PYONGYANG/BEIJING, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—North Korea warned Monday that any move to intercept what it calls a satellite launch and what other countries suspect may be a missile test-firing would result in a counterstrike against the countries trying to stop it.
"We will retaliate (over) any act of intercepting our satellite for peaceful purposes with prompt counterstrikes by the most powerful military means," the official Korean Central News Agency quoted a spokesman of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army as saying.
If countries such as the United States, Japan or South Korea try to intercept the launch, the North Korean military will carry out "a just retaliatory strike operation not only against all the interceptor means involved but against the strongholds" of the countries, it said.
"Shooting our satellite for peaceful purposes will precisely mean a war," it added.
North Korea earlier announced it is preparing to put a communications satellite into space, but outside observers suspect it may in fact be a test-firing of a long-range ballistic missile.
The United States, Japan and South Korea have said that even if Pyongyang calls the launch a missile test, it would violate existing U.N. Security Council resolutions.
The same North Korean statement said the country's military will cut off communications with its South Korean counterparts during the U.S.- South Korean exercises for the duration of the exercises beginning Monday.
A separate, more rare statement by the KPA's Supreme Command was quoted by the KCNA as saying that its soldiers are under orders to be "fully combat-ready" during U.S.-South Korean military exercises beginning Monday.
The North's armed forces have been ordered to "deal merciless retaliatory blows" should there be any intrusion "into the sky and land and seas of the DPRK even an inch."
DPRK stands for Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name.
North Korea has demanded a stop to this month's U.S.-South Korean exercises, and said earlier it cannot guarantee the security of South Korean civilian airplanes flying through its territorial airspace while they are under way.
kim jong il is freaking senile.. dude thinks he is stronger than he really is.. all the u.s. has to do is cut off money and food supplies it is sending to north korea via south korea and that country will crumble.
This kind of sucks, we have a U.S army base out in Seoul, South Korea. I'd rather be out in Iraq or Afghanistan than have to go to war with north Korea.
We are the ones, standing alone everywhere,
Around every corner, we are always there.
We are there before you come, and there after you leave.
No other soldiers are as disciplined as we;
The battles we face are usually the worst.
But when it's time to go, we are the first
Patrolling on post or conquering the field,
At home or abroad, we will never yield.
We have trained hard to be the best;
Wherever we go, we stand above the rest.
Taking every mission, with courage we survived;
Though many were injured and many have died.
As Military Police, we Defend, Assist, and Protect;
For all our fallen comrades, we show the utmost respect.
Being "Of the Troops and For the Troops"
is harder than we thought;
We never could have imagined
the battles we fought.
When you are off defending
the home of the free,
Look by your side,
kim jong il is freaking senile.. dude thinks he is stronger than he really is.. all the u.s. has to do is cut off money and food supplies it is sending to north korea via south korea and that country will crumble.
kim jong il is biting the hand that feeds him...
Ya I hate the guy too. I think he needs an ass whooping to calm him down. No offense, but he has 3 countries pissed... not just america.. but freaking japan and a few others.
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Originally Posted by Daesy
All i ask is if he is going to retaliate, dont do it in the midwest. I LIVE THERE! LOL!
LOL.. I doubt they would attack that area. It would most likly be the east or west coast... Unless Canada or Mexico goes LOCO on America.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sergeant Dreamer
This kind of sucks, we have a U.S army base out in Seoul, South Korea. I'd rather be out in Iraq or Afghanistan than have to go to war with north Korea.
why is that? are the koreans that good of troops? eek:
They got the nukes, I'd hate for them to use em' on us and start a nuclear war between us.
We are the ones, standing alone everywhere,
Around every corner, we are always there.
We are there before you come, and there after you leave.
No other soldiers are as disciplined as we;
The battles we face are usually the worst.
But when it's time to go, we are the first
Patrolling on post or conquering the field,
At home or abroad, we will never yield.
We have trained hard to be the best;
Wherever we go, we stand above the rest.
Taking every mission, with courage we survived;
Though many were injured and many have died.
As Military Police, we Defend, Assist, and Protect;
For all our fallen comrades, we show the utmost respect.
Being "Of the Troops and For the Troops"
is harder than we thought;
We never could have imagined
the battles we fought.
When you are off defending
the home of the free,
Look by your side,
That's true, but lets just hope it's not them firing on us.
We are the ones, standing alone everywhere,
Around every corner, we are always there.
We are there before you come, and there after you leave.
No other soldiers are as disciplined as we;
The battles we face are usually the worst.
But when it's time to go, we are the first
Patrolling on post or conquering the field,
At home or abroad, we will never yield.
We have trained hard to be the best;
Wherever we go, we stand above the rest.
Taking every mission, with courage we survived;
Though many were injured and many have died.
As Military Police, we Defend, Assist, and Protect;
For all our fallen comrades, we show the utmost respect.
Being "Of the Troops and For the Troops"
is harder than we thought;
We never could have imagined
the battles we fought.
When you are off defending
the home of the free,
Look by your side,
That's true, but lets just hope it's not them firing on us.
LMAO.. USA is the most hated country in the world.. if anyone is going to ever get attacked.. it's the States Which is why security has been jacked up compared to the old days...
North Korea can't reach the US. If anyone it would attack South Korea or Japan as they are the enemies in the region. Though if US responds this time China will just sit back since they have had enough of Kim as well.