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2017-03-10 China-Japan-Koreas

North Korea is preparing for a nuclear first-strike

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Posted by ryuge 2017-03-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
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#1 Preparing to deliver or receive I wonder?
I'm waiting for a NKor orbital launch with a following blast. They don't really need a 'rangy' ICBM against commercial sats that haven't been hardened.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-10 02:00|| 2017-03-10 02:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Today we only suspect Nips have nukes.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-10 02:35|| 2017-03-10 02:35|| Front Page Top

#3 More likely gearing up for extended blackmail than a first strike. However...

During the Cold War, the US and the Soviets played Mutual Assured Destruction. Despite snark about the acronym MAD, this worked because ICBM flight time between the two countries is roughly 30 minutes which meant no one could get in a first strike sucker punch.

Flight time between NKor and Japan looks to be about 3~4 minutes. With so little time for the defender to respond, if push comes to shove, making the first move starts to look pretty attractive.

Note: the same situation exists with India vs Pakistan.

Posted by SteveS 2017-03-10 11:23|| 2017-03-10 11:23|| Front Page Top

#4 So, we may soon finally see an end to the "Korean Conflict."

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-03-10 13:36|| 2017-03-10 13:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Also Israel and Iran.

Posted by AlanC 2017-03-10 17:02|| 2017-03-10 17:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe they'll send one southwest and northwest as well.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-10 20:58|| 2017-03-10 20:58|| Front Page Top

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