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originally posted by: Xcathdra
does N. Korea have the blue water infrastructure to get their subs into launching range and back (fuel replenishment)?
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Vasa Croe
Question to our military people -
does N. Korea have the blue water infrastructure to get their subs into launching range and back (fuel replenishment)?
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Vasa Croe
Now I know N. Korea is getting outside assistance with its nuke program. Sub launched nukes require miniaturization technology to get the war head small enough.
Question to our military people -
does N. Korea have the blue water infrastructure to get their subs into launching range and back (fuel replenishment)?
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: rockpaperhammock
That's what SOSUS is for. And stopping a raft is a completely different animal. A rubber raft has little to no acoustic signature, no magnetic field, and no reflective surfaces for sound or radar on the surface.
originally posted by: TorinoFer
a reply to: Vasa Croe
Question you should ask yourself is.
Why does NK hate USA so much, and not say Brazil or Russia or France.
Why hate for USA ?
Answer that for yourself I am not interested, I know the answer already.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Vasa Croe
An SLBM is an ICBM. With their subs though they would have a hard time getting close to the US mainland to launch a strike. They don't have the training, and a Golf class isn't a particularly stealthy boat anymore.
It's a huge leap for them, don't get me wrong, but it's not up to the level of we're all gonna die.
What if they used the sub as a suicide device? You know float the boat in, blow the bomb, Lil' Kimmy laughing as China blows him up for attacking the US.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Patriotsrevenge
Actually no, they went from detonating their first warhead, to building a MISSILE that can be launched from a sub. There is no evidence yet that they've miniaturized the warhead enough to go on the missile. All we've seen so far is a launch test of a land based missile, and a missile submerged on a platform.