North Korea declares Martial Law…All Troops on High Alert for War

[TheTroopeR]

North Korea has allegedly been placed under martial law and its ruler Kim Jong-un has ordered the army to “prepare for war”, a South Korean daily claims.

*The North Korean leader issued a series of orders to his top defense and security officials on Saturday to conclude preparations for a new nuclear test, the Seoul based Korea JoongAng Daily alleges citing an unnamed source.

The source reportedly said that Kim Jong-un issued a secret order to “complete preparations for a nuclear weapons test <…>and carry it out soon”.

According to the source, Kim Jong-un also said, “The country will be under martial law starting from midnight January 29th and all the frontline and central units should be ready for war.”

The source told the South Korean daily that the nuclear test could come earlier than expected. Other analysts have said it would likely be held on February 16th, the birthday of the former leader Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011.

Another suggestion as to the test’s timing included February 25th, the inauguration day of South Korean President-elect Park Geun-Hye, the Korea JoongAng Daily reported.

North Korean media also reported that Kim Jong-un told his top defense officials to take “effective, high-profile state measures” at a meeting on Saturday.

The alleged measures come amid a new spike in tensions caused by a new round of sanctions on North Korean entities and individuals, including travel bans and asset freezes, which were passed unanimously by the United Nations Security Council in December 2012.

The Security Council, including China, backed Resolution 2087, after Pyongyang carried out the launch of a long range rocket in December 2012.

Pyongyang claimed it was for the peaceful launch of a satellite, but critics say it was a thinly veiled test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Since the resolution was approved North Korea has issued a number of warnings, including a statement on the day it was implemented, that there will be “no more dialogue or denuclearization.” It also threatened “all-out war” against Washington, which it said was its sworn enemy and blamed for leading the sanctions.

However, the source also said that Kim Jong-un is concerned about China’s reaction to a nuclear test.

“China is still useful to us. We need to be careful of the relationship with China,” Kim allegedly said at the meeting.

A South Korean government official told reporters Wednesday that satellite images had discovered increased activity and movement of equipment near the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the northwest of the country and that the mouth of the test shaft had been sealed in readiness for a nuclear test.

According to the report in the Korea JoongAng Daily, the South Korean military, as of Tuesday, had not detected any movements in North Korea’s frontline units.

The President of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak, has ordered the military to make a “strong response” to any provocation from North Korea.
The last time North Korea was placed under martial law was in March 1993, just days before it withdrew from the Treaty for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and the regime also ordered its troops to be ready for war.

North Korea carried out its first nuclear test in October 2006 and conducted a second underground blast in May 2009.

There is also international concern about whether Pyongyang will use highly-enriched uranium to get better results in its third nuclear test. Previous tests used plutonium, were detonated underground, and had reportedly limited success.

[TheTroopeR]

Russia’s armed forces are ready for a major war, Chief of the military’s General Staff Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov said on Saturday.

“No one rules out the possibility of a major war, and it cannot be said that we are unprepared,” Gerasimov said, speaking at an Academy of Military Sciences meeting.

His address covered key issues the armed forces face today – including outsourcing. Col.Gen Gerasimov conceded that outsourcing was necessary, in order to relieve soldiers of certain functions, but added that “outsourcing is only needed in peacetime and only at permanent bases.” He also stressed that these activities would be carried out by troops during combat or training.

President of the Academy of Military Sciences, Army General Makhmut Gareev said that the Russian Army’s approach to outsourcing needed to be completely reviewed.

“We think that the outsourcing system needs to be given a root-and-branch review: laws should be passed covering combat scenarios, their transfer to a war footing, and their full subordination to unit commanders,” Gareev explained. He also warned that unless this was done, then logistics and technical support systems would collapse.

Turning his attention to the issue of military education, Gareev slammed the current baccalaureate system involving a basic training component delivered in colleges which is supplemented by additional training in the armed forces’ academies, as entirely unsuited to military service.

He said that officers’ training is the most important challenge the high command currently faces. “Only the high command, with its highly qualified specialists, is in a position to ensure that higher educational institutions have the most sophisticated teaching and material resources, curricula and academic literature,” Gareev said.

[O$NA]

sources?

[TheTroopeR]

North Korea Placed Under 'Martial Law', Told To 'Prepare For War'
North Korea imposes martial law, orders troops to ‘be ready for war’ - report — RT

[-Omega-]

I sincerely hope that Kim Jong-un is at least somewhat as smart as his father. Kim Jong-il made up many things about the strength of North Korea, but I doubt he believed most those claims. I wonder if his son understands that his father's speeches were a hyperbole.

[Kim Myung Soo]

Well if there is war, the North are ****ed unless the Chinese are willing to jump in to help them which would be foolish as a war would dent their capacity to overtake the Americans as the future world power.

Right now, neither the North or China are in a position to declare all out war on the west, as of now the North are nothing more than a burden to the Chinese rather than an asset.

[O$NA]

Originally Posted by -Omega-

I sincerely hope that Kim Jong-un is at least somewhat as smart as his father. Kim Jong-il made up many things about the strength of North Korea, but I doubt he believed most those claims. I wonder if his son understands that his father's speeches were a hyperbole.

i hope so too
but i think they'll actually go ahead with the nuclear test

Originally Posted by Kim Myung Soo

Well if there is war, the North are ****ed unless the Chinese are willing to jump in to help them which would be foolish as a war would dent their capacity to overtake the Americans as the future world power.

i think they wont side with them this time. they even put up some sanctions themself


i actually think somebody should do something about this state. if it goes on like this there will be a nuclear war or NK could sell their know how to a terrorist organisation

[Kim Myung Soo]

Originally Posted by O$NA

i hope so too
but i think they'll actually go ahead with the nuclear test



i think they wont side with them this time. they even put up some sanctions themself


i actually think somebody should do something about this state. if it goes on like this there will be a nuclear war or NK could sell their know how to a terrorist organisation

The Chinese aren't foolish enough to defend their troublesome neighbour right now, not when their economy is thriving. If there is a war, the North are finished but it will be a costly war, reminiscent of the Vietnam war.

[-Omega-]

Originally Posted by Kim Myung Soo

Well if there is war, the North are ****ed unless the Chinese are willing to jump in to help them which would be foolish as a war would dent their capacity to overtake the Americans as the future world power.

Right now, neither the North or China are in a position to declare all out war on the west, as of now the North are nothing more than a burden to the Chinese rather than an asset.

Well, South Korea guarded by the US just as Israel is. If North Korea provokes a response and declares war, then I doubt China would want to get involved. Believe it or not, China and the US have a love-hate relationship. The America wants China's labor and China wants the America's jobs, but they hate each others ideology. Back in 2005, China said that they will not intervene if the US attacks North Korea over nuclear weapons.

Originally Posted by Kim Myung Soo

The Chinese aren't foolish enough to defend their troublesome neighbour right now, not when their economy is thriving. If there is a war, the North are finished but it will be a costly war, reminiscent of the Vietnam war.

When you say "reminiscent of the Vietnam war," are you talking about just the cost or both the cost and the death toll.

[O$NA]

that's what i think
china has mad a lot of countries angry in the last time (about the island thingy), their econemy dint grow as it did in the last years and i think they realised that they cant keep poluting their country like they do now.
it's not a good time for them to do a all out war against the west right now