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I don’t think Iran is hiding the fact they are building nuclear weapon tech and long range ballistic missiles capable of MIRV. People dismissed North Korea’s a

by dmix 1y ago

I don’t think Iran is hiding the fact they are building nuclear weapon tech and long range ballistic missiles capable of MIRV. People dismissed North Korea’s ability to do so for a long time. They thought they were too poor and isolated.

rjzzleep 1y ago
None of which is true of course. Not even the North Korea claim. NK applied to leave the NPT immediately after they deemed the US untrustworthy in 2003, The only country to ever withdraw from the NPT. I would hardly call that hidden. https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2003-01/news/north-korea-quits-npt-says-it-will-restart-nuclear-facilities https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2003-01/news/north-korea-qui...
- _zagj 1y ago
  > NK applied to leave the NPT immediately after they deemed the US untrustworthy in 2003 They started the Korean War by launching an unprovoked invasion of the South (after securing Stalin's reluctant blessing), and continued to wage a campaign of terror against them in the decades after: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimpo_International_Airport_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimpo_International_Airport_bo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_858 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_858 And they got caught digging infiltration tunnels under the DMZ, in violation of the 1953 armistice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone#Incursion_tunnels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone#Incu... And they're known to have kidnapped thousands of South Koreans, and scores of other foreign nations, including Japanese citizens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_South_Koreans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Sou... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Japanese_citizens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Jap... Yet it's the US that's untrustworthy? And why do they supposedly even care what the US thinks, considering that China already intervened militarily once (during the Korean War) to preserve their independence and has been pretty clear that it will do so again if needed?

by dmix 1y ago

rjzzleep 1y ago

None of which is true of course. Not even the North Korea claim. NK applied to leave the NPT immediately after they deemed the US untrustworthy in 2003, The only country to ever withdraw from the NPT. I would hardly call that hidden. https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2003-01/news/north-korea-quits-npt-says-it-will-restart-nuclear-facilities https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2003-01/news/north-korea-qui...

_zagj 1y ago
> NK applied to leave the NPT immediately after they deemed the US untrustworthy in 2003 They started the Korean War by launching an unprovoked invasion of the South (after securing Stalin's reluctant blessing), and continued to wage a campaign of terror against them in the decades after: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimpo_International_Airport_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimpo_International_Airport_bo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_858 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_858 And they got caught digging infiltration tunnels under the DMZ, in violation of the 1953 armistice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone#Incursion_tunnels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone#Incu... And they're known to have kidnapped thousands of South Koreans, and scores of other foreign nations, including Japanese citizens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_South_Koreans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Sou... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Japanese_citizens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Jap... Yet it's the US that's untrustworthy? And why do they supposedly even care what the US thinks, considering that China already intervened militarily once (during the Korean War) to preserve their independence and has been pretty clear that it will do so again if needed?