N.Korea, this aint looking good

[Ack-Ack]

I'll never understand why paranoia is more common than logic.   

Because you don't get to wear a cool tin foil hat with logic.


ack-ack

[Shuffler]

AFDB information is available online here....


http://zapatopi.net/afdb/

[ColSuave]

Don't worry they WON'T hit U.S. Territory, First off we have very hi-tech anti missle technology. 2nd North Korea is lucky to get a missle off the ground.

I really doubt Kim Jong will even do anything, he just wants to seem powerful. Plus Russia and China support us, and China is Pyongyang's closests ally.

What's the "estimated" range of a North Korean missle? i saw that there SCUDs have a range of 310miles.

I remember watching something that said the only place they are in range to hit w/ their missles is alaska. . . the tip of alaska. And besides: "First off we have very hi-tech anti missle technology", that is very true. I dont think it would ever make it to its target.

[Yossarian]

Not even Kim Jong Il is stupid enough to attack America.

[moot]

Is Kim Jong Il still calling the shots?

[SEraider]

This is probably gonna blow over like the Cold War, or in more modern term, any internet conversasion. Alot of talk, but no action.



Oh ya, IN!

I'm not going to say IN, after all, its the O'club.

However Latrobe is right on the talk part.  My question is; who has made money anytime there is a conflict.....  Does anybody ever think about that?

[Ack-Ack]

Is Kim Jong Il still calling the shots?

From all official reports he is still firmly in power.  However, there have been reports for the last couple of years that his health has been declining rather dramatically and that he's really not in power, kind of like Fidel Castro.  Supposedly, his youngest son is now being groomed to take over and Kim Jong is lavishing gifts on the NK politburo and military high command to gain their support for the youngest son.

I do wish that Kim Jong Il will do a TV appearance and sing the Alec Baldwin song from Team America.

ack-ack

[Tr1gg22]

from what i was told they estimated there missiles could like just barely hit coast of cali, and can hit hawaii, infact atm they have missiles aimed at hawaii.  Im sure we got subs off the coast atm, but still


-BigBOBCH

well the funny thing is they have not figured out how to stick the warheads on there missiles yet 

[eagl]

Let's try again, without an inadvertent trip into rule 14 (sorry skuzzy)

Missile Defense - funding has been cut and several programs deployed with a dubious "operational" status or nearing deployment have been either cut or reduced to research programs.  In other words, don't count on US ballistic missile defenses...

US nuke response - Our nukes are aging and the program to replace the warheads as their shelf life expires has been cancelled.  This means many warheads will inevitably be retired/dismantled and simply not replaced.  Also, there has been talk by "the administration" about reducing our nuclear alert posture without requiring threat or competitor nations to return the favor.  In other words, don't count on any prompt US nuclear response in the future and you may reasonably expect any country run by crazies (like N. Korea) to completely mis-interpret this as an inability or unwillingness of the US to use nukes for deterrent or WMD response.

Thems are just the facts, nothing to do with politics.

[RTHolmes]

"First off we have very hi-tech anti missle technology", that is very true.

really? I'm not aware of any system which works.

[Rich46yo]

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[Tac]

really? I'm not aware of any system which works.

The Patriot was not a very effective system in the 90's but I remember reading that they had improved it tremendously since then PLUS there was also the factor that the trials and real combat situations they were used in (intercepting the scuds) had just one to three patriots fired against an incoming missile. I'd think that the missile shield around whatever is in range of lil'Jims missiles are saturated with patriot-type defenses and they would fire a massive swarm of interceptors against that one missile (N korea does not have enough missiles to lob a saturation strike like the USSR could in the cold war).

In any case, its highly unlikely NK will launch at the US.. they know the best they can do is take out one US city and in return get every inch of their territory to glow plutonium yellow for the next 10,000 years. Nor will they launch a nuke at S. Korea because the winds and contaminants would flow back to N.K itself (plus if they want to conquer S.K. it'd be stupid to make it uninhabitable).

[gunnss]

(Really evil Grin),

Lets give him the B-29, He can have it in  (drum roll) Two Weeks.

Regards,
Kevin

[JunkyII]

Air Power ....... we own it, nuff said









US forces korea arent even on alert.........this tells me something

[allaire]

He he two words "Star Wars" the greatest deterrent that never was.  Thank you Ronald Reagan you are missed.