North Korea warns that the US is now within the range of its strategic rockets and nuclear weapons
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[QUOTE=Ericson666;39741685]You act as if any of their missiles would cross the Atlantic successfully.
Or, you know, just explode in the silo[/QUOTE]
You could argue the resulting EMP would be just as bad
[QUOTE=Roger Waters;39735211]people will just laugh this off, but NK being able to use nukes is definite cause for concern in any manner. even if this is a bluff, the fact they're willing to threaten to do so is a threat alone.[/QUOTE]
IF they can use nukes... Can they actually make them reach some place far enough from their country?
[QUOTE=dass;39742312]IF they can use nukes... Can they actually make them reach some place far enough from their country?[/QUOTE]
South Korea is pretty close.
[QUOTE=Oberleutnant;39742407]South Korea is pretty close.[/QUOTE]
They can already range Seoul with Artillery at 10,000 shells a minute, and those can't be shot down.
They don't even need to nuke SK.
In other news, as of this threat by North Korea, the ocean surrenders!
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;39743282]They can already range Seoul with Artillery at 10,000 shells a minute, and those can't be shot down.
They don't even need to nuke SK.[/QUOTE]
Of course they don't need to, but if they ever actually decided to use a nuclear weapon, chances are it would be against South Korea.
[QUOTE=MenteR;39740914]IT'D BE HILARIOUS IF EVERYBODY WAS LIKE HAHAHAHA NORTH KOREA IS A FUNNY KID AND THEN SUDDENLY WASHINGTON DISAPPEARED OFF THE MAP
i'm joking it wouldn't be funny lots of people would die[/QUOTE]
hey us Washingtonians (heh) never did anybody to anyone
we're calm :(
NK: We got Nukes!
America: Come at me bro >:U!
Like always, this is no doubly another bluff. The only threat posed by North Korea is them selling any nuclear weapons they make to terrorist organizations or them developing nuclear artillery shells to fire at South Korea.
I feel like everyone takes North Korea way too seriously.
Sure, they could nuke the south...but why? You can say "OHH KIM JONG-UN IS TOTARRY CRRAZY, HE'D DO IT FOR SURE!" but it just doesn't make sense...there's no real reason to do it. It most likely wouldn't hit, not with all the US and SK eyes watching NK at all times, and even if it did, they take out a massive city, and get wiped off the map. But a more likely scenario would be that the rocket fails and lands back in North Korea. They've hardly succeeded at posing a threat the the Sea of Japan, much less Mainland US.
It's just North Korea doing what they always do, try and get attention so that we'll sit down at the negotiating table with them, and they can trade in their empty threats for financial and edible aide.
There have been leaders in far worse spots than Kim John-Un (Ghadaffi, Bashir al-Assad) and none of them have done anything more than commit mass murder of their own civillians, even though they could have launched attacks on neighboring countries if they really wanted to go down in style.
Do it North Korea.
[video=youtube;rjBs4wdCaNM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjBs4wdCaNM[/video]
They call it the minute man for a reason, and it comes with a catch phrase.
"Delivered in 30 minutes or less, or the next one's free!"
[editline]27th February 2013[/editline]
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[QUOTE=Akasha;39743876]NK: We got Nukes!
America: Come at me bro >:U![/QUOTE]
lol then people die from bombs
xd
[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;39743949]Like always, this is no doubly another bluff. The only threat posed by North Korea is them selling any nuclear weapons they make to terrorist organizations or them developing nuclear artillery shells to fire at South Korea.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure they have nuclear shells. If you've got the technology to develop a nuclear missile, then i'd imagine putting a warhead onto a howitzer round shouldn't be too tough.
I don't see them selling off warheads either. Once you've spent as much as a country has to to get nuclear missiles, selling a warhead off just to make yourself a global target, and get back a fraction of what you've spent seems silly.
[editline]27th February 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=T553412;39736217]If the enemy is in range, SO ARE YOU.[/QUOTE]
That doesn't really make sense.
North Korea has been in our range for...well, pretty much since 1945, and they've never really been capable of striking at the US.
[QUOTE=JohnStamosFan;39744033]I feel like everyone takes North Korea way too seriously.
Sure, they could nuke the south...but why? You can say "OHH KIM JONG-UN IS TOTARRY CRRAZY, HE'D DO IT FOR SURE!" but it just doesn't make sense...there's no real reason to do it. It most likely wouldn't hit, not with all the US and SK eyes watching NK at all times, and even if it did, they take out a massive city, and get wiped off the map. But a more likely scenario would be that the rocket fails and lands back in North Korea. They've hardly succeeded at posing a threat the the Sea of Japan, much less Mainland US.
It's just North Korea doing what they always do, try and get attention so that we'll sit down at the negotiating table with them, and they can trade in their empty threats for financial and edible aide.
There have been leaders in far worse spots than Kim John-Un (Ghadaffi, Bashir al-Assad) and none of them have done anything more than commit mass murder of their own civillians, even though they could have launched attacks on neighboring countries if they really wanted to go down in style.[/QUOTE]
The threat is that their artillery batteries put 10.5 million people and the entire economy and government of South Korea at risk. Seoul [I]is[/I] the South Korean economy, and the seat of the SK Government. It'd be as devastating to them as losing New York City would be to us, if not even worse.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;39744673]The threat is that their artillery batteries put 10.5 million people and the entire economy and government of South Korea at risk. Seoul [I]is[/I] the South Korean economy, and the seat of the SK Government. It'd be as devastating to them as losing New York City would be to us, if not even worse.[/QUOTE]
I know, i'm not trying to downplay what losing a city like Seoul would mean, more saying that there's no reason for North Korea to actually attack. It's literally just "dick swinging" to use the term.
