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Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com)
PolygamousRanchKid writes with this story from Reuters, excerpting: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his country to be ready to use its nuclear weapons at any time and to turn its military posture to "pre-emptive attack" mode in the face of growing threats from its enemies, state media said on Friday. The comments, carried by the North's official KCNA news agency, marked a further escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula after the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday imposed harsh new sanctions against the isolated state for its nuclear program. South Korea's defense ministry said on Thursday North Korea launched several projectiles off its coast into the sea up to 150 kilometers (90 miles) away, an apparent response to the U.N. sanctions. ... North Korea has previously threatened pre-emptive attacks on its enemies including South Korea, Japan and the United States. Military experts doubt it has yet developed the capability to fire a long-range missile with a miniaturized warhead to deliver a nuclear weapon as far as the United States.
Says PolygamousRanchKid: "Oh, joy oh joy... I knew that 2016 was missing something: the threat of nuclear war!"
Just stop paying attention and he will go away.
It works on internet trolls right? Right?
There is no real risk of a nuclear strike coming out of NK. The real deterrent they have is the massed conventional artillery pointed at Seuol. Any attack on NK would have to be so overwhelming as to destroy the artillery in a minute. If not millions of civilians die.
Look at the bright side - the day after a North Korea 1st strike, the problem with North Korea will be solved. Or at least disappear.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Says PolygamousRanchKid: "Oh, joy oh joy... I knew that 2016 was missing something: the threat of nuclear war!"
We don't need this stupid bullshit in the summary. I'll read the comments if I want stupid bullshit.
so guess the western powers need to throw rocks on another buggie man/hornets nest/
by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
So basically, you want to nuke North Korea because you want to nuke North Korea.
And you assume that Kim is not a rational actor. That's a big assumption. Especially since he seems to have proved himself quite adept already at removing possible threats to the power that he was born and raised to assume as the scion of a Stalinist dynasty.
(And I am also an EU citizen, and you most certainly do not speak for me.)
Thanks for playing!
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
So he picks a fight and some good and innocent people die, but 100% of his country gets vaporised in the counter strike. He had better check the weather before he wumps SK too, because at the moment the fallout would poison most of eastern China. Or does he realise that and is trying to intimidate Xi Jinping as well? Somehow I don't think that strategy is likely to go well for him.
Cue cartoons of him in a nappy trying to count on his fingers, because that is the magnitude of his arsenal and the nature of his behaviour.
Does anybody else notice an increase in right wing FUD in the stories covered here...stories like this one, that barely qualify as tech-related, if they do at all?
I'm learning to think it's not a real week at Slashdot unless we see at least a couple of "Obama sucks because" stories, three or four "Windows 10 only phones home a hundred times a second because if loves you" stories, and a few like this one, where the "authorities" we're supposed to dislike and mistrust say they don't think North Korea can get a nuke-carrying missile as far as the US.
Can we get back to the Slashdot that used to keep this crap somewhat isolated and filterable, please?
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
Since you ask a serious question, then why not a serious answer.
My ballpark would be 100,000 people dead depending heavily on the type of ordinance (HE, AP, Incendary, Frag, etc)
so, that is around 1% of the population. Remember, those shells will land roughly randomly - I am assuming they have been
setup to specifically target the population (if totally random then it will be MUCH lower).
However your figures are highly flawed, as you are not allowing for losses in the NK artillery, or for desertions in people who dont
actually want to shell their own families (remember, Korea was only separated a few generations ago), equipment failure, etc.
You are also assuming all of those pieces can reach high popluation densities, however the border is long and the ranges not that great.
By your own claims (and I agree) their most common artillery piece is similar to the D20, around 20km range.
The center is Seoul is 30-40km from the border (30 if you count a specific inset area..), so they only have the closer areas to
target, which are lower density. They would also need to have concentrated all their artillery in a very small and specific region to even
target Seoul.
And, lastly, think about what they would 'gain' by such an attack. The rest of the world would wipe them out.
No more young girl harems for the great leader, no more european sportscars, no more playstation, no more living as kings for the ruling class.
If they are lucky they will be reduced to running and hiding while they are being hunted after the fall of their state.
Hard to see their motivation for such an attack..
"special operations types are highly capable and have proven it ... the sub ran aground ... recon team executed the sailors ... Most of the recon team was killed..."
"Highly capable" doesn't mean what you think it means.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
The US does not hate China dude. If North Korea attacked China, the US would assist- if China needed help swatting that fly, which they would not.
Your whole preconception is wrong.
LOL, hell no.
The fact is Americans love the Chinese. We buy their products like crazy. We love their food. We admire their art, exotic language and respect their ancient heritage. We welcome their people to study and work here. Sure we complain about the trade imbalance and the gamesmanship between our governments. But for the things that really matter they are our brothers and would instantly and without hesitation rally to their aid.
Make no mistake, if North Korea would actually use nuclear weapons in anger against *anybody*, it would cease to exist as a political entity in less than a week.
Greed is the root of all evil.
Costly at first to feed and house millions of Germans who had been starving for two generations and had been used to planned poverty, but they caught up surprisingly fast.
Koreans have been one people since the beginning of history. We tend to forget that the whole idea of North Korea dates back only to the immediate postwar years. NK is a fake country that has existed this long only because of the perceived support of China, which is now finding the place to be more trouble than it's worth. When the wall comes down. no matter what the reason, Both Korea will immediately cease to exist, and there won't even be any equivalent of Ostalgie.