Nuclear War Watch
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:55 pm
Shit with North Korea has jumped up a huge notch today.
You should be worried. You should be very worried . . .creep wrote:Or should I be worried that our president will over react to threats?
I agree a nuclear attack has always seemed like an existential threat on the level of a state-size asteroid hitting the Earth but it really seems we're real close to some sort of tipping point whether it's some sort of non-nuclear preemptive strike or whatever. When you add the fact that the two leaders waving their dicks around are Trump and Jong-Un, it feels like there's a new level of anything goes. And it has to be much more unsettling for Japan who would have little warning if NK decided to lob something their way. The US Mainland residents would have at least 20 - 35+ minutes warning to kiss our collective asses goodbye. And China (and to a lesser extent Russia) are just sitting back and watching the shitshow unfold.creep wrote:I've never been nervous at all about a country using a nuclear bomb. If it ever happens I think it will be a terrorist attack so the North Korea threats don't worry me at all. I think they know if they ever tried anything it would not end well for them. They love making threats though...
I like how you don't mention South Korea at all. They're an economic power. Samsung alone has total assets of over half a trillion dollars. Hyundai is also a huge multinational corporation. They're in much more immediate danger from any military action from or toward the DPRK.Pandemonium wrote:I agree a nuclear attack has always seemed like an existential threat on the level of a state-size asteroid hitting the Earth but it really seems we're real close to some sort of tipping point whether it's some sort of non-nuclear preemptive strike or whatever. When you add the fact that the two leaders waving their dicks around are Trump and Jong-Un, it feels like there's a new level of anything goes. And it has to be much more unsettling for Japan who would have little warning if NK decided to lob something their way. The US Mainland residents would have at least 20 - 35+ minutes warning to kiss our collective asses goodbye. And China (and to a lesser extent Russia) are just sitting back and watching the shitshow unfold.creep wrote:I've never been nervous at all about a country using a nuclear bomb. If it ever happens I think it will be a terrorist attack so the North Korea threats don't worry me at all. I think they know if they ever tried anything it would not end well for them. They love making threats though...
And what's the USA's excuse?Bandit72 wrote:When your dead father still rules the country, you've got to expect a bit of idiocy from North Korea.
Good point, well argued!Mescal wrote:And what's the USA's excuse?Bandit72 wrote:When your dead father still rules the country, you've got to expect a bit of idiocy from North Korea.
You're absolutely right about SK. They are the most vulnerable by far.Hype wrote:I like how you don't mention South Korea at all. They're an economic power. Samsung alone has total assets of over half a trillion dollars. Hyundai is also a huge multinational corporation. They're in much more immediate danger from any military action from or toward the DPRK.
Not to mention there are like... 50,000 ex-pats from the US, Canada, and UK teaching English over there.
North Korea fields a large, forward-deployed military that retains the capability to inflict
serious damage on the ROK, despite significant resource shortfalls and aging hardware.
The DPRK continues to be deterred from conducting attacks on the ROK largely
because of the strength of the U.S.-ROK Alliance. On a smaller scale, however, the
DPRK has demonstrated its willingness to use military provocation to achieve national
goals, such as in 2010 when it sank the ROK naval vessel CHEONAN, killing 46 ROK Navy
sailors, and shelled Yeonpyeong Island, killing two ROK Marines and two civilians.
North Korea’s continued pursuit of nuclear technology and capabilities and
development of long-range ballistic missile programs, as reflected in the December
2012 Taepo Dong 2 missile launch and April 2012 display of a new road-mobile
intercontinental ballistic missile, underscores the threat to regional stability and U.S.
national security posed by North Korea. These programs, as well as North Korea’s
expressed hostility toward the ROK and proliferation of items prohibited under United
Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718, 1874, and 2087 make the DPRK a continued
security challenge for the United States and its Allies and partners.
Pandemonium wrote:You're absolutely right about SK. They are the most vulnerable by far.Hype wrote:I like how you don't mention South Korea at all. They're an economic power. Samsung alone has total assets of over half a trillion dollars. Hyundai is also a huge multinational corporation. They're in much more immediate danger from any military action from or toward the DPRK.
Not to mention there are like... 50,000 ex-pats from the US, Canada, and UK teaching English over there.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017 ... rview.htmlOn North Korea, Bannon said: “ ‘Until somebody solves the part of the equation that shows me that ten million people in Seoul don’t die in the first 30 minutes from conventional weapons, I don’t know what you’re talking about, there’s no military solution here, they got us.’ ”