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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (96046)	4/24/2003 3:28:43 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Jacob...you may not have seen this re NK...I posted it when the post numbers were in the 40k+ range... You will see by reading the actual article that the 1999 report (which was for the previous 5 years, and projected for the next 5 years--which brings it to the present) that NK has missiles that and/will deliver deliver bombs to the mainland US.... The Speaker U.S. House of Representatives November 1999 house.gov >>>>>>>In the last five years, North Korea's missile capabilities have improved dramatically. North Korea has produced, deployed and exported missiles to Iran and Pakistan, launched a three-stage missile (Taepo Dong 1), and continues to develop a larger and more powerful missile (Taepo Dong 2). Unlike five years ago, North Korea can now strike the United States with a missile that could deliver high explosive, chemical, biological, or possibly nuclear weapons. Currently, the United States is unable to defend against this threat. The progress that North Korea has made over the past five years in improving its missile capabilities, its record as a major proliferator of ballistic missiles and missile technology, combined with its development activities on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, ranks North Korea with Russia and China as one of the greatest missile proliferation threats in the world.<<<<<<<< **************** Even before the North Korean economy began to crumble, missile sales were an important means of earning foreign currency.(79) Past transfers to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Pakistan, and perhaps others, including Libya, have historically bolstered the DPRK's economy. Now that North Korea has suffered serious economic decline, however, missiles have come to play an integral part in Pyongyang's trade policy.(80) With a robust customer base in the Middle East and South Asia, missiles are now one of North Korea's few exportable goods with international appeal

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (96046)	4/24/2003 3:50:15 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Assuming that they have nukes, their use is the last thing they'd ever do; NK knows this. Same thing if anyone else uses a nuke supplied by NK on US soil. In the event of a war in which nukes are not used, they can do a lot of damage to SK but they would ultimately be annihilated. Deterrence is relative. How much damage can one or two NK nukes do? How much damage, on the other hand, can our nukes do? C2@limitedwarishell.com