Posted on 07/03/2017 6:48:01 PM PDT by Malcolm Reynolds
On its website, South Korean state news agency Yonhap cited South Korea's military as saying an unidentified ballistic missile launched from a location near the North's border with China at 9:40 a.m. local time. South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered a National Security Council meeting after the launch, Yonhap reported, citing the Blue House — the South's equivalent of the White House.
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Well yes, that is a threat. But why would the Nork’s blow up their best democratic support groups in congress?
The sea is the target, by measuring the height of the missile it is possible to determine its range. Also, some of the test that are designed to test staging are self destructed after staging to not let on about it's full range.
Before all that, the big issue at hand is putting the economic/trade screws to China if necessary so maybe they’ll figure out this is a group effort. Bet the rent, Trump is thinking the same thing.
Thank you!!
They don’t have offensive missiles, but they do have land and sea based ABM systems. If they intercepted one, they’d probably want to cooperate with us, first. There’s quite a bit of info our adversaries in Russia and China could glean from a live fire. We don’t want to give away the store to make a point.
It is basically on the Eastern side of South Korea on a parallel just a little South of Seoul (Western side of the same area).
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Will that include any operation within their borders?
Hmmm... like a warning strike on some of NK’s nuclear production or missile launching facilities? I don’t expect it but I could see that happening. How about we make the bet on an attempt to completely eliminate NK’s missile and nuclear capabilities within the next year and not just a token strike?
I won’t go that far in a year. Above my paygrade.
I will say that the US is going to curtail their operations and they know it. How that happens is not my call.
We will both give an extra 5 to FR regardless.
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Same to you.
“...China adds a complicating factor to the mix.”
Something North Korean and MAJOR is, suddenly, “erased.”
The White House drops a note to Beijing: “Doing a little bit of remodeling up the road from you. Pardon our dust.”
I think the Chinese will take him out; no one will handle Kim unless it is done by them and them alone. The Chinese view North Korea as part of their tributary states and thus they (the Chinese) are honor bound to protect North Korea in exchange for deference to China’s express wishes on anything.
We have satellites with radiation detection equipment. There is no way a nuclear device can be concealed with any amount of shielding on a boat. A submarine is a different matter. I think we can track the subs from space.
It can be shielded with simple lead, among other things. And a nuke in a bulk freighter is going to be difficult at best to detect from orbit when properly shielded.
I'm just beside myself that intelligence agencies haven't sent teams to assassinate this guy like he sends to take out those he perceives as a threat.
The NK people are so brainwarshed, living in terror of the consequences of independent thought...but people are people and folks over there are tawkin quietly in their homes. Pretty sure a large percentage of NK citizens would be happy as hades to get rid of this chubby tyrant.
Ask the 10 million people in and around Seoul for the next 12 hours after it hits how far they can push back.
To long a great people have been neutered distracted by bizarre games shows, robotic toys and other frivolous pursuits like making very nice cars.
Perhaps it is time for Japan to stop playing games get real and go kick North Korea's Ass then go home and make some babies.
Or we just laser Kimmy in the head the next time he goes outside without his foil on. Hell he might not even have to go outside these days.
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