North Korea's missile programme & Iran-Russia alience could it be?

As we read over all the news blogs and listen to all the media about North Korea, Iran, Russia these three nations are playing the Americans as fools in their games of mouse.  We are going to be hit with some kind of missile in the near future.   I assume in all the movement in our Nations food purchases, medical supplies, military powers all this points to disaster and our Government knows its going to happen and they are now in the game to find out the how, who, when.  They already know the why question.  We Americans it seems now have a big bulls-eye on us and these three nations are also in the game together against us.  The United States Of America is not as foolish as they think.  We do not need to fire a shot to cripple them... we only need to flex our muscles and hold up funds, make the oil prices go up stop aid to them.  All these things have economic repercussions on these nations and can cripple them very quickly.  Mr Reagan done this to the Communist Russia in the 1980s and over night they fell.  One can now only wait and watch as time passes and the chess pieces move about the board.  It will become clear before any thing happens that once again we will be at war.  This time, I am afraid it could be because, of a nuclear strike on us, how will we answer to this.  Only GOD knows, heaven help us all on that day.  We may all be different but, those of us that believe in God Pray to the same one.  I pray that we may not have to be witness to any of this and PEACE prevails.

One does have to look over the facts to who, what, when, where, and why-  when you put these things together than and only then will you see the puzzle pieces and the movements to what ever it will become to pass for all of us on this journey we humans call life.  We all are born and every day since we are on our way to death.  So its not the how its only when and God is the one who knows who, why, where, when.

There has been several administrations dealing with the threat of Iran and nukes.  We can not believe anything they say because they are trying to get nukes.  Iran hid an enrichment programme for 18 years, so the Security Council says that until Iran's peaceful intentions can be fully established, it should stop enrichment and other nuclear activities.  Under international law, an order from the Security Council is held to supersede rights granted by other international organisations. The Council has ordered sanctions under Article 41 of the UN Charter, which enables it to decide "what measures not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to give effect to its decisions". The Council has also called on Iran to ratify and implement an arrangement allowing more extensive inspections as a way of establishing confidence.

I do believe these three nations are feeding off each other to one day strike against the United States Of America at once at the same time.  We will at that time be in total confusion.  If China and Russia start moving their ships around I am sure it will set off all kinds of RED lights and alarms.  I hope there will not be another Pearl Harbor attack, for if it does it will be a lot worse. 

North Korea is believed to have more than 1,000 missiles of varying capabilities, including long-range missiles which could one day strike the US.

Pyongyang's programmed has progressed over the last few decades from tactical artillery rockets in the 1960s and 70s to short­-range and medium-range ballistic missiles in the 1980s and 90s. Systems capable of greater ranges are understood to be under research and development.
According to the Council on Foreign Relations, an independent think-tank, some of North Korea's missiles also have the capability to carry nuclear warheads.

The country's missile programme has mainly been developed from the Scud.
It first obtained tactical missiles from the Soviet Union as early as 1969, but its first Scuds reportedly came via Egypt in 1976. Egypt is believed to have supplied North Korea with missiles and designs in return for its support against Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
By 1984, North Korea was building its own Scuds, the Hwasong-5 and Hwasong-6, and a medium-range missile, the Nodong. Its latest missile combines these technologies to give a long-range missile, the Taepodong.
In 2006 and 2009 it test-fired a new missile called the Taepodong-2, which experts say could have a range of many thousands of miles. The missile failed to perform on both occasions.

Short range missiles

North Korea is believed to be in possession of a variety of short-range missiles, such as the KN-02, which can reach up to 120km and could target military installations in neighbouring South Korea.
The Hwasong-5 and Hwasong-6, also known as Scud-B and C, have longer ranges of 300km and 500km respectively, according to the US Center for Nonproliferation Studies. These missiles can deliver conventional warheads, but may also have biological, chemical and nuclear capabilities.
The Hwasong-5 and 6 have both been tested and deployed, defence experts believe, and would enable North Korea to strike any area in South Korea.
Relations between the two Koreas are fraught and they remain, technically, in a state of war. The two countries never signed a peace treaty after an armistice ended their 1950-53 conflict.
They are separated by one of the world's most heavily fortified borders and both have strong military capabilities.

Nodong missile

North Korea went on to embark on a programme in the late 1980s to build a new missile, known as the Nodong, with a range of 1,000km. Its likely target is Japan.
But, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, little is actually known about the development, production, and deployment of the Nodong.
The institute believes the weapon is not accurate enough for effective use against military targets, such as US military bases in Japan.
A March 2006 report by the US Center for Non-proliferation Studies, concluded it had a "circular error probable" of 2km to 4km, meaning that half the missiles fired would fall outside a circle of that radius.
Analysts therefore believe that should the Nodong be used as a weapon against Japan, it could lead to high levels of civilian casualties.

Musudan missile

The Musudan, also known as the Nodong-B or the Taepodong-X, is an intermediate-range ballistic missile. Its likely targets are Okinawa, Japan, and US bases in the Pacific.
Range estimates differ dramatically. Israeli intelligence believes they have a 2,500km range while the US Missile Defense Agency estimates they have a range of 3,200km; other sources put the upper limit at 4,000km.
These differences are due in large part to the fact that the missile has never been tested publicly, according to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Its payload is also unknown.

Taepodong-1 and 2 missiles

The Taepodong-1 - known as Paektusan-1 in North Korea - was the country's first multi-stage missile.
Based on satellite photographs, independent think-tank the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) believes the first stage is a Nodong missile and the second stage a Hwasong-6.

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Missile ranges

• Short range: 1,000km or less
• Medium range: 1,000-3,000km
• Intermediate range: 3,000-5,500 km
• Intercontinental: Greater than 5,500km

Source: Federation of American Scientists

It has an estimated range of 2,200km, but is understood to be even less accurate than the No-dong.

The Taepodong-1 is understood to have test flown once in August 1998 as a space launcher. Instead of a normal ballistic missile payload, the missile carried a third stage that was meant to send a small satellite into low Earth orbit.
The FAS believes that although the first two stages worked, the third stage did not function correctly and no satellite entered orbit. The federation also says it is possible the Taepodong-1 was always meant as a space launcher and was never intended to be an intermediate range military missile.
The Taepodong-2 - or Paektusan-2 - is also a two to three-stage ballistic missile, but is a significant advance on the Taepodong-1. Its range has been estimated at anything between 5,000-15,000km. The Center for Nonproliferation Studies puts the figure at a maximum estimated 6,000km.
The missile has been flight tested twice - in 2006 and 2009.
In the early morning of 5 July 2006 (still 4 July in the US), it flew only 42 seconds before exploding - according to US sources.
The three-stage Taepodong-2 was then used in a failed attempt to launch a satellite in April 2009. The launch was widely condemned by the US and South Korea, among others, as cover for a long-range missile test.
If the missile was successfully launched and it reached its maximum estimated range, the increased power of the Taepodong-2 could put Australia and parts of the US, among other countries, within range.


All this information was gotten from BBC/Council on Foreign Relations