protest Security Council sanctions toughened after a satellite launch in December that the U.S. and other critics said was a disguised test of banned missile technology. The council ordered North Korea in the sanctions resolution to refrain from a nuclear test or face "significant action."

Pyongyang's two previous nuclear tests, in 2006 and 2009, both occurred after it was condemned by the United Nations for rocket launches.
The sanctions — designed to derail the country's rogue nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs — bar North Korea from testing or using nuclear or ballistic missile technology, as well as from importing or exporting material for those programs.

The latest sanctions resolution again demanded that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons program and cease launches. It slapped sanctions on North Korean companies and government agencies, including its space agency and several individuals. -AP

Published on Apr 1, 2013 - Why did North Korea really threaten to launch nuclear attacks on the U.S.? Is Kim Jong-un just crazy or is there something bigger at play here?

April 8, 2013 – NORTH KOREA – South Korea’s Defence Ministry has denied suggestions that a nuclear arms test was imminent in North Korea, saying reported movements around the reclusive country’s atomic site were routine, contradicting earlier government comments. The denial came as North Korea suspended its only remaining joint project with the South and as Russian president Vladimir Putin said any nuclear conflict resulting from the hostilities would make Chernobyl seem like a fairytale. Speculation has been mounting that North Korea will launch some sort of provocative action in coming days – an arms test or a missile launch – after weeks of bellicose threats against the South and the United States. The prospect of another test would have boosted tension, already driven up by Pyongyang’s fury over the imposition of new US sanctions after its last nuclear test in February. “We found there had been no unusual movements that indicated it wanted to carry out a nuclear test,” a Defense Ministry spokesman said. South Korea’s unification minister, responding to a newspaper report, had earlier said movements did point to a test. “I can only say there are such signs,” Ryoo Kihi-jae told a parliamentary committee, while declining to give details. The JoongAng Ilbo daily, quoting a senior South Korean government official, had reported that movement of manpower and vehicles at the Punggye-ri test site was similar to that observed before the February blast. UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has urged North Korea not to carry out a new nuclear test, saying it would be a “provocative” act. Speaking during a visit to the Netherlands today, Mr Ban said he had no further information on the reports from Seoul, but called on North Korea not to carry out another test, saying it would breach Security Council resolutions. “The DPRK (North Korea) cannot go on like this, confronting and challenging the authority of the Security Council and directly challenging the whole international community,” Mr. Ban said in a news conference in the Hague, according to a transcript sent by the United Nations office in Geneva. He said he was aware of reports of possible preparations for a nuclear test but had no specific information. Meanwhile, North Korea has today suspended its sole remaining major project with the South, Kaesong industrial park, after weeks of threats against the US and South Korea. Also today, the Russian president said conflict on the peninsula could cause greater devastation than the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. “I would make no secret about it, we are worried about the escalation on the Korean peninsula, because we are neighbors,” he told a joint news conference with German chancellor Angela Merkel during a visit to a trade fair in Germany. “And if, God forbid, something happens, Chernobyl, which we all know a lot about, may seem like a child’s fairytale. “Is there such a threat or not? I think there is… I would urge everyone to calm down… and start to resolve the problems that have piled up for many years there at the negotiating table.” North Korean statements have also irritated China, the North’s sole diplomatic and financial backer. Leaders in Beijing, in scarcely veiled criticism of the North, have in recent days said they would tolerate no “trouble-making” on their border. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Beijing wanted to see nuclear-free peace on the peninsula and said it was the responsibility of all parties to work towards it. Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a Beijing briefing that China “believes that the only way to realize denuclearization is dialogue among all the parties concerned.” -IT

Costa Rica activates evacuation protocol: The Embassy of Costa Rica in South Korea have triggered a security protocol over concerns that armed conflicted may erupt between South Korea and the DPRK. The protocol puts in place plans to evacuate more than 300 Costa Ricans living in South Korea should conflict occur, according to Vice Chancellor, Carlos Roversi. Roverssi said that the protocol is now activated and the embassy has been in communication with Costa Ricans in that country. While he declined to reveal details of the evacuation plan, Roverssi said the idea would be to get Costa Rican citizens to safer areas until they can be brought back to Costa Rica. There is a community of highly-education Costa Ricans in South Korea, many of whom work for corporations in that country. There are also Costa Ricans doing graduate studies in South Korea, thanks to an agreement with the nations. Threats from North Korea, and tensions on the Korean Peninsula, have escalated in recent days. Seoul and Washington have kept close watch on premises where it is believed that North Korea holds their Musudan missiles, whose range is estimated at about 4,000 kilometers – capable of reaching U.S. bases in Guam and Japan. Costa Rica’s Foreign Ministry, through a statement issued last week, urged the North Korean government to lower tensions and return to dialogue. –Inside Costa Rica

