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Japan Activated Air Raid Sirens During North Korea's Missile Test Monday (cnn.com)
"No country should have missiles flying over them like those 130 million people in Japan," the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said Monday. Though it was only a test, the scene on-the-ground is described by Slashdot reader AppleHoshi:
Our phones went crazy on receipt of an automated alert from the "J-Alert" system. Shortly afterwards, loudspeakers broadcast another alert (there are loudspeakers everywhere in Japan, to warn of earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons). As normal with any disaster situation in Japan, all of the available television channels immediately switched over to full-coverage mode, with a repetition of what the situation was ("There's a missile heading in the direction of north-central Japan") followed by basic instructions of what to do ("If it comes down in your area, try to extinguish any fires and immediately inform your local police and fire departments").
Shortly before twenty past six we got the news that the missile had over-flown northern Japan and landed in the Pacific, about 1,000 km [621 miles] from the coast of Hokkaido. The "all-clear" was broadcast over the local speakers a short while later. Strange as it may seem, this all had an air of normality about it. Japan gets more than it's fair share of natural disasters, so anyone living here gets plenty of exposure to this same routine. (It's just that the reason is usually an earthquake, typhoon or tsunami, rather than a megalomaniac).
Shortly before twenty past six we got the news that the missile had over-flown northern Japan and landed in the Pacific, about 1,000 km [621 miles] from the coast of Hokkaido. The "all-clear" was broadcast over the local speakers a short while later. Strange as it may seem, this all had an air of normality about it. Japan gets more than it's fair share of natural disasters, so anyone living here gets plenty of exposure to this same routine. (It's just that the reason is usually an earthquake, typhoon or tsunami, rather than a megalomaniac).
TFS seems to imply that the alert was activated everywhere in Japan. The subtitle on the linked CNN page mentions Northern Japan.
I live in Tokyo, and heard or saw no such alert.
Yep. Too bad we can't trade PDRK political prisoners for ANTIFA members. The latter could live in their utopia.
Dear American Taxpayer,
As part of our surrender to YOU we agreed to allow YOU do defend us against external aggression instead of rebuilding our military.
Sincerely,
Japan.
P.S. Maybe Trump should think about renegotiating that tax payer nightmare.
To be fair, it was easier when there were still real Nazis.
Trying to settle a bet with a friend. Can anyone come up with a reasonable estimate of how many nukes it would take to destroy N. Korea's warhead collection and neutralize their military forces? Would the number and placement have massive long-term health effects in Seoul and the region? Or is it possible the S. Korea and neighbors come away mostly unscathed?
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Try to extinguish any fires? Sure, right after I put myself out. Go ahead Kimmy, shoot one over the USA to test our reaction. You'll LOVE IT!
Has anyone thought of putting a small thermonuclear device in Dennis Rodman and sending him back over to Pyongyang.
Seoul will take big damage from shelling and maybe even some chemical attacks
Yeah, but Hillary would have just ignored the problem if Dear Leader "donated" a few million to the Clinton Foundation.
if North Korea hits some one they will be gone.
They are playing a big game of chicken and no china will not save them
Wow, the communist think is strong in this one.
Right. Because Kim Jong Un wasn't pursuing ICBMS and nukes till comrade trumpsky came along.
Just because the USA is being run by a nutjob doesn't mean the NK isn't being run by a nutjob. It's not like there's only one such in the world.
Enough with the OMG Hillary BS. She's not president. Trumpsky is. And he's doing EXACTLY what every president before him has done... trying to apply pressure via China to stop NK. His "secret plans" are apparently so secret even he doesn't know what they are.
The headline writer is in the wrong time zone.
America could stop doing wargames in North Korea's backyard twice a year.
What am I thinking? What's a few million civilian deaths in determining which psychopathic government are the biggest assholes?
What's the point of scaring everyone with this? If it's a missile test, it would have been announced beforehand to anyone who cares to listen. If it's a real attack, then there's no point telling people to put out fires started by the missile. I suspect there's a political reason they're doing this, maybe to get the public riled up to join a US-led coalition agains NK, or maybe just for more defense budget.
"Single-handledly".
Americans are cute.
Evidently global warming leads to widespread megalomania.
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Well, when you consider the possible impact either country can have on your life, you'll notice that the potential influence NKor has is negligible.
Yes, it sure is the worse government. But then again, the recent storm (or whatever it was) in the US was certainly also worse than the hail we had here yesterday, yet the latter did damage my car while the former didn't really affect me.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
So the people marching with swastikas and shouting "Heil Hitler", "blood and soil" and etc aren't Nazis?
I'll think I'll take this chap's opinion over yours.
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Lump them together with the "only black lives matter" idiots and sell the rights on pay per view.
Whoever loses
We win
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Four words: nuclear fallout, prevailing winds.
Either the Pillsbury Doughboy or Bozo the Clown, either will do, not a dimes worth of difference between them.
It wasn't in orbit, but its apogee reached about 550 km - well above the Karman Line. I'd be interested to know how long it takes sensors to determine the rough impact location based on the launch profile. Course adjustments are possible during boost, coast and re-entry (whether NK has that ability is another unknown*), so it's probably a bad idea to look at the profile and say "Japan's OK".
I'd actually like to see a 3d view of NK missile launches in Google Earth - some of their previous launches reached apogees of 3,725 km, which is far greater than that required normally. It also means their missiles are undergoing far higher re-entry forces than they would operationally.
* For us. NORAD, etc probably have a good idea of the capabilities.
He saw what happened to other countries the US does not like and thought that getting some ICBM's with nukes would prevent any creative American actions like regime change through preemptive strikes. And I think he's right, the US acts like the classical bully: it backs off when it's afraid the other guy might hit back.
Trump did complain about it before being elected, but hasn't said much since.
In any case, it would be a false economy. A militarized Japan would only make the situation worse. The US isn't going to give us its position as close ally to South Korea, because it's really about China. If the situation escalated to a hot war, it would make Iraq and Afghanistan look cheap.
Not to mention that North Korea and China both have nuclear weapons, and in China's case they have enough to ensure the mutual destruction of the US and the capability to deliver them.
The only winning move is for both sides to stop waving their dicks at each other and go back to talking. Realistically the US will have to be the one that makes the move, either voluntarily or with pressure from China.
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WTF is ''more than it is fair share'' supposed to mean?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Bomb away. Whoever loses, the rest of the world is a better place.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
The fact is, El Grande Trumputin and his followers would love to make everything in North Korea happen here.
Private profit, public exploitation.
Wow, you are so incredibly deluded. I would be scared as hell to live anywhere near YOUR reality (which is pretty f'ed up).
Would NK freak out if Japan decided to shoot down the warhead? Technically it's flying over their territory. Does that set a bad precedent?
Yes Francis, the world has gone crazy.
Many people would like the sort of set up Un has. I'm almost certain that trump is one of them.
Many of the people who follow trump enjoy the idea of putting a boot to someone's face but cry like babies when they're the face and not the boot.
We're all humans we just have a more robust set of checks and balances built into our society than North Korea does.
And... fat, ignorant Bible-thumpers still aren't National Socialists, no matter how effectively the retards have bought into the new narrative. Thanks for playing, though!
In case of nuclear war, there's no "rest of the world" where to hide in.
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