Nuclear North Korea - missile capable of hitting Wa

There are morphological differences between North Koreans and South Koreans as a result of the starvation diet that the North Korean regime feeds the North Korean people. They are actually so starved that they grow to be 1-3 inches shorter as adults in DPRK.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17774210

 

Missile shields on the border always rustle some Jimmie, but neither country wants to deal with the fallout of a war with the DPRK so they're complaining is all for show.

The Kim regime is showing signs of interall instability and is probably trying to drum up anti-American, anti-South Korean sentiment to keep the regime in power. Pray your asses off we don't go to war with the North. It be a humanitarian disaster and a lot of civilians on both sides (and a lot of American troops) are going to get killed. The NK military has been studying the tactics the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents used against the American army. So there will be IEDS, kids loaded up with bombs once we cross the border. Not to mention artillery shells ramming Seoul. Our best case scenario is a relatively bloodless coup with some of the more reform oriented military elements taking over; although they might not be able to control the country given the Kim family's God like status in regime ideology.

 

That's why Kim's brother was killed, he would have been a good puppet head in the North.

 

^^^ ok that was funny...

 

North Korea is arguably the biggest problem we face, right up there with worrying that Mr. Trump will want to start a war in order to improve his approval ratings. Down to 35% today, according to Gallup. That's historically low for a new president at this point in their career.

 

North Korea claims to have test-launched its first ICBM
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/07/04/north-korea-claims-to-have-test-launched-its-first-icbm.html

 

Not really surprised. To ensure his survival, Kim Jong Un have immense incentive to develop ICBMs. Not sure if there's anything that anyone can do to stop them. Our hands are tied because of their ability to devastate Seoul, and the Chinese hands are tied because the North Korean know the Chinese are terrified of the prospect of unsecured nukes right next door and millions of desperate & armed refugees flooding across the border Syria style.

 

Wow the incompetence of Trump is scary. Meanwhile all his supporters here can do is "blame Obama"

 

This makes no sense.

BTW the USA problem with dealing with North Korea unilaterally is China.

 

I'm not worried.

 

... since you do not live in Washington state?

 

Everyone on this site keeps complaining about the Warriors making the NBA boring. Perhaps a nuclear winter will spice everyone's life up a bit.

 

Effing Twitter Yapper better do something about the Crazy Fat Kid before he has an ICBM that can hit Cali.

 

Wow. No one has bothered to post this?

 

Whew... the world now feels safe that only Japan, Russia, Canada, and Alaska are in danger at this point. Hate to think the United States was at risk. btw, I wonder if Palin will be see the missiles as they fly over mother country Russia heading her way...

 

My own personal thoughts, but at this point, I'm not worried about Kim launching any nuclear attack on the U.S. No benefit to it, in fact, the opposite, in that it would start a war that ends with the destruction of Kim's government (if not the entire country). Plus, we keep hearing about N.K. developing missiles that have the RANGE to reach the U.S. No mention of accuracy, reliability, payload capability, etc. So, is Kim going to launch a weapon at the U.S. in which he's not even sure where it will hit, and whether it would even work when it got there, knowing that doing so would result in his annihilation? I don't see it. N.K. is all about HAVING nuclear weapons. Not much benefit in using them...it is the threat of doing so that provides the benefit, not that actuality of using them. Simply having them changes the power structure dramatically, and reduces the options against N.K. So, I don't think it has anything at all to do with how a war might begin. They are warning what would happen if such a war did begin against them. They are a deterrent to an attack on them, not a first strike capability. Well, they are a deterrent to more than an attack...they are a deterrent to any drastic measure against N.K. Which is why having them changes the power structure so dramatically. The world can't take actions that might put Kim in a position where he feels he's going down anyway, so why not launch? Which works against any policy of regime change there.

Also, their ability to hit Japan is a far greater concern than their ability to hit somewhere in the wilderness in Alaska. Which is why things are ratcheting up now. Japan is rumbling about having a deterrent nuclear capability of their own, and China wants no part of a nuclear Japan. This is why China has finally started to get on board with reigning in N.K.--the don't like the steps that are now being considered given where N.K. is at now, and where they are headed.