A full-blown war on the Korean peninsula offers up a nightmare scenario that would cause appalling casualties and potentially trigger a nuclear exchange, experts and former officials say.
The crisis provoked by North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island this week makes the prospect of an all-out conflict look less remote, and US officials -- mindful of the high-stakes -- have carefully avoided talk of military action.

With an array of artillery trained on Seoul, North Korea could easily blast the glass towers of the South's booming capital for days and kill huge numbers of civilians before US and South Korean forces prevailed, experts said.

"Official Pentagon models assume it would take months to win the war at a cost approaching one million casualties or more, all told, including dead and wounded," Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told AFP.

"And that's without nuclear weapons being used," said O'Hanlon, who wrote a book looking at the effects of a potential war.

US and allied military planners have long believed that the North would be overwhelmed in a conventional war, but they worry how Pyongyang would use its arsenal of chemical and biological weapons, as well as its small cache of atomic bombs, said Bruce Bennett, a senior defense analyst at the Rand Corporation.

"The key question is whether or not they can use their WMD (weapons of mass destruction) effectively," Bennett said. "That's the part which we don't really know."

Bennett and some other analysts say North Korea likely will have the ability to fit a nuclear warhead onto one of its missiles within months, and may already have succeeded.

In the first hours and days of a conflict, US warplanes would be focused on taking out nuclear sites, missiles and chemical weapons before the North Koreans had a chance to use them.

If the North chose to fire chemical shells into Seoul or strike at air fields with special forces armed with biological weapons, it would run the risk of a massive retaliation from the US military -- raising the danger of the world's first nuclear war.

A more likely scenario might have North Korea carrying out a "demonstration" launch of a nuclear weapon, perhaps off the South Korean coast, in a bid to discourage an invasion by superior US and allied forces, O'Hanlon said.

"Using one nuke as a demonstration shot and then withholding others to deter a counter-invasion could be a useful strategy for them," he said.

Fears over the consequences of North Korea armed with working nuclear missiles have led some to call for preemptive strikes. "Any of the US options described above could trigger uncontrollable escalation that would create appalling casualties on both sides of the DMZ and promise a Pyrrhic victory at best," he said.

April 5, 2013 at 8:35pm - Gary Samore, a top Obama administration national security official, warned of new sanctions if North Korea conducted a third round of nuclear tests on Monday, as reports surfaced that North Korea has miniaturized its nuclear warheads so they can be delivered by ballistic missile.

North Korea’s last round of tests, conducted in May 2009, appear to have included a “super-EMP” weapon, capable of emitting enough gamma rays to disable the electric power grid across most of the lower 48 states, says Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, a former CIA nuclear weapons analyst and president of EMPact America, a citizens lobbying group.

Samore, who handles arms control and non-proliferation issues, warned that “additional strong sanctions will be imposed on the North with the support of Russia and China."

North Korea’s nuclear tests have been dismissed as failures by some analysts because of their low explosive yield. But Dr. Pry believes they bore the “signature” of the Russian-designed “super-EMP” weapon, capable of emitting more gamma radiation than a 25-megaton nuclear weapon.

Pry believes the U.S. intelligence community was expecting North Korea to test a first generation implosion device with an explosive yield of 10 to 20 kilotons, similar to the bomb the U.S. exploded over Nagasaki in 1945. He said, “So when they saw one that put off just three kilotons, they said it failed. That is so implausible."

The technology for producing a first generation implosion weapon has been around since 1945, and is thoroughly described in open source literature.

South Korean defense minister, Kim Kwan-jin, told his country’s parliament on Monday that North Korea had succeeded in miniaturizing its nuclear weapons design, allowing them to place a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile.

His analysis coincided with Congressional testimony in March by Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, who stated that North Korea “may now have several plutonium-based warheads that it can deliver by ballistic missiles.”

