PASH
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Do you think another war is on the cards??
Looks like North Korea are poking the world with a red hot poker and wanting to show off their military might - I have this sinking, horrible feeling that we will be at war again soon - God forbid!
North Korea has heightened tensions over its nuclear weapons programme with a tirade against Western criticism and a threat of war against South Korea.
The North also apparently restarted its weapons-grade nuclear plant a day after conducting its second nuclear test explosion.
It called South Korea's decision to join an operation to prevent the spread of weapons a declaration of war.
Its state news agency said it would respond with military action if South Korea tried to stop or search any of its ships as part of a US-led Proliferation Security Initiative.
"Those who provoke (North Korea) once will not be able to escape its unimaginable and merciless punishment," the news agency said.
Meanwhile, South Korea's mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported that US spy satellites detected signs of steam at the North's Yongbyon nuclear complex, an indication that it may have started reprocessing nuclear fuel.
The move would be a major setback for efforts aimed at getting North Korea to disarm.
North Korea had stopped reprocessing fuel rods as part of an international deal. In 2007, it agreed to disable the Yongbyon reactor in exchange for aid and demolished a cooling tower at the complex.
The North has about 8,000 spent fuel rods which, if reprocessed, could allow it to harvest 13 to 18lbs of plutonium - enough to make at least one nuclear bomb, experts said.
North Korea is believed to have enough plutonium for at least a half dozen atomic bombs. It has also test-fired five short-range missiles over the past two days and suggested more could be planned.
North Korea has heightened tensions over its nuclear weapons programme with a tirade against Western criticism and a threat of war against South Korea.
The North also apparently restarted its weapons-grade nuclear plant a day after conducting its second nuclear test explosion.
It called South Korea's decision to join an operation to prevent the spread of weapons a declaration of war.
Its state news agency said it would respond with military action if South Korea tried to stop or search any of its ships as part of a US-led Proliferation Security Initiative.
"Those who provoke (North Korea) once will not be able to escape its unimaginable and merciless punishment," the news agency said.
Meanwhile, South Korea's mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported that US spy satellites detected signs of steam at the North's Yongbyon nuclear complex, an indication that it may have started reprocessing nuclear fuel.
The move would be a major setback for efforts aimed at getting North Korea to disarm.
North Korea had stopped reprocessing fuel rods as part of an international deal. In 2007, it agreed to disable the Yongbyon reactor in exchange for aid and demolished a cooling tower at the complex.
The North has about 8,000 spent fuel rods which, if reprocessed, could allow it to harvest 13 to 18lbs of plutonium - enough to make at least one nuclear bomb, experts said.
North Korea is believed to have enough plutonium for at least a half dozen atomic bombs. It has also test-fired five short-range missiles over the past two days and suggested more could be planned.
