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North Korean Missile Raised To Firing Position, Says US Official

Posted by timothy on from the hope-it's-not-the-one-for-austin dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from CNN: "North Korea has raised at least one missile into its upright firing position, feeding concerns that a launch is imminent, a U.S. official told CNN Thursday. This comes as the world continued to keep watch for a possible missile launch by the secretive government, and a day before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to arrive in the region. In the latest daily tough talk from the North, a government agency is quoted by the state-run media as saying that 'war can break out any moment.'"

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  1. boner by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    'nuff said.

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    1. Re:boner by Endo13 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Came expecting juvenile penis references. Left satisfied.

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    2. Re:boner by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Funny

      You may not want to publicly advertise that juvenile penises make you come... or even that they satisfy you at all.

  2. yawn by larry+bagina · · Score: 3, Funny

    shit or get off the pot.

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    1. Re:yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      If the missile stays raised in the firing position for more than four hours, Kim should call a doctor.

    2. Re:yawn by Jawnn · · Score: 4, Funny

      Touche'. I was was waiting for someone to take the "erect" tangent.
      Warning: the following text includes crude racial stereotypes, which we normally wouldn't stoop to, but Kim is such a douchebag, we'll make an exception. Oh, and apologies to Team America too.
      "Ooo, rook at my rarge erect missre, eveybody. Rook and be afraid. Trembre at the though of it penetrating your airspace and viorating your fertire plains, over and over. Now give us food and money."

  3. Re:And... it's gone by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Raised position ....
    Preemptive strike ....

    MUST NOT!

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  4. Re:Wasnt /. supposed to be news site about compute by dragon-file · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gentlemen! Please...!

    You cant fight in here! This is the War Room!

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  5. North Korea... by ZankerH · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a bunch of seoulless, warmongering scum.

  6. Re:it's been a week thus far? by ichthus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't rush him. Kim Jong Jr. has the muscle shirt on, and the Def Leppard cranked -- phych-ing himself up for the right moment.

    (Or, maybe he's waiting for a phone call with the go-ahead)

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  7. Re:And... it's gone by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    iPhone 5RAE*

    * radio-active edition

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  8. Headline I'd like to see... by SternisheFan · · Score: 4, Funny

    In what experts are calling "the ultimate cry for attention", North Korea leader Kim Jung-Un blew himself up with his own nucleur weapons today. In an ironic twist, the missiles homed in on the largest Korean target available. Upon hearing this news Mrs. Un, who had been ordered to love Kim Jung with all of her heart, celebrated by feeding her people.

  9. Re:And... it's gone by Dancindan84 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any war with them with missiles would be concluded before you heard about it on Slashdot.

    Maybe, but I bet someone would point out they saw it on reddit the day before.

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  10. Re:And... it's gone by SolitaryMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I still hope this can be solved by oral arguments.

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  11. Re:And... it's gone by kernelpanicked · · Score: 3, Funny

    Any war with them with missiles would be concluded before you heard about it on Slashdot.

    Just to be clear, is that the original Slashdot posting or the dupe?

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  12. Re:LAPD by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow! So Kim would be in rehab with Lindsay Lohan . . . !?!?!

    Now that is one reality show I would watch!

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  13. Re:And... it's gone by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're right! China could become polluted!

  14. Re:And... it's gone by guttentag · · Score: 3, Funny

    No need for nukes with North Korea, anyway. They will easily be flattened by conventional missles. They are effectively defenceless and have a tiny infrastructure.

    Speaking of their infrastructure, most countries would be returned to the stone age by nukes. North Korea might actually be brought forward into the stone age by nukes.

  15. Re:And... it's gone by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    why not promote the most competent North Koreans to take their place and keep the factory operating?

    Because they're both in a concentration camp.

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