The Soviet Union conducted an atmospheric test of an EMP weapon in 1962 over Kazakhstan whose pulse wave set on fire a power station 300 kilometers away and destroyed it within 10 seconds.

read more http://12160.info/group/rise-of-the-reds/forum/topic/show?id=2649739%3ATopic%3A1169299&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_topic


The Dangers of War: What is Behind the US-North Korea Conflict?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-dangers-of-war-what-is-behind-the-us-north-korea-conflict/5329307

Published on Apr 3, 2013 - CNN's Tom Foreman and retired General James Marks map out potential strategies if North Korea attacks South Korea. OK. For more CNN videos, visit our site at http://www.cnn.com/video/

Starting around 2:40 he stated "limited objective attacks" and immediately after the background pictures change to a view of the US Capitol and there's a flash of light, then it changes back to normal background pictures. What's that all about?

(CNN) -- April 9, 2013 - The top U.S. commander in the Pacific called repeated North Korean violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions forbidding the "building and testing" of long-range ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons "a clear and direct threat to U.S. national security and regional peace and stability."

"A major conflict in Korea could have unpredictable, long term, and far reaching impacts due to the central location of the Korean peninsula in Northeast Asia and the vital importance of Northeast Asian trade to the global economy," said Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command.
The admiral spoke at a Senate Armed Services hearing Tuesday and submitted testimony to the committee.

He said he's confident that the United States would be able to help defend U.S. forces and its friends. Asked if the United States is prepared for a fight, if that day ever comes, Locklear said, "We're ready." He also acknowledged the importance of China's role in reducing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea pulls workers from complex Americans vacation in North Korea North Korea's 'bluff for rewards' history
The hearing came as North Korea issued its latest dispatch of ominous rhetoric Tuesday, telling foreigners in South Korea they should take steps to protect themselves in the event of a conflict on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea's latest warning of possible war was "more unhelpful rhetoric that serves only to escalate tension," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday, repeating the Obama administration's assertion that a diplomatic solution exists.

"Kim Jong Un's stated emphasis on economic development and promises of economic growth have so far yielded little, and are undermined by North Korean missile launches and nuclear tests that lead to further sanctions and international isolation," Locklear said, referring to North Korea's leader. Locklear said the United States had at first been "cautiously encouraged in February 2012" when Pyongyang "agreed to implement a moratorium on "long-range missile launches, nuclear tests and nuclear activities at Yongbyon."

"However, Pyongyang almost immediately broke its promise by attempting to place a satellite into orbit using proscribed ballistic missile technology and parading an alleged road mobile intercontinental range ballistic missile system," Locklear said.

"Pyongyang responded to the unanimous U.N. condemnation of its December launch with renewed rhetoric, threats and bluster. Just a few weeks ago, again in clear violation of U.N. resolutions, North Korea announced it had conducted its third nuclear test, which it claimed -- without any evidence -- was a smaller, more powerful weapon." he said.

The other day, Chinese President Xi Jinping was quoted as saying that no nation "should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain. While he didn't mention North Korea, the comments were seen as a reference to Pyongyang.

China, an emerging economic powerhouse, and the United States share a similar interest: peace and security, Locklear said. In time, he said, China will calculate that North Korea's actions are not in China's national interests. They'd be concerned about weapons of mass destruction, border security and refugee flow if any military conflict should arise.

"There no benefit to the Chinese of having this type of activity occurring on their borders, no possible benefit that I can see from this. So they will, I believe, in time, work this problem to their national interest just like we do and the South Koreans do," he said "My sense is that they will look after their national interests."

The saber rattling is making an impact, poll says
Meanwhile, the storm of warlike words coming from Pyongyang appears to have rattled Americans, with more than four in 10 saying (40%) they see the reclusive nation as an immediate threat to the United States, a new CNN/ORC International poll shows.

That's up 13 percentage points in less than a month, CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said. "If North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wanted to get the attention of the American public, his strategy is starting to work," Holland said.

Threat after threat
North Korea has unleashed a torrent of dramatic threats against the United States and South Korea in recent weeks, including that of a possible nuclear strike. But many analysts have cautioned that much of what Kim's regime is saying is bluster, noting that it is believed to still be years away from developing an operational nuclear missile.

A more likely scenario, they say, is a localized provocative move.

Amid the fiery words from Pyongyang and annual military training exercises by U.S. and South Korean forces in the region, government officials in Washington and Seoul say they are taking the North Korean threat seriously.

The United States has since dialed back its military displays to avoid any further escalation of the crisis. It postponed a missile test scheduled for this week in California to prevent any misreading of the situation by Pyongyang.

