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| North Korea, The Case for War |
| 2017-07-13 |
| [RealClear Defense] This analysis recommends war. It is shocking to put to print. However, with North Korea’s inexorable advance towards developing a nuclear-tipped ICBM, we enter the realm of bad choices. On balance, war on the peninsula is the least bad alternative. There are some months left for a brilliant diplomatic breakthrough that turns North Korea from the brink ‐ these avenues must be energetically and exhaustively pursued. This analysis is presented on the fair assumption that such initiatives will fail. This strategic assessment assumes one of two possibilities. First, that the U.S. accepts North Korea developing nuclear-tipped ICBMs capable of reaching the continental homeland, thereby allowing Pyongyang to achieve a stable deterrence relationship. Second, the U.S. seeks to disarm North Korea with a major military strike. Related possibilities such as a limited strike are ignored, as this overcomplicates matters and escalation should be assumed in any case. In each scenario, I provide a range of consequences. Not all futures will come to pass, but some combination of these are a certainty and have a direct cause-and-effect relationship with the chosen course of action. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 If we are gonna dump a satellite on him it would be fun to find a Chinese satellite if possible. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-07-13 10:45 |
| #8 Mine Jupiter for Hydrogen refueling |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-13 10:10 |
#7 NERVA |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-13 10:02 |
| #6 Thanks would have never thought to do that... |
| Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Snore3569 2017-07-13 09:56 |
| #5 How about a shuttle refuel of an already lifted 'comm' geostationary satellite from the 70's? Those babies are big, pretty hardy and already NEO adjacent for redirection as nudge engines. Now if they can just find someone to program the assist on Baudot paper tape. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-13 08:45 |
| #4 Industrial accidents happen all the time with new industries.. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-07-13 01:08 |
| #3 hmm.. a FH could lift an 1/3rd full Nerva to LEO and a second second fuel it. Then it could journey to start moving asteroid(s) with more fuel missions as needed. Hell tie it in with space mining and somewhere around the 3rd or 4th asteroid just have a loss of control... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-07-13 01:07 |
| #2 google nerva rocket if you need to. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-07-13 00:59 |
| #1 He doesn't include my option. Quietly use the SLS to place a old NERVA engine on a near earth asteroid and quietly redirect it toward an earth impact with NKOR. Act of God! Hands are clean! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-07-13 00:58 |