AXIS OF EVIL: Pentagon eyes Iran-North Korea military connection

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This is more of the malignant spawn of Obama’s pro-jihad foreign policy. Mike Pence recently warned North Korea that this is not the Obama era any longer and that President Donald Trump wouldn’t hesitate to go bold. But North Korea doesn’t look as if it is hesitating, either, and is now aiding the Islamic Republic of Iran and benefiting from the billions that Obama showered upon the Iranian mullahs.

“Pentagon eyes Iran-North Korea military connection,” by Jennifer Griffin, Fox News, May 5, 2017:

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When Iran attempted to launch a cruise missile from a “midget” submarine earlier this week, Pentagon officials saw more evidence of North Korean influence in the Islamic Republic – with intelligence reports saying the submarine was based on a Pyongyang design, the same type that sank a South Korean warship in 2010.

According to U.S. defense officials, Iran was attempting to launch a Jask-2 cruise missile underwater for the first time, but the launch failed. Nonproliferation experts have long suspected North Korea and Iran are sharing expertise when it comes to their rogue missile programs.

“The very first missiles we saw in Iran were simply copies of North Korean missiles,” said Jeffrey Lewis, a missile proliferation expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. “Over the years, we’ve seen photographs of North Korean and Iranian officials in each other’s countries, and we’ve seen all kinds of common hardware.”

When Iran tested a ballistic missile in late January, the Pentagon said it was based on a North Korean design. Last summer, Iran conducted another missile launch similar to a North Korean Musudan, the most advanced missile Pyongyang has successful tested to date.

Defense analysts say North Korea’s Taepodong missile looks almost identical to Iran’s Shahab.

“In the past, we would see things in North Korea and they would show up in Iran. In some recent years, we’ve seen some small things appear in Iran first and then show up in North Korea and so that raises the question of whether trade — which started off as North Korea to Iran — has started to reverse,” Lewis added.

Iran’s attempted cruise missile launch from the midget submarine in the Strait of Hormuz was believed to be one of the first times Iran has attempted such a feat. In 2015, North Korea successfully launched a missile from a submarine for the first time, and officials believe Tehran is not far behind.

Only two countries in the world deploy the Yono-class submarine – North Korea and Iran. Midget subs operate in shallow waters where they can hide. The North Korean midget sub that sank a 290-foot South Korean warship in 2010 — killing over 40 sailors — was ambushed in shallow water.

North Korea denied any involvement in the sinking.

“When those midget subs are operating underwater, they are running on battery power—making themselves very quiet and hard to detect,” said a U.S. defense official who declined to be identified.

During testimony last week, Adm. Harry Harris, the head of American forces in the Pacific, warned the United States has no land-based short- or medium-range missiles because it is a signatory to the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces, or INF, treaty signed in 1987 between Russia and the United States. But Iran and North Korea are under no such constraints.

“We are being taken to the cleaners by countries that are not signatories to the INF,” Harris told the House Armed Services Committee late last month.

Perhaps most worrisome for the United States is that Iran attempted this latest missile launch from a midget sub Tuesday in the narrow and crowded Strait of Hormuz, where much of the world’s oil passes each day.

Over a year ago, Iran  fired off a number of unguided rockets near the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier as she passed through the Strait of Hormuz in late December 2015. The U.S. Navy called the incident “highly provocative” at the time and said the American aircraft carrier was only 1,500 yards away from the Iranian rockets.

In July 2016, two days before the anniversary of the nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, the Islamic Republic attempted to launch a new type of ballistic missile using North Korean technology, according to multiple intelligence officials.

It was the first time Iran attempted to launch a version of North Korea’s BM-25 Musudan ballistic missile, which has a maximum range of nearly 2,500 miles, potentially putting U.S. forces in the Middle East and Israel within reach if the problems are fixed….

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Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
6 years ago

From Scripture, Mark 13:7-8 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

Well, there are warnings that cannot be ignored. Korea and Iran are not backing down. The are reconstituting, fools though they be. They will make a statement soon.

Paularboyd
Paularboyd
6 years ago
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Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

Sooner or later some of these lunatic states will inadvertently hit a target that will be too big to be ignored. A South Korean battleship was not enough, that encouraged them, The next prize will be bigger.

Lukas Lumbantobing
Lukas Lumbantobing
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Battleship is the ship type, like for example the USS Iowa. You might mean warship. The Cheonan is a corvette.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

Please elaborate on how the nit picking details of precisely what it was would have any relevance the the fact that was sunk in peace time, in waters that shouldn’t have had hostilities occurring them. While on the subject, would you provide an analysis of the metal the hull was made of to see if it conformed to military specifications you will also provide.

Lukas Lumbantobing
Lukas Lumbantobing
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

No, my point was only to correct the terminology you were using. Battleship is a type of warship, and the Cheonan is not one.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

It was a boat of some description, with some kinda gun. It got sunk.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

The only corvette I know about is the “stingray” which is over rated and should be used as an artificial reef for breeding fish stocks, as they are too small for any other species.

santashandler
santashandler
6 years ago

Judging from the picture above, it sure seems apparent those a****les in dirty night shirts have a LOT of time on their hands. Their only “work” is making hateful banners and burning American flags (for which every occasion that happens, a Tomahawk missile should be sent over)……….oh, and being disgusting Uber drivers

Lukas Lumbantobing
Lukas Lumbantobing
6 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

Sounds Uber had it’s problems, what is it? I’m not American and in mine Uber were competing healthily with local providers of online transportations (esp. GO-JEK)

santashandler
santashandler
6 years ago

Yes. Uber has had many problems with hiring questionable people. Many assaults have taken place.

Lukas Lumbantobing
Lukas Lumbantobing
6 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

Sexual harassment to passengers, for example? Or any of such assaults politically related?

santashandler
santashandler
6 years ago

Could be.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
6 years ago

The last time minisubs were used in actual combat was when the Imperial Japanese deployed them for intel gathering in the waters surrounding Pearl Harbor. The face of evil never changes.

James Stamulis
James Stamulis
6 years ago

Now you see why Obama never did anything to stop North Korea or Iran for they were part of the Islamic terrorists family that Obama openly supported. North Korea sunk a South Korean naval ship killing over 40 sailors, and shelled 2 islands with civilians killed and Obama did nothing! Obama also did nothing to stop Iran and in fact helped them along with American tax dollars! Obama should have been in prison years ago for numerous crimes!

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