Why North Korea Will Never Launch A Nuclear Missle
Many news stories have recently come out regarding North Korea and their "Nuclear Capabilities".
In fact, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has even come out saying North Korea is a "direct threat" and that the situation is a "real concern.
"He argues that in the next five years North Korea will have long range nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States.
Based on North Korea's actions in the past, this seems highly unlikely.
The truth is that they have been highly unsuccessful in many ambitious projects that they have embarked on.
In 1988 the Olympic Games were hosted by South Korea.
Seoul, South Korea was under the world's spotlight and Kim Jong-Il was jealous.
He wanted to show the world how great North Korea was by, you guessed it, building a giant, powerful-looking hotel.
They broke ground on the hotel in 1987 with nearly no knowledge of skyscraper architecture.
At one point, the Ryugyong Hotel would have been the tallest hotel in the world.
While most luxury hotels have a rotating restaurant on the top, this one would have had seven.
When the old Soviet Union fell and could no longer finance the project, construction ended.
Due to poor building methods the hotel was not even safe to be near.
The concrete framed monster stood silent for the next 16 years rotting away in the elements.
In 2008 an Egyptian telecommunications company picked up the bill to complete the hotel so they could set up the country's first 3G cell phone network.
While this is considered the most epic of North Korea's failures, highlights of other failures include:
Some think they want to get negative attention so that the world super powers will send them food.
My favorite is that Kim Jong-Il sees his son, the successor to the dictatorship, to be too effeminate.
By attacking South Korea and threatening the mighty United States with nuclear weapons, this makes his son look like an evil dictator himself.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not making this up.
If you believe this is a country who will blow the USA to bits then maybe you need to reconsider your thoughts.
In fact, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has even come out saying North Korea is a "direct threat" and that the situation is a "real concern.
"He argues that in the next five years North Korea will have long range nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States.
Based on North Korea's actions in the past, this seems highly unlikely.
The truth is that they have been highly unsuccessful in many ambitious projects that they have embarked on.
In 1988 the Olympic Games were hosted by South Korea.
Seoul, South Korea was under the world's spotlight and Kim Jong-Il was jealous.
He wanted to show the world how great North Korea was by, you guessed it, building a giant, powerful-looking hotel.
They broke ground on the hotel in 1987 with nearly no knowledge of skyscraper architecture.
At one point, the Ryugyong Hotel would have been the tallest hotel in the world.
While most luxury hotels have a rotating restaurant on the top, this one would have had seven.
When the old Soviet Union fell and could no longer finance the project, construction ended.
Due to poor building methods the hotel was not even safe to be near.
The concrete framed monster stood silent for the next 16 years rotting away in the elements.
In 2008 an Egyptian telecommunications company picked up the bill to complete the hotel so they could set up the country's first 3G cell phone network.
While this is considered the most epic of North Korea's failures, highlights of other failures include:
- The official website of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The site looks as though it was either built in 1992 or was designed by a 9 year old. - North Korea once built a tunnel into South Korea.
In the event that they get caught (and they did), their plan was to paint the sides of the walls black and claim they were simply mining for coal and lost their way. - Kim Jong-Il once desperately wanted to make a movie.
Since he didn't have any filmmakers in his own country he did what any normal evil dictator would do.
He kidnapped one from South Korea, and held him captive until he created North Korea's own Godzilla movie.
Some think they want to get negative attention so that the world super powers will send them food.
My favorite is that Kim Jong-Il sees his son, the successor to the dictatorship, to be too effeminate.
By attacking South Korea and threatening the mighty United States with nuclear weapons, this makes his son look like an evil dictator himself.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not making this up.
If you believe this is a country who will blow the USA to bits then maybe you need to reconsider your thoughts.