But North Korea is sticking to its claim that it needs its own nuclear weapons as a deterrent to the threat it perceives from the United States. And it is demanding to be recognized globally as a nuclear power.

Last week, Pyongyang said it would restart a nuclear reactor that it had shut down five years ago under an agreement with Washington, Seoul, Beijing and other parties.

It has also severed a key military hotline with the South, and said it was ditching the armistice agreement that stopped the Korean War in 1954. Because that war ended in a truce and not a formal peace treaty, the two Koreas technically remain at war.

Seoul's message to tourists: Don't be afraid

read more at http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/09/world/asia/koreas-tensions/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

According to internal documents obtained by Air Force Times, beginning on Apr. 9, 2013, the U.S. Air Force will begin grounding front line combat units as a consequence of sequestration and the need to deal with budget cuts. Seventeen squadrons belonging to the various U.S. Air Force commands are going to be affected by the stand down order. The grounding is aimed to save the 44,000 flying hours (worth 591 million USD) through September. The funded 241,496 flying hours will be distributed to those squadrons that will remain combat ready or are expected to keep a reduced readiness level called “basic mission capable” until the end of the Fiscal Year 2013. Whilst some squadron will be immediately grounded, others will be forced down as soon as they come back from their overseas deployment. Among them, the 94th Fighter Squadron from Langley, whose F-22 Raptor stealth fighters currently deployed to Kadena, Okinawa and Osan airbase amid Korean Peninsula crisis, or 354th Fighter Squadron, 12 A-10C of which are currently returning to Davis Monthan after being deployed to Afghanistan.

http://theaviationist.com/2013/04/09/usaf-sequestration-groundings/#.UWRfcVdc1LB

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are heating up, with rhetoric from the North Koreans suggesting that an attack of some kind is being planned. This isn’t the first time the North Koreans have made threats against western powers and their southern neighbor, but the level of American response is unprecedented. The United States and our allies have re-positioned Naval battle groups, deployed Aegis missile defense systems, and a host of other technology to counter-act any potential threat.

Military analysts have already warned about the possibility of North Korea exploding a high altitude nuclear device high above the continental United States using a “Super EMP” weapon capable of disabling the power grid in the lower 48 states. The North Korean space launch vehicle, a ‘weather’ satellite put into space in December of 2012 and carrying an unknown payload, will be passing over the geographic heart of the United States on April 10th. Curiously, the 10th is the same day that North Korean officials warned they would no longer be able to provide protection for foreign embassy officials in Pyongyang.

Moreover, the North Koreans are said to have mobilized some of their long-range missiles, and communications intercepted by Western intelligence agencies reportedly indicate that a planned launch of their KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile is imminent.

The situation has become so serious that the Japanese military was given the order to shoot down any missile launched from the North, no matter if it is a test.

Reports that China has mobilized tens of thousands of troops on their border with North Korea and has put their military on its highest alert level also don’t bode well for peaceful resolution. The Chinese seem to be positioning their military to either counter North Korea’s military, turn back refugees who may attempt to escape to China should war break out, or, as has been suggested by some analysts, to aid the North Koreans should Allied ground forces invade.

Mainstream news coverage indicates that something is about to go down.

And, slowly but surely, reports from military personnel and contractors on military bases are starting to leak, and some of them indicate that the United States is preparing for serious confrontation.

They are gearing up for something big via Steve Quayle:

I just spoke with a close associate who has been working for the last three years at Barksdale Air Force Base, on various construction projects… This man is just a guy…a construction worker…been there all his life…salt of the earth kind of guy. In his words…”I am just a working man…doing the best I can do.”

…

Tonight, he called to let me know that the security and activity at Barksdale has been stepped up in his words, “by 300%”.

I asked as many questions as I felt that I could and took notes so that I could simply use his quotes to accurately report what he has stated.

“We were working on a scheduled job in the munitions dump area…building new blast walls, when AF personnel came in and told us we had to leave right now. We asked if were being given a “work stoppage order.” They replied “Get out now.” and escorted us out. “More like they rushed us out.”

On April 1, AF Chief of Staff and a bunch of other DoD dignitaries flew in to Barksdale. Those coming on the base usually have a sidearm and maybe a rifle, but since the 1st, “dignitaries are also wearing flak jackets.”

“They are gearing up for something big.”

“They are bringing in serious junk.”

“Moving in warheads…I was working in an area where cruise missles are brought in, put together, armed, and shipped out.”

His exact words were, “They are shipping some serious s*** over there.”

