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09-09-2016, 01:19 PM
You can make the biggest baddest bomb in the world, but if you can't launch it to where you want accurately what good is it?
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09-09-2016, 10:10 PM
One think I like about North Korea is they could give fuck all about Obama.
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09-10-2016, 09:15 AM
Doesn't have to be accurate. Just rig it for EMP and set it off anywhere within line of sight of the CONUS, including in low orbit.
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09-10-2016, 10:07 AM
I beg to differ.
So far all analyzes of Western sources have not been accurate, and understated the actual result.
First Korean nuclear test was declared fake, only to be confirmed 2 months later. Ever subsequent test was underrated in terms of yield. Submarine missile launch was declared fake, only to be repeated in matter of months live. Rodong missiles were declared as a gimmick, only to land within couple of miles of Japanese maritime border, etc.
This test was confirmed by US and South Korea to have 20 kiloton yield. Reality is, it's probably tad bit stronger, while you should also take into account that they probably cannot try the maximum output because of security and environmental concerns (they test them in underground tunnels)
Then, there is another marketing moment there. They are proving how fast they can deploy new bombs, which is important. There is a difference between making and testing one, and being able to make a working stockpile fast. A nuclear power must be capable of increasing it's arsenal at will.
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09-10-2016, 05:05 PM
NK is a child with ADHD and a few sharp knives. Eventually one sharp knife will go into a place it shouldn't. I doubt they're detonating nukes because not only would China assassinate Kim J, they'd glass the military as well.
I don't doubt the looney toons in that country, I do doubt their ability to detonate nuclear weapons and launch them.
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09-11-2016, 10:19 AM
Just about every scenario involves millions of refugees from the North flooding into Korea which instantly tanks their economy.
Unfortunately it really might be in S. Korea's best interests to just bomb the entire place into a crisp along with every living thing in it.
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09-11-2016, 08:07 PM
North Korea already has a delivery system for their nuclear weapons that can reliably reach any city in the USA.
It's called intermodal shipping container. Disguise it and possibly bribe a few customs officials. I would hazard a guess that North Korea already has a few nukes in the USA...if I were them and I successfully detonated a nuke as they are known to have, then that's exactly what I would do.
That way, if I were to be threatened then I would go ahead and detonate that shipping container nuke and state I had more of those even if I didn't. And how many containers do we have in the USA? 600,000? Maybe more. Good luck searching through all of them.
I think it is for this reason why we cannot reasonably destroy North Korea; I mean we could but that'd be a high price to pay.
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09-11-2016, 08:54 PM
Quote: (09-11-2016 08:07 PM)Ivan996 Wrote:
North Korea already has a delivery system for their nuclear weapons that can reliably reach any city in the USA.
It's called intermodal shipping container. Disguise it and possibly bribe a few customs officials. I would hazard a guess that North Korea already has a few nukes in the USA...if I were them and I successfully detonated a nuke as they are known to have, then that's exactly what I would do.
That way, if I were to be threatened then I would go ahead and detonate that shipping container nuke and state I had more of those even if I didn't. And how many containers do we have in the USA? 600,000? Maybe more. Good luck searching through all of them.
I think it is for this reason why we cannot reasonably destroy North Korea; I mean we could but that'd be a high price to pay.
I used to work for a government contractor that helped test devices intended to detect nuclear materials coming into the country by water or land. The government would make a big show of using the devices at ports, on boats, at border crossings, etc. A lot of the devices didn't work very well, but I think their attitude was, "Yeah, but the terrorists don't know that."
It's kinda surprising sometimes how long vulnerabilities exist before they're exploited. For example, 9/11 probably could've happened years earlier than it did, given the security weaknesses that existed.
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09-12-2016, 10:07 AM
NK is just under 2/3 the size of Iraq. It has many millions of people with no real skills apart from being a peasant, soldiers, some engineers and scientists with the women being home makers and soldiers.
China wouldn't be too happy about it and neither would Japan. This is the problem on our side and NK knows it. Nothing will happen unless China says so and China isn't about to let some nut blow up their half of the world. We would see 100+ million on the move in multiple countries, possibly more.
The Communists want social and communal unity. Dropping a nuke over the border would create social upheaval.
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09-12-2016, 03:13 PM
Exchange 2.5 Million Arab refugees against North Koreans. Do we have a deal?
And how good a divided country can get along, look at Germany. The eastern parts are still weaker in economy, people leave them. The "Ossi" (Eastern) jokes about the people are not so common any more but we still pay this special tax to support them. The economical gap between the north and the south in Korea is even bigger. It will mess up the economy quite a lot.
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