North Korea can't get respect any other way. It's been this way since the Korean war, and it hasn't changed.
The North has to threaten the South to stay relevant. They can't support their own people, and their isolationist ways have left them with little to no support in terms of other countries. So they throw a threat out every few months, and maybe try and put a missile launch into the air to show they mean business, all to keep any of the global focus on them. As long as they're still a threat, they have some reason to be bargained with, and a reason to pressure other countries into helping them out financially in exchange for "cooperation" and negotiation on their part.
They've had the capability to launch artillery attacks against the South since the Korean war came to a close, and with a populace largely shut-out from the rest of the world, they could pretty easily get together to the troops to launch another attack if they wanted, in my opinion.
But the point is there's no reason to do it. It would set them back, for lack of a better term.
They need to be threatening to be taken seriously, and they largely do what they can to keep that, without ever actually stepping over any lines.
[QUOTE=senorquack956;39735215]So it begins.[/QUOTE]
Yup, here comes North Korea's baseless lies and non-existent rockets.
:siren: [highlight][B]BE AFRAID![/B][/highlight] :siren:
[QUOTE=JohnStamosFan;39744375]I'm sure they have nuclear shells. If you've got the technology to develop a nuclear missile, then i'd imagine putting a warhead onto a howitzer round shouldn't be too tough.
I don't see them selling off warheads either. Once you've spent as much as a country has to to get nuclear missiles, selling a warhead off just to make yourself a global target, and get back a fraction of what you've spent seems silly.[/QUOTE]
Then the only other threat I can think of is them using terrorist tactics to deliver a nuclear device themselves because they certainly have the fanatics willing to do it although it would be hard to smuggle something like a nuclear device out from a isolated country like N.K that's being watched like a hawk by two major world powers and their allies.
And doesn't North Korea have SRBMs like SCUDs and shit that can deliver a tactical nuclear device? I know SCUDs are known for their horrible inaccuracy, but you really don't need to worry about accuracy if the missile has a large-enough nuclear warhead, but that is also why you have systems like the Patriot and Aegis with both no doubly deployed in the region.
[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;39745104]Then the only other threat I can think of is them using terrorist tactics to deliver a nuclear device themselves because they certainly have the fanatics willing to do it although it would be hard to smuggle something like a nuclear device out from a isolated country like N.K that's being watched like a hawk by two major world powers and their allies.
And doesn't North Korea have SRBMs like SCUDs and shit that can deliver a tactical nuclear device? I know SCUDs are known for their horrible inaccuracy, but you really don't need to worry about accuracy if the missile has a large-enough nuclear warhead, but that is also why you have systems like the Patriot and Aegis with both no doubly deployed in the region.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure that somehow North Korea could sneak them in if they wanted, but, my train of thought is still that the North wants the attention, and nothing else. I can't see them wanting to really wipe the South out, because they don't really have the means to actually do it. If they wanted to, they could cause a giant financial crisis and bombard the South, but it would mean almost total destruction for the entire country. Not many countries seem to be intent on self destruction, but, i could be wrong.
its like the tiny drunk guy at the party that is trying WAY TOO HARD to fight you
[QUOTE=mrx5001;39735342]Once again I post this and once again it is relevant.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Jnhyb9W.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Fuck you Gandhi, always nuking or threatening me
[QUOTE=notlabbet;39745267]its like the tiny drunk guy at the party that is trying WAY TOO HARD to fight you[/QUOTE]
And he just so happens to also be in a wheelchair of financial dependence.
So what does NK expect to get out of this? We have so many defenses set up, we'd shoot it down before it got in range of us. Then that means they declared war on us, and if anybody remembers how the Korean war went down, it won't end well for them.
So USA is now in range of their rockets (that don't fly straight and thus hard to predict where they're going to land, let alone intercept them)... so they want USA to get out? Hey yanks, move your continent farther away?
[QUOTE=notlabbet;39745267]its like the tiny drunk guy at the party that is trying WAY TOO HARD to fight you[/QUOTE]
Except I'd like to think NK is actually capable of doing damage. A threat's a threat, and threatening the NATO under these circumstances seems to be more than just a stupid bluff.
[editline]28th February 2013[/editline]
Check the other thread, for example. They were experimenting several chemical weapons on their prisoners. If anything, I'd be willing to bet a tenner they're using the same technology in their military force (a military force consisting of really hungry and really poor conscripts, that is).
Laughing this off seems like a pretty unnecessary thing to me. NK has been pretty active since the start of the year. I really don't remember any news coming from them last year in this density.
I'd laugh my ass off if the rocket somehow failed and hit China.
I mean no harm to it, but friendly firing at the only country that supported you :v:
[QUOTE=T553412;39736217]If the enemy is in range, SO ARE YOU.[/QUOTE]
Why was this guy rated dumb? It's Murphy's Law.
Excerpt from [B]Tactics[/B].
3)If the enemy is within range, so are you.
4)Anything you can do can get you shot, including doing nothing.
5)If the enemy is in range, "SO ARE YOU!!!"
Dear North Korea,
You've always been in range of ours.
Love,
The United States.
never trust anyone who you can blindfold with shoelaces
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