(Here I tried to ascertain whether these were going on ships or planes.)

He replied that “they are going everywhere.”

He also stated that “they dropped a bunch dummy bombs on some islands off the coast of North Korea”..(I just read a confirmation of that from an intelligence newsletter, and confirmed by WND an hour ago.)

I asked him if Chinese officers were still on base. He replied that he had not been working in the area in which he first saw them, for the last three weeks, but he did say this…

“The Chinese and the Russians are here…let me put it this way…everybody in the UN plus a few more are in here. (U.S.)”

He heard and directly quoted one officer referring to the testing of anti-ballistic missile defense system, “We are going to see a real test, now.” He then said that he heard “Intelligence says there will be an attack on American soil.”

He then stated that these defense missile systems were ” being shipped to several bases.”

(Full Article)

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/report-intelligence-says-there-will-be-an-attack-on-american-soil_04082013

NORTH Korea has completed preparations for a mid-range missile launch tomorrow from its east coast, officials in Seoul have revealed – just hours after foreigners living in South Korea were warned to quit the country.

The worrying warning came as speculation heightened that North Korea is planning to pull its ambassador out of the UK after a shipping container was pictured outside the London embassy.

Boxes were seen being loaded onto a large lorry parked outside the pariah state's embassy - an ordinary home in Ealing, west London.Seoul revealed today that foreign nationals in South Korea were told by the North to evacuate in case of a "merciless" war.

"We do not wish harm on foreigners in South Korea should there be a war," said the KCNA news agency, citing its Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee.

"The situation on the Korean Peninsula is inching close to a thermo-nuclear war," said the statement.

"Once a war is ignited on the peninsula, it will be an all-out war, a merciless, sacred, retaliatory war waged by the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)," it went on to say.

The remarks come as the communist country has repeatedly said it will turn Seoul and Washington into a "sea of fire" and launch pre-emptive nuclear attacks against its enemies at any time.

South Korea's defense ministry has stated that the launch could come at any point, even tomorrow, and that the South Korean military is on alert for any scenario.

South Korean forces have been on high alert for an imminent missile launch by the communist nation, which was seen moving two Musudan missiles to its east coast last week and mounting them on mobile launchers.

Speculation had been building that North Korea could carry out a missile test as early as this week after dictator Kim Jong-un warned he could not "guarantee the safety of foreigners" after April 10.

The North Korean satellite launched into space back in December of 2012 that is said to be for weather forecast purposes but is being widely portrayed in the West as a veiled ballistic missile test passes over the East Coast of America and as far west as just west of the New Madrid fault line over and over and over again in the next several days.

From UK anonymous source:

It's an orbital nuke platform.

That's what NK launched into space in February. It wasn't just a test satellite. It's small but potent and contains 5 tactical orbit-to-surface nukes, each with a 500 kiloton payload.

This is why NK has adopted a totally warlike rhetoric. They may be outgunned and outnumbered but they have unlimited firing range. Detonated above the US/Europe/Asia/Japan they'll be able to knock out the electrical grid and begin their own ground invasion of South Korea and Japan, leaving Europe and the US to China.

Trust me, this is the absolute truth. My uncle is a general in the British army and they are trying their best to keep a lid on this to prevent worldwide panic. Apparently Obama is "looking at all the options" whatever that means.

N. Korea finishes preparations for missile launch: Seoul officials
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2013/04/09/0401000000AEN20130409015200315.HTML
By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has completed preparations for a mid-range missile launch from its east coast, Seoul officials said Tuesday, as the country readies for what many suspect is another provocative act amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula.

South Korean forces have been on high alert for an imminent missile launch by the communist nation, which was seen moving two Musudan missiles to its east coast last week and mounting them on mobile launchers.

(LEAD) U.S. snubs N. Korea's warning for foreigners to take shelter
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with reports of New York channel, White House's position; CHANGES headline)
By Lee Chi-dong
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. government on Tuesday dismissed North Korea's public warning that foreigners in South Korea had better leave the nation amid the possibility of an armed clash on the peninsula. "Our analysis remains the same as it was last week. We're not discouraging U.S. citizens from traveling to South Korea or encouraging them to take any special travel precautions," Patrick Ventrell, a spokesman for the State Department, said at a press briefing. http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/04/10/0200000000AEN20130410000400315.HTML

U.S. not requesting its citizens to leave Korea
By Lee Chi-dong
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. government on Tuesday dismissed North Korea's public warning that foreigners in South Korea had better leave the nation amid the possibility of an armed clash on the peninsula. "Our analysis remains the same as it was last week. We're not discouraging U.S. citizens from traveling to South Korea or encouraging them to take any special travel precautions," Patrick Ventrell, a spokesman for the State Department, said at a press briefing.

