So much attention is being focused on the missile situation, it would appear that people and the media are oblivious to a much more serious threat. Kim Jong-un has eluded to other "surprises" for the U.S. and they are very capable of using a virus to infect America and cause enormous problems.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-the-world-should-fear-north-koreas-biological-weapons-14951

While the world might be worried about all things North Korea—especially its growing nuclear weapons arsenal—Pyongyang very likely has other nasty weapons of mass destruction that, given the right conditions, could be just as lethal.

What most refer to as biological weapons—stuff right out central casting that always make those ‘end of the world’ movies all so good—might just be North Korea’s real weapon of war to fear.

also note:

“Indeed, North Korea special forces are a likely means for delivering North Korean biological weapons. North Korea has some 200,000 special forces, a small fraction of which could deliver devastating biological attacks against South Korea, Japan, and even the United States. North Korea could use biological agents in isolation, perhaps as an escalated provocation in which it seeks to infect a limited number of people, or it could use biological agents as the leading edge of an invasion of the ROK, hoping for thousands or even more infections to weaken the ROK’s defenses and will to fight. Biological weapon use in the latter context is particularly worrisome.”

https://mic.com/articles/32885/war-with-north-korea-smallpox-and-bioweapons-are-the-real-threat-not-nukes#.C5er08zZW

Did North Korea really create hybrids of smallpox and Ebola virus or Venezuelan equine encephalitis, as Ken Alibek, former head of the Russian bioweapons agency Biopreparat, has described?

According to the International Institute on Strategic Studies, North Korea may be able to produce nerve, blister, blood, and choking agents, anthrax, bubonic plague, and cholera, with South Korea estimating its overall stockpile at 2,500 to 5,000 tons.

comment: One of the reasons the AFT has continued for years is the lack of real news concerning Avian Flu, Ebola, and other outbreaks around the world. To my knowledge, I am the only person on the Internet today about the dangers of the danger of a biological attack from North Korea on the U.S.

The ease of implementing such an attack and our lack of defense from one is truly disturbing. We could hardly handle a Zika outbreak or especially Ebola with our current medical situation and lack of decent care for most people in the U.S. today.

Few people currently are immune or vaccinated against smallpox.

What is a possible scenario?

There is going to be some sort of military confrontation over North Korea. The only other event that would relieve the crisis is the removal of Kim Jong Un from the land of the living. No doubt there are a number of operations currently in place to do so. It is likely these ops would be carried out by South Korea which would not put the U.S. under the gun for the event. It is a given there simply is no effective diplomacy or world sanctions that are going to stop him. These are policies which failed against Iran and have never really been effective.

The Russians and Chinese will ask we move our military out of the area near Japan and North Korea. This is not going to happen. If North Korea is receiving supplies and help from Iran and other big money countries - and that is likely as well as help in nuclear technology - there are not a lot of choices left.

Any attack will lead to an attack on Seoul which could kill 15-25 million people in less than 30 minutes.

South Korea is being held hostage.

Many times I have posted about bio-weapons. We may have stockpiles of anti-virals and antibiotics, but given our current medical preparedness - is anyone going out in the anarchy we have now to deliver them or would it be safe to do so?  Probably not.

We are most vulnerable of all weapons of mass-destruction - and there could be no immediate attack on North Korea because they would have to prove the outbreaks even came from them. Most likely it would be attributed to ISIS.

It is a dangerous day for the world today.

Medclinician

I totally agree - I'm sure biological or chemical weapons are on the radar of the intelligence community and being widely discussed, particularly after Kim Jong-nam's death from VX exposure, but a country the size of America would make chemical weapons largely ineffective, and biological weapons are indiscriminate and too unpredictable.
Now the nuclear threat is one I'm completely on board with though. That does scare the bejeezus out of me, and I'm getting very nervous about whether it's going to be handled well, or as a real estate deal.

Putin to Trump

"IN YER FACE"

Ahead of Trump-Putin Meeting, Russia Halts U.S.-Drafted U.N. Resolution Against North Korea

http://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/07/06/ahead-trump-putin-meeting-russia-halts-u.s.-drafted-u.n.-resolution-north-korea/

keeping up with the G20 meeting?

at this point I ALMOST feel sorry for Trump

he is being disrespected at every turn

foreign leaders laugh at him behind his back

and are starting to laugh  IN HIS FACE

"Trump-speak unbellyfeel Engsoch." as Orwell would have put it.

Have been tracking this for some time and still think it would be far worse than a nuclear attack. They do have many forms of them and people have been getting pretty sick recently. These could never be tracked.

Medclinician

I have a scary senario to think about.

I think he'd have to get past Mattis and the Joint Chiefs first. I'm willing to bet that conversations along those lines have already taken place without Trump's knowledge.

jacksdad wrote: I think he'd have to get past Mattis and the Joint Chiefs first. I'm willing to bet that conversations along those lines have already taken place without Trump's knowledge.

Actually, read your history.  Nixon wanted to use nukes and his administration managed to stop things without stopping him.  Watergate happened just after.