Donald Trump has said the US may may have no choice but to “totally destroy” North Korea. In his first address to the UN General Assembly – and with North Korean diplomats sitting just yards from him – Mr Trump said he will have no option to resort to such actions if Pyongyang does not halt the development of its nuclear weapons programme. In perhaps the most striking piece of sabre-rattling yet, Mr Trump said that unless North Korea backed down, “we will have no choice than to totally destroy North Korea”.
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North Korea launches missile over Japan – CNNPolitics
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over northern Japan for the second time in less than a month, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.
Source: North Korea launches missile over Japan – CNNPolitics
UN passes fresh sanctions on North Korea – CNNPolitics
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea on Monday — a move that comes just one week after the rogue nation carried out its sixth and largest nuclear test.
Source: UN passes fresh sanctions on North Korea – CNNPolitics
Scientists stress the effects of a nuclear attack
A comprehensive briefingupdated in June, forwarded by the author of Three Generations Left
The BBCreports today that after President Donald Trump warned North Korea it should be “very, very nervous” if it does anything to the US, Defence Secretary James Mattis warned that armed conflict with North Korea would be “catastrophic” and said diplomacy was bearing fruit. “The American effort is diplomatically led, it has diplomatic traction, it is gaining diplomatic results,” he said.
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At a series of intergovernmental conferences starting in 2013, extensive evidence was presented of the enormous ‘humanitarian consequences’ should nuclear weapons ever be used again in war.
One study published by the organisation Article 36 was a detailed analysis of the impacts of a single modern nuclear warhead exploding over a typical city within an industrialised nation. The target was Manchester in the UK as a model medium-sized modern city. The yield…
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Trump’s #Guam call transcript has to be seen to be believed
There goes a great President, but great as what is the question, certainly not Presidential.
If Guam was not worried before, they certainly will be now.
During the Cuban missile crisis, John F Kennedy became a hero to much of the world’s population, credited with pulling the world back from the brink of nuclear disaster with statecraft, a little help from spies in Russia and great oratory.
Donald Trump’s phonecall – of which a transcript is now in circulation – to the governor of the Pacific Island of Guam, which is feeling threatened by the prospect of North Korean missile tests, will certainly propel Trump into his own, unique historical bracket.
Not in a good way.
The official White House press release about the conversation was succinct and professional:
Trump’s conversation was not:
Rambling. Inane. Narcissistic. Vacuous. An empty vessel making the most noise. An empty vessel with his finger on the nuclear button.
The governor apparently told Trump that Guam has never felt safer.
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Oddities in WannaCry ransomware puzzle cybersecurity researchers | Reuters
EternalBlue (the hacking tool) has now demonstrated the ROI (return on investment)
Source: Oddities in WannaCry ransomware puzzle cybersecurity researchers | Reuters
Moon Jae-in Declares Victory in South Korea Presidential Election – The New York Times
Donald Trump warns ‘major, major conflict’ with North Korea is ‘absolutely’ possible | The Independent
Donald Trump has warned about a “major, major conflict” between the US and North Korea, saying a catastrophic confrontation with the isolated state was “absolutely” possible. In an interview ahead of his 100th day in office, the President said he was committed to resolving the diplomatic crisis peacefully.
Trump sabre-rattling on North Korea has a flaw: Kim Jong-un has nothing to lose | World news | The Guardian
In the lead-up to North Korea’s latest missile test, Donald Trump had battled to convince Kim Jong-un he was picking a fight with the wrong guy.
The US president pounded Syria with 59 Tomahawk missiles and then ordered a naval “armada” into the waters around the Korean peninsula. He dropped the “mother of all bombs” on eastern Afghanistan and used Twitter to hammer home his message.
But experts say Pyongyang’s latest act has underlined the futility of the billionaire’s efforts to bully Kim Jong-un into abandoning his nuclear ambitions.
“There is a problem with playing the military threat [card] with North Korea because they are inclined to call the bluff,” said John Delury, a North Korea expert from Yonsei University in Seoul. “I’m not saying they tested because of the threats. But bringing a naval strike group doesn’t help if your goal is to put off a test. If anything you are increasing the odds.”
Striking North Korea Could Harm Key U.S. Ally, Analysts Warn | The Huffington Post
“There are no good options. They do not exist.”
Source: Striking North Korea Could Harm Key U.S. Ally, Analysts Warn | The Huffington Post
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