N. Korea likely to pick eventful April for possible provocation: watchers
SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea may stage a surprise provocation this month when the communist country marks several key national anniversaries, as it did in the past, observers said Tuesday.

Tuesday marks the 1993 selection of Kim Jong-il as North Korea's second leader, succeeding his father and North Korean founder Kim Il-sung, who died in 1994. The Supreme People's Assembly approved the succession of Kim on April 9 that year.

The birthday of Kim Il-sung, known as the Day of the Sun, falls on April 15. Last year, the North held a large-scale military parade to mark the centenary of the founder's birth, which is celebrated as one of the most important national holidays in the communist country.

The North also celebrates the establishment of the North Korean People's Army on April 25, 1932 by Kim Il-sung. Other April events also include the birthday of Kim Il-sung's mother.

North Korea observers in Seoul said Pyongyang will likely find ways to celebrate the first anniversary in April of the current leader's assumption of top state positions. Last year, Kim Jong-un was given the titles of the First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea on April 11 and the First Chairman of the National Defense Commission on April 13, following his father's death in December 2011.

Commemorating the centenary of the birth of the founder, the North launched the long-range missile Unha 3 on April last year, although the three-stage rocket exploded into pieces. The country also fired off a long-range rocket in April 2009, which was unsuccessful.

Analysts said the country may likely attempt another eventful provocation this April, possibly a long-range rocket launch or a nuclear test. Seoul has recently said the North moved one of its middle-range missiles to the east coast, possibly to conduct a test launch soon.

The Navy just set a new world record, a test blast from a new type of laser that can shoot cruise missiles from the sky in seconds with a deadly accuracy that simply doesn't exist in the military’s vast arsenal today.

And that new record moved them one step closer to proving the "holy grail" of laser guns is real.

To create incredible power requires incredible energy. After all, the more power one puts into a laser accelerator, the more powerful and precise the light beam that comes out on the other end. During a private tour of the Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA., on Friday, FoxNews.com saw scientists blast unprecedented levels of power into a prototype accelerator, producing a supercharged electron beam that can burn through 20 feet of steel per second.

Scientists there, in coordination with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), injected a sustained 500 kilovolts (KV) of juice into a prototype accelerator where the existing limit had been 320 kV -- a world’s record, the scientists explained.

“This is brand new -- it has not been done before, in the world,” said Carlos Hernandez-Garcia, director of the injector and electron gun systems for the FEL (Free Electron Laser) program, who added that Friday’s breakthrough was the culmination of six years of development.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/02/18/navy-breaks-world-record-futuristic-laser-getting-real/?intcmp=related#ixzz2PzF3A9VZ


The future is now: Navy to deploy lasers on ships in 2014
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/04/08/future-is-now-navy-to-deploys-lasers-on-ships-in-2014/?intcmp=obinsite#ixzz2Q17w784F

Read complete article at:

http://www.hogueprophecy.com/

Friends,

North Korean boy-strongman Kim Jong Un has ordered his offensive missile batteries to target US bases in South Korea, Guam, Japan, and Hawaii in response to joint South Korean-US military maneuvers practicing a North Korean implosion scenario. The practice bomb runs yesterday of two nuclear-capable US B-2 Bomber flying over South Korean airspace prompted the North Korean leader to place his missile batteries at the highest level of alert. Rather than repelling an invasion into South Korea, US military thinking theorizes that North Korea has more rust and starving soldiers than a real offensive capability and that the regime’s level of crazy-talk and threats is a sign that the regime may be at last reaching a point of collapse requiring US and South Korean forces enter the North to feed its starving 24 millions and secure its nuclear and chemical weapons arsenals.

B2 Bomber.
Either way you shake No Dongs and aim these missiles at US and South Korean targets, it is war season under the stars. Since ancient times humans have been programmed to start their wars with the onset of spring and the Sun’s transit of Aries, ruled by Mars, God of War. I can predict with confidence that before the Sun transits out of Aries and later Taurus in May, a Korean military incident will take place that will mark the end of the Korean conflict and the Stalinist throw-back dictatorship of North Korea will likely implode, hopefully with a whimper and not a sudden, violent war that kills millions living in and around the Korean Peninsula.

