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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #870 on: April 11, 2013, 11:10:26 pm »

Quote from: From the CNN article linked earlier
The Pentagon's intelligence arm has assessed with "moderate confidence" that North Korea has the ability to deliver a nuclear weapon with a ballistic missile, though the reliability is believed to be "low.
Did anyone else actually read the article?
Read it, yawned, ate some nutrition, reflected on life. Was thoroughly content. Wrote some things. Am still expecting North Korea to fade away into media apathy.
I skimmed most of it. Notably, after talking about the DIA report, there's like three people more or less saying:

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"It would be inaccurate to suggest that the North Korean regime has fully tested, developed, or demonstrated the kinds of nuclear capabilities referenced in the passage" of the DIA study.

Mind you, at the end one of those same people seems to turn around and say:
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the nation's "nuclear weapons and missile programs pose a serious threat to the United States and to the security environment in East Asia."
But that sounds like standard paranoid hooplah, especially since it mentions that SK doesn't care in between.


In short, I don't see how anything's changed. NK probably possibly has a nuke it can maybe somewhat use on some targets but probably not, SK doesn't care, some people in the US consider everything a serious threat.
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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #871 on: April 12, 2013, 12:18:08 am »

"North Korea may be able to deliver nuke."
How is this not somewhat panicking?
Many people in US of A are cowards that love crapping their pants in fear at every opportunity. News at 11.

Not really, it's not news.

You know many countries DEFINITELY HAVE the ability to deliver a nuke into the US, right? And some, like Russia and China, aren't even all that friendly with us!

This isn't really panic inducing unless a) They have a good chance of succeeding and b) They have a reason for trying
and panic is pointless and should try to be suppressed in general unless
c) Panicking will actually help us respond more capable.

So... never. That's basically the time you should let panic be induced. And "not anywhere close" is the time where one might reasonable expect it to be induced even its stupid.
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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #872 on: April 12, 2013, 07:35:23 am »

They have to declare it at the airport if they want to deliver it though.

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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #873 on: April 12, 2013, 08:04:15 am »

So....

Anything new at the front? Besides, what I see, more sabre-rattling and US (of all people) being most allergic to it? v:
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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #874 on: April 12, 2013, 08:40:15 am »

Main thing to be worried about right now, i think, is a NK missile test going off course and heading smack bang into Japan, then a response to that turning into a full on conflict.
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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #875 on: April 12, 2013, 01:12:59 pm »

This is like a yearly thing now. North Korea threatens attack, then nothing really happens. Soon enough Kim Jong is gonna have to make actual military contact, if he wants his reputation and threats to remain to be taken seriously.
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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #876 on: April 12, 2013, 01:15:09 pm »

Sigh... do people still think that the statements have any other point than to spread fear within NK and to get people to rally behind Dear Leader?
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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #877 on: April 12, 2013, 01:15:30 pm »

Main thing to be worried about right now, i think, is a NK missile test going off course and heading smack bang into Japan, then a response to that turning into a full on conflict.
I'm wondering if it would be better or worse than if a missile went off-course and hit China.
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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #878 on: April 12, 2013, 01:15:46 pm »

He doesn't need to make real military contact when all he has to do is pretend on the NK media that he achieved a major victory.
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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #879 on: April 12, 2013, 01:24:33 pm »

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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #880 on: April 12, 2013, 01:26:16 pm »

It's hypnotic.

I could watch Snake forever.

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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #881 on: April 12, 2013, 01:29:16 pm »

I didn't know Professional Snake existed. Obviously it does.
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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #882 on: April 12, 2013, 01:37:41 pm »

Snake is to North Korea what Starcraft is to South Korea.
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Re: WAR CANCELLED, DISAPPOINTMENT, EVERYBODY GO HOME [North Korea Thread]
« Reply #883 on: April 12, 2013, 01:43:25 pm »

Difference is, you can win Starcraft.

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