S Korea accuses China of providing N Korea with a missile launcher!

There is a photo at the LINK below.



North Korean missile vehicle 'similar' to China design

"A vehicle seen in a North Korean military parade has become the focus of attention amid suggestions the design or technology may have come from China."


[link to www.bbc.co.uk]

And now Panetta chimes in...

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Panetta: China Assisted North Korea Missile Program

"This week U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said China has provided some assistance to North Korea’s missile program, possibly violating U.N. sanctions on the country.

Beijing has denied the allegations, but Panetta says that China must do more to bring North Korea to the negotiating table.

"We've made very clear to China that China has a responsibility here to make sure that North Korea -- if they want to improve the situation with their people, if they want to become a part of the international family, if they, in fact, want to deal with the terrible issues that are confronting North Korea, there's a way to do that," he said. "And China ought to be urging them to engage in those kinds of diplomatic negotiations. We thought we were making some progress and suddenly we're back at provocation."

[link to www.voanews.com]

So I am wondering why our leaders even consider having "UN Sanctions" as a punishment, when it's clear that most of the time the players Totally Blew Them Off?

Suspected Sale by China Stirs White House Concern

"The Obama administration says it believes that a Chinese manufacturer sold North Korea the chassis and other parts for a missile-transport vehicle displayed in a military parade this week, a senior official said Friday, raising new concerns about China’s ability to enforce a ban on military sales to North Korea.

Describing the sale as an “embarrassment” for Beijing, the official said the White House would use the episode to tighten pressure on the Chinese government to better enforce United Nations sanctions forbidding the sale of weapons or technology to North Korea that would aid its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.

The evidence of Chinese military aid comes at a time of renewed tension on the Korean Peninsula — days after the failed launching of a long-range missile by the North Koreans and amid evidence that the government is preparing to test a nuclear bomb, which could be hastened by the humiliating failure of the launching.

“We think this is poor Chinese performance in sanctions implementation, and not willful proliferation,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the issue’s diplomatic delicacy. “The Chinese system is so sprawling and poorly organized that they are not good at enforcing sanctions.” "

[This is less than 1/2 of the story.]
Full Story here: [link to www.nytimes.com]