(Personal Note): Why do I feel that "North Korea" is just a way-station more like a train stop for bigger things to come?
Hogue feels that North Korea will test fire a missile towards Alaska or Hawaii before the end of April because Korean troops cannot remain in a state of heightened battle alertness without things snapping...the missiles will be brought down by U.S. forces.
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Reality is merely an illusion; albeit a very persistent one...Albert Einstein?

MANILA - Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, an expert in international law, warned the country of a “nuclear winter” should the ongoing tensions in the Korean peninsula escalate further. Santiago said the so-called “nuclear winter” creates “dust clouds absorbing the sunlight, dropping temperatures, and damaging agriculture in wide areas of our country.”

Initially, a nuclear weapons blast – with the Philippines a possible victim – will release a “fireball of extremely high temperature, Philippine environment could be degraded for generations.” Residual effects include severe damage to health, such as leukemia, congenital defects and mental retardation, she said.

But with nuclear taboos compromised due to countries already thinking of striking back, the Philippines should be ready instead with analysis of laws that it could bring to international courts should it become a victim to the standoff.

“Should armed conflict arise, the Philippines should be ready with analyses of certain laws applicable in armed conflict, notably human rights conventions, the Genocide Convention, international humanitarian law, the principle of neutrality, and environmental law,” Santiago said.

She said the shift is now towards risk management.

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Published on Mar 18, 2013 - The world's foremost remote viewing teacher, Edward A. Dames, Major, U.S. Army (ret.) is a decorated military intelligence officer and an original member of the U.S. Army prototype remote viewing training program. He served as the training and operations officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency's psychic intelligence (PSIINT) collection unit, and currently serves as executive director for the Matrix Intelligence Agency, a private consulting group. He served as both training and operations officer for the U.S. government's TOP SECRET psychic espionage unit.

North Korea missile 'fuelled and ready for launch': South warns nukes could be fired TODAY as madman dictator shuts tourist border with China
U.S. and South Korea raise threat level to 'vital' as missile launch looms
Battery of missiles could be fired at South Korea, Japan and U.S.
A former North Korean officer says division among the military is rife
Kim Jong-un's threats may be ploy to consolidate support
Some foreigners evacuate South Korea after North Korea warns them to
UN chief says situation is slipping out of control


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2306714/North-Korea-missile-fuelled-ready-launch-South-warns-nukes-fired-TODAY-madman-dictator-shuts-tourist-border-China.html#ixzz2Q4oO5FrH



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'We're ready': American commander in the Pacific says he could knock out any North Korean missile strike as the rogue nation says it will launch one tomorrow
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Pyongyang told foreigners and tourists to leave South Korea
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2306552/Were-ready-American-commander-Pacific-says-knock-North-Korean-missile-strike-rogue-nation-says-ready-war-U-S.html#ixzz2Q4osp0Gm

South Korea has raised its alert level to "vital threat" amid indications the North is preparing for a missile test.

At least one ballistic missile with an estimated 3,000km (2,000-mile) range is fuelled and ready for launch, US and South Korean sources say.

Pyongyang has been making bellicose threats against South Korea, Japan and US bases in the region.

The threats follow tough new UN sanctions imposed on North Korea last month after its third nuclear test.

Separately, an initial investigation by the South into a major cyber attack last month that affected a number of banks and broadcasters has said the North is to blame.

'Anytime now'
North Korea is believed to have completed preparations for a missile launch after it moved two Musudan missiles to its east coast, Yonhap news agency says.

In anticipation, the South Korea-US Combined Forces have raised their alert level to Watchcon 2, to increase surveillance monitoring, Yonhap quoted a senior military official as saying.

North Korea unveiled the Musudan missile during a military parade in 2010 but has yet to test it. There are reports, however, that it may have been sold to Iran and tested there.

The launch could happen "anytime from now", South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se told parliament.

A test launch would be a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718, passed in 2006, which states the North "must not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile".

North Korea has tested intermediate range missiles before and during periods of crisis and tension, says the BBC's John Sudworth in Seoul.

So while another test launch would certainly be seen as provocative, it is unlikely to have any major, short-term military significance unless it goes wrong, our correspondent adds.It said that patrols had been increased at 770 sites, including at embassies and key underground stations.

Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said his nation was on "high alert", with anti-missile defences deployed in Tokyo as a precaution.

A number of travel agencies in China have reported that tourist trips into North Korea have been suspended.

