PILOT SPIN

Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Jaybird180 on April 17, 2016, 08:39:29 PM

Title: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: Jaybird180 on April 17, 2016, 08:39:29 PM
Kim Jong Un has to prove himself and now they're ready to flight test a new missile that can reach Washington DC with a nuclear payload.
Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: Lucifer on April 18, 2016, 05:39:34 AM
Kim Jong Un has to prove himself and now they're ready to flight test a new missile that can reach Washington DC with a nuclear payload.

Kim knows the US has a Boomer (nuclear ballistic submarine) parked off shore of NK and knows if he launches such an attack that NK will vaporize in less than 7 minutes.

Kim is sabre rattling trying to get the west to cater to him. They need food and his little threat will (as in several times before) get them humanitarian aid.
Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: Bob Noel on April 18, 2016, 06:23:00 AM
Kim knows the US has a Boomer (nuclear ballistic submarine) parked off shore of NK and knows if he launches such an attack that NK will vaporize in less than 7 minutes.

Kim is sabre rattling trying to get the west to cater to him. They need food and his little threat will (as in several times before) get them humanitarian aid.

you are making the mistake of thinking that kimmy is rational.

Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: Lucifer on April 18, 2016, 06:38:11 AM
you are making the mistake of thinking that kimmy is rational.

It's his MO.  Right now NK is facing another famine and rather than admit it and ask for help, he sabre rattles to show his people how supreme he is (supposedly).  He also knows his neighbors the Chinese and the Russians won't tolerate his crap, but that the Americans will send him the food.
Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: Jaybird180 on April 18, 2016, 08:36:05 AM
Kim knows the US has a Boomer (nuclear ballistic submarine) parked off shore of NK and knows if he launches such an attack that NK will vaporize in less than 7 minutes.

Kim is sabre rattling trying to get the west to cater to him. They need food and his little threat will (as in several times before) get them humanitarian aid.

So we nuke them in 7 mins. It's still MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction.
Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: Lucifer on April 18, 2016, 08:41:33 AM
So we nuke them in 7 mins. It's still MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction.

 It's a deterrence, same thing that's been in place for 60+ years.   
Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: nddons on April 18, 2016, 08:44:22 AM
So we nuke them in 7 mins. It's still MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction.

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Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: Jaybird180 on April 18, 2016, 08:46:36 AM
My point is that it's a poorly rationalized solution.
Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: nddons on April 18, 2016, 08:47:42 AM
My point is that it's a poorly rationalized solution.
Not when someone threatens to attack you with nukes.
Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: Bob Noel on April 18, 2016, 08:50:35 AM
My point is that it's a poorly rationalized solution.

What makes you think it is the only possible response that the DoD has available?

Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: Lucifer on April 18, 2016, 08:56:49 AM
My point is that it's a poorly rationalized solution.

What makes you think it is the only possible response that the DoD has available?

 He doesn't.

 Deterrence has existed and has continued to work for 60+ years. 
Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: Dav8or on April 18, 2016, 12:42:33 PM
So we nuke them in 7 mins. It's still MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction.

The difference is the level of destruction. They still have nothing. To get to a point where they rival us in destructive power will likely never happen. He can shoot his missiles and blow them up over the sea. It means nothing really at this point.

In an ideal world, we would immediately launch ten missiles at NK following their missile test and blow them up over the sea. That might get the message across. However, we are not likely to ever do this as it might well expose weakness in our own systems. It's better to leave the world assuming our systems work really well rather than accidentally demonstrate that they don't.
Title: Re: N. Koreas new Ballistic Missile
Post by: JeffDG on April 18, 2016, 12:43:37 PM
you are making the mistake of thinking that kimmy is rational.
And that O has the stones to launch a counter-attack.


He'll be up in NEACP, so no real threat to himself, so no reason to get all retaliatory about it.