North Korea threatens the US with a Nuclear War.
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Having lived in America all my life, there's no question who I'd side with. North Korea does worry me a little, but I also think they're just trying to show off and make us sweat. They'd also be fools to try anything against America. Look what happened to Japan after Pearl Harbor.
Looks like I'm moving to the UK a bit earlier than expected.
I wonder if Canada's safe?
Then again, I probably won't be the only one to do this in the event of nuclear war, so it might be smarter to just hang out in a state that won't get bombed as hard as any other state...
I'm not scared, though. There was a thing last year where NK was supposedly going to bomb Hawaii on the fourth of July. Needless to say, that never happened.
I wonder if Canada's safe?
Then again, I probably won't be the only one to do this in the event of nuclear war, so it might be smarter to just hang out in a state that won't get bombed as hard as any other state...
I'm not scared, though. There was a thing last year where NK was supposedly going to bomb Hawaii on the fourth of July. Needless to say, that never happened.
North Korea couldn't possibly win a nuclear war with Pakistan, let alone the United States. They would be obliterated in two seconds if they launched a nuke in Asia. Plus the nuke would probably be intercepted by jet fighters before it could land on its intended target. In the world of dictators, North Korea is the stubborn child who wants everyone to pay attention to him because he thinks he has something to say, even though all his friends are doing far more interesting things.
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan is far more likely and more dangerous to the planet than any war with North Korea would be.
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan is far more likely and more dangerous to the planet than any war with North Korea would be.
Erm the Korean war took place in the early '50s, so more like 60 years ago...Radeonx said:
Also I'm fairly sure I read that NK dont actually have the capacity to launch nukes very far at all, so it's the usual blustering by the looks.
However I'm not really sure what the US's thinking is here.
"Well we know N. Korea is a run by a mentally unstable geriatric who is known to threaten military action at anything that displeases him, so lets play wargames on his backyard. Yeah, that isnt risky at all."
If it did come to war, I feel that the combined forces of S. Korea and the US would be more than enough to dick all over N. Korea.
This.Kalabrikan said:
And unless Pakistan gets it's shit together and do something about the Taliban and the islamists, India might very well decide to go pre-emptive on their ass to make sure their nukes don't end up under control of some crazed jihadist.
Then we be talking shit-storm.
IN AMERICA!Jack and Calumon said:
But a war with Korea again.
If America's billons of dollars spent on nuke defense works, it shouldn't be that bad. If they don't, well, I might as well put on a cowboy hat and jump on a nuke.
Yes, yes I do.Subzerowings said:
No, its not. North Korean is lead by a, frankly, insane leadership who brutally oppress their population - in fact, the average North Korean isn't insane, because they've simply learnt that resistance == death.
Dude, you need to learn some history - see the Korean War (1950, I believe it started), a war between the two Korea's, with the following countries on the South Korean's side as apart of UN forces:
United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey
And several others providing medicial support.
As for North Korea, only the USSR and China where on their side. Now, Russia is unlikely to support N. Korea this time, and China doesn't really wanna get involved in war in Korea, and frankly, I get the impression the Chinese government would like the N. Korean government to just Shut the Fuck Up.
Now as to N. Korea's threats of nuclear war: it seems unlikely a N. Korean missile could actually strike the US - as in, reach its target, breach the anti-missile defences, and denotate. Remember, the N. Korea forces are very technologically backwards as the country's infrastructure is plain broken, and its soul military advantage is numbers. Now, whilst that is a good advantage, I suspect US and S. Korean technological superiority are enough to close the gap.
In summary, this isn't the US's fault, for once, and whilst war should be avoided, siding with N. Korea over this is just daff.
I recall reading that the North has the fissile material to make about two bombs grand total. The bigger threat they pose is from their artillery, and even that's rusted and decades old. If they tried to do anything remotely aggressive, they should know full well that even *China* would roll all over them, let alone the USA and SK.Subzerowings said:
Anyone even vaguely supposing that the North should be supported in such a conflict has had a woeful lack of understanding of the matter. The US isn't going to start a nuclear war, and the only way it'd be nuclear is the North dropping one or both of their bombs. Then, it's a conventional war.
As someone in South Korea at the moment, the general reaction is eye-rolling - it's not like this kind of behaviour is unusual on the North's behalf. But as long as they hold off from any nuking/war starting until after my flight from Incheon on Wednesday, then I'm alright with it.
We just neeed to get some one to kill NK leader. ANYONE please do it, you'll be saving the world a huge lot of hurt. And for once i wish we still had Bush as president. Cuz he wouldnt care less about nuking someone. Infact i bet he's pissed he didnt get to when he was president.
This is stupid, NK doesn't even stand a chance. They'll stop or make a mistake like they always do and will shut the hell up for a few months before trying something stupid again they know will never work. I'm pretty sure once they give us a reason to invade them, it'll be all over for North Korea as we know it.
