Regime may have capability to include nuclear warheads
Happening Now! 12:04 PM EDT
Apr. 2, 2009
The Associated Press is reporting that North Korea's military on Thursday threatened immediate retaliation if "even the slightest effort" is made to intercept a long-range rocket it has begun fueling and that it plans to launch in the next few days.
President Barack Obama warned the liftoff would be a "provocative act" that would generate a U.N. Security Council response, but North Korea's military threatened those who opposed the launch with a "thunderbolt of fire" if they interfered.
A Korean Central News Agency report made a veiled threat against the U.S. In an apparent reference to American warships that have reportedly set sail to monitor the launch, the Korean-language version of the report said: "The United States should immediately withdraw armed forces deployed if it does not want to receive damage."
An unidentified senior U.S. military official said Pyongyang has started to fuel the rocket, a move that indicates final preparations for the launch. Experts say the missile can be fired about three to four days after fueling begins. South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted unidentified officials as saying the North had moved a squadron of MiG-23 fighter jets to a base near the launch site in what appeared to be a response to Japan's deployment. Seoul's Defense Ministry declined to confirm the reports. It was also reported by the Associated Press yesterday that the North also has several nuclear warheads that can be placed on missiles that are launched.
The U.S. Navy's Aegis destroyer USS John S. McCain
leaves a naval port in Busan, South Korea. It is one out
of many that have been deployed to the troubled region.
(Photo by Associated Press)
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