A North Korean missile launcher has moved into the firing position with rockets facing skyward, Kyodo reports, citing a Japan defense official. The Japanese government is on high alert, citing indications that Pyongyang might soon launch ballistic missiles at its island neighbor.Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Thursday morning that so far Tokyo was responding by “gathering a variety of information ... with a sense of tension,” according to Kyodo. NEWS ADVISORY: N. Korea missile launcher in raised position: Japan defense official. Several Patriot Advance Capability-3 missile interceptor units have been deployed in Japan over the last few days to defend key military units and the country's capital city, Tokyo. One of the units was set up at the Defense Ministry's headquarters in Ichigaya, in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. The Patriots’ deployment followed Japan's deployment of Aegis destroyers equipped with SM-3 interceptor missiles.

Japan authorized its forces to shoot down anything fired at it from North Korea.

The indication of the new North Korean readiness follows South Korean and US forces' announcement of an upgrade of their surveillance alert status to the highest possible level before coming into a state of war.

North Korea Nuclear Threat: Is It Real?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eusHt07UJpk


Love Always
mudra

Does this remind anyone of Maj Dame's youtube predictions?

MINOR RADIATION STORM: Energetic solar protons are flying past Earth today. The particles were accelerated in our direction by the M6-class flare of April 11th. They can be seen hitting and speckling the detector of the SOHO spacecraft in this movie of the explosion. NOAA ranks the ongoing radiation storm as S1, which is considered a minor event.

STRONG SOLAR FLARE: The magnetic field of sunspot AR1719 erupted on April 11th at 0716 UT, producing an M6-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the explosion's extreme ultraviolet flash:

Coronagraph images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME emerging from the blast site. The expanding cloud should hit Earth's magnetic field during the early hours of April 13th, possibly sparking geomagnetic storms and auroras.

I think we have to remember that our source of information is coming from the western propoganda media.

They are telling us what they want us to hear.

For a N Korean slant on this, the link below is very interesting.

http://news.sky.com/story/1075931/ignorance-and-minders-life-inside-north-korea

Despite the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula, tourists have been able to travel to North Korea.

People there are very aware of the potential war.

Every time we arrived at the places of interest, the tour guides would always ask us in Korean (the minders would translate into Chinese) about the latest situation and our opinions about the situation, particularly our opinions about the US, as they all believe the tensions are the fault of America.

http://news.sky.com/story/1076650/north-koreas-missiles-in-upright-position

Yes Micjer, it was in the news yesterday that 4 tourists crossed the boarder.

On a personal note, I've been following the situation with Korea for awhile because of Maj. Ed Dames RVed future predictions regarding a nuclear event with N. Korea followed by a solar event that would have a very negative impact on the planet. The timing of the two events were linked together. In addition, one of the military bases on Hawaii is less then 100 miles, as the crow flies, from our home. This makes any nuclear threat a bit more real for us and those other nations which have also been targeted. On a personal level, after spending numerous hours listening to Korean and watching their various drama comedies, I've come to a deep appreciation of their story-tellng, talents, creativity, culture and people. Korea, along with the rest of humanity are in my prayers on a daily basis. In these tense times we need to pour out the love in our hearts for those involed in this bigger real-life drama and hold the situation in the light. From past experience, the more attention brought to something like this as it unfolds, the more people's good intention, along with their positive energy can be activated and directed toward a positive outcome. Science has proven that it is our conscious intention that alters the course of future events. So even when we may feel overwhelmed, helpless and at a loss, it is by directly expressing our love where true inner power manifests. Having frequently witnissed how this works in the real world I know it to be true.

There is a lot going on now with respect to the global scene. Earth changes surround us. The planet continues to be bombared by solar protons and gamma rays which impact the climate along with life on the planet. There is massive animal, bird, fish and other creatures die off. The global financial systems are crumbling. People are struggling to earn a living. Certain factions struggle to dominate humanity and enslave the vulnerable by stealing from them. There are battles in the spiritual realm where war exists between those entities that would see humanity take an evolutionary step forward and those that would enslave humanity forever. There are forces whom worked behind the sceans to create chaos, death and destruction - yet these elements are being exposed. Those that create financial choas due to their own greed and power-hungry tendencies are also being exposed. Yet in the midst of all of this choas, each of us are still a point of light assisting in maintaining balance by holding our spot in this time and place. We just need to keep shinning our own individual inner light and hold it up like a candle flame in the dark.