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To: LindyBill who wrote (108578)	7/28/2003 8:29:08 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

True. But NK really has no use for them other than blackmail or sales. Actually, a nuclear deterrence could serve Kim Jong Il in several ways. The first is to guarantee that his regime would never be overthrown by external aggression.. Secondly, with such a deterrence, Kim might feel secure enough to drastically cut back on military expenditures (which obviously are draining his economy). You don't need a million man army when you have nuclear weapons. Hawk

To: LindyBill who wrote (108578)	7/28/2003 8:57:19 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

<NK really has no use for them other than blackmail or sales> NK has the same use for them, that the U.S. has. The same use that every nuclear power has used them for: 1. deterrence. Given the statements by the Bush Administration, and NK's natural paranoia, they are expecting an attack by the U.S. 2. enhancing their bargaining power, in negotiations on many issues. You can call this "blackmail", but it's just normal diplomacy that all nations engage in.

To: LindyBill who wrote (108578)	7/28/2003 9:08:28 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

If Kim-Il tests the bomb, he can forget about any US/foreign aid... We will start testing nuclear bombs, says defiant N Korea news.telegraph.co.uk North Korea has raised the stakes dramatically in its confrontation with the United States by privately threatening to conduct its first underground nuclear test, it emerged yesterday. A senior official of the hardline Communist regime warned in New York that his country would take counter-measures, "for example, a nuclear test", if the US did not ease pressure on his isolated country.....