Octopus Overlords

YellowKing wrote:At the risk of defending Rip , I think the point of the article is that IF we were in a position where we had to respond to NK aggression (i.e. self defense), then we would not have the luxury of evacuating everyone. We'd have to strike with surprising and overwhelming force. Anything else would be tipping our hand, and putting Seoul in MORE danger, not less.

NickAragua wrote:Shhhhhh, you're tipping our hand!

Seriously though, the Orange Turd and Chubby Cheeks should just engage in gladiatorial combat to the death (fully clothed, preferably) instead. Winner gets sacrificed to the gods. LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!

Chaz wrote:We've already seen that Trump has a shaky grasp on where our naval ships are at any given moment. Is it possible he already thinks we have overwhelming force stationed at the border, and can invade the moment he tweets the order

Grifman wrote:

Chaz wrote:We've already seen that Trump has a shaky grasp on where our naval ships are at any given moment. Is it possible he already thinks we have overwhelming force stationed at the border, and can invade the moment he tweets the order

The military would tell him otherwise. He's ignorant and stupid but not that stupid.

Chaz wrote:We've already seen that Trump has a shaky grasp on where our naval ships are at any given moment. Is it possible he already thinks we have overwhelming force stationed at the border, and can invade the moment he tweets the order

Carpet_pissr wrote:Good God this idiot is going to give me a heart attack before his term is over.

YellowKing wrote:

Carpet_pissr wrote:Good God this idiot is going to give me a heart attack before his term is over.

And just think, it's only been 6 months. What joy will the next 3 1/2 YEARS bring?

Blackhawk wrote:Hell no! You guys are gamers. That builds reflexes. I'll be hanging out with rednecks. They have more guns, but they're slow and sluggish.

The head of the Pentagon’s missile defense agency on Wednesday said recent missile intercept tests give him confidence the U.S. can protect itself from wide variety of threats, including an intercontinental ballistic missile from North Korea.

When asked directly about North Korea during the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves said, “We believe that the currently deployed ballistic missile defense system can meet today’s threat.”
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“The missile defense agency has always and will continue to test in a robust fashion … in a manner that addresses the threat as we understand it today and into the future,” he told audience members at the symposium.

Greaves highlighted the first successful intercept test conducted in May, in which the U.S. ground-based intercept system intercepted an ICBM. While officials at the time said the test had been planned, it came days after North Korea launched its ninth missile test this year.

“These tests are not staged, they’re not crafted for success. They stress the systems; we learn from every single test, and bottom line … the nation should be very confident that we have demonstrated the ability to defend against the range of threats that we are seeing today all the way from the short-range ballistic missiles … medium-range … to the ICBM,” he said.

North Korea appears to have revealed details of two as-yet untested missile systems in its press coverage of a factory inspection by the country's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un.

Photographs released by KCNA state news agency to go with a report on Mr Kim's visit to a facility at the Academy of Defence Sciences facility show wall charts describing the missiles, called Hwasong-13 and Pukguksong-3.

Hwasong-13 appears to be a three-stage ICBM (Inter Continental Ballistic Missile), while the chart showing Pukguksong-3, although largely obscured by officials, is an Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM).

It's not the first time that North Korea has "accidentally" left details of important developments in the background of photo-shoots, and this is seen by analysts as a means of showing off its military power or sending messages to its foes.

pr0ner wrote:North Korea's most recent missile launch flew OVER Northern Japan late this afternoon.

Joy.

Smoove_B wrote:"Talking is not the answer!"

Such Presidential.

Paingod wrote:

pr0ner wrote:North Korea's most recent missile launch flew OVER Northern Japan late this afternoon.

Joy.

Aren't we supposed to be showing them that this won't work and that we can shoot their stuff down?

Smoove_B wrote:"Talking is not the answer!"

Such Presidential.

LordMortis wrote:

Smoove_B wrote:"Talking is not the answer!"

Such Presidential.

Unagi wrote:

Paingod wrote:

pr0ner wrote:North Korea's most recent missile launch flew OVER Northern Japan late this afternoon.

Joy.

Aren't we supposed to be showing them that this won't work and that we can shoot their stuff down?

This is like the KEY point that should be brought up, time and time again -- and yet I don't think I've ever heard a news agency bring it up.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new, “super explosive” hydrogen bomb meant to be loaded into an intercontinental ballistic missile, Pyongyang’s state media said Sunday, a claim to technological mastery that many outside experts will question but that raises the possibility of an imminent nuclear bomb test.

Photos released by the North Korean government showed Kim talking with his lieutenants as he observed a silver, peanut-shaped device that was apparently the purported thermonuclear weapon destined for an ICBM. What appeared to be the nose cone of a missile could also be seen near the alleged bomb in one picture, which could not be independently verified and which was taken without outside journalists present. Another photo showed a diagram on the wall behind Kim of a bomb mounted inside a cone.

Aside from the factuality of the North’s claim, the language in its statement seems a strong signal that Pyongyang will soon conduct its sixth nuclear weapon test, which is crucial if North Korean scientists are to fulfill the national goal of an arsenal of viable nuclear ICBMs that can reach the U.S. mainland. There’s speculation that such a test could come on or around the Sept. 9 anniversary of North Korea’s national founding, something it did last year.

North Korea appears to have conducted another nuclear test, the South Korean government said Sunday after seismic authorities detected an artificial earthquake near Pyongyang regime’s known nuclear test site.

This would be North Korea’s sixth nuclear test, and the first since President Trump was inaugurated. The action probably will increase already high tensions between the Trump administration and Kim Jong Un’s regime.

The U.S Geological Survey said it had recorded a 6.3 magnitude earthquake exactly at noon Sunday local time, near North Korea’s known nuclear test site in the country’s northeast region. North Korea’s recent nuclear tests have also happened exactly on the hour.

South Korean authorities said it appeared to be artificial, consistent with a nuclear test. President Moon Jae-in immediately called an emergency meeting of his national security council.