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North Korea restarting Yongbyon nuclear reactor, will enrich weapons-grade uranium
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[quote:CalmShock:MV8yMTg4Mjc1XzM3MDMxODAzX0VENUU2QkNF] There is so much back and forth right now. Between the US sending more and more military hardware to the region and NKs escalating threats (most of which they've followed through on), it's a game of who will shoot first. China has mobilized to the NK border, but for what purpose? They have a defense treaty with the North where they are obligated to aid them if NK were ever under attack... The US has the same relationship with the South. Now this... Enriching weapons grade uranium to increase their stockpile. Comparable to Iran, is this akin to the "red line" being crossed forcing action to be taken? Do they think that they'll only have to face more sanctions? China wants this to happen, of that you can be sure. Seems like for their plan to work, things need to happen in a certain order though. If that wasn't the case, NK would have started bombing already instead of waiting for the US to bolster their presence. The US is being drawn in. China needs to [i]appear[/i] to be forced into action or face international backlash. The treaty is only effective should NK be under attack though, probably not so if NK actually starts the fight. This (enrichment) is no longer a threat but a call to action for the opposing side. I honestly think they WANT to be fired on. Also worth noticing is how the US sends more and more war machines over and has just declared another military exercise to take place sometime this month. Remember, that is exactly what triggered NK to start making threats to begin with. Seems like they're provoking and want NK to fire the first shot as well. It's probably an effort to dissolve the treaty and remove China from the conflict. I said this in my thread the other day... The tides are turning. Alliances have been reshuffled and ambition has once again resurfaced as the narrator of what's to come. The stage is set. Through chaos comes order. Global currency is the mission here I think. I'm sure we'll see a statement being made about this in the next 24 hours. Interesting to see what it will be. My bet is that will Japan start to pipe up. [/quote]
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More nukes. More and more nukes.
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NORTH Korea says it intends to restart a nuclear reactor closed in 2007 and hinted it may begin openly enriching weapons-grade uranium, at a time of soaring military tensions.
A nuclear energy spokesman said the move would involve “readjusting and restarting” all the facilities at the North's main Yongbyon nuclear complex, including a uranium enrichment plant and a five megawatt reactor.
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