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'They have proven that they can launch a long range missile. If you marry a missile and a miniaturised device, so nuclear bomb on top of a missile so you can deliver it to all kinds of places that they couldn't have reached before.'
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
According to this the missile they placed in the east is a known mid range missile capable of going 3000 miles. rt.com... North Korea 'ratifies' nuclear strike against US
Wikipedia article on mid range missiles however says they can go between 3000 and 5000 miles. en.wikipedia.org...
3000 miles is within reach of Alaska not Hawaii or the central US. 4000 miles is in range of Hawaii. 5000 miles is within range of the central US so yes, if they have a mid range missile they could hit the USA.
I measured these distances on Google Earth.
I know it seems odd that Alaska is closer to N Korea by 1000 miles than Hawaii is but that's the fact.. If you look at the globe on Google Earth. Alaska extends way over the Pacific from a land arc.edit on 4-4-2013 by JohnPhoenix because: sp
Originally posted by flice
Originally posted by Bleeeeep
reply to post by James1982
So to put what you and flice are saying, together: nk sees us as the most responsible party for keeping their countries apart, thus they target the us.
That of course leaves blame/righteousness out of the frame of reference. e.g. how right/wrong the countries are ruled as one and whether or not it should or shouldn't be prevented.
Thanks guys. Much appreciated.
That would be a correct point of view in my opinion... not wether either country is right or wrong, but what NK believes to be right. That does excuse their actions but it certainly explains them.
I just chose to believe that regardless of what kind of state any country believe is the right way to rule themselves and the cost thereof to its people, we in the west have NO right telling them if they are right or wrong and we certainly have no right, by the guise of liberation to impose sanctions on said countries, simply because you don't hurt the government of those countries, you hurt its people and therefore sanctions are no more than a way to try and change the mind of the people to hate its government.
Originally posted by openyourmind1262
So N.Korea has a nuke. WOW. Iran has been according to everybody for the past 30 years been ready to build a nuke. But N.Korea has one, Iran a country with alot of oil and resources to spend. N.Korea zilch. But we are to beleive N.Korea is a threat to our safety. What the hell did they build their bomb out of..dirt? Propoganda machine has gone haywire. An excuse to put OUR troops dangerously close to China. If N.Korea has a nuke, we the USA probally gave it to them. I am one that simply thinks N.Korea is a joke, Israel is the real threat to peace worldwide.
Originally posted by Invariance
They launched a satellite... is it possible they could have added some missiles to it to shoot off at a later time?
IDK, but this situation has gone beyond posturing in my opinion, either the leader of NK is completely insane, or he has a deck of aces up his sleeve.
Perhaps his allies should be more of a concern than they are given credit for right now?
North Korea has started moving what is believed to be a new long-range ballistic missile potentially capable of hitting the U.S. mainland to its eastern coast, apparently in preparation for a launch.
Japanese, U.S. and South Korean government sources said the missile is likely the one codenamed KN-08, which the North Korean military claims has a range of 10,000 kilometers.
But the sources added that it could be a different type, such as the medium-range Musudan missile.
The missile is being transported on a cargo train to the Sea of Japan coast, home to the Musudan-ri and Kittaeryong missile bases, according to the sources.
A U.S. intelligence satellite appears to have captured images of the train carrying the missile.
Originally posted by flice
Yes, I am anti-American...government... not people. You guys just seem hellbent to believe that your country is doing what is best for the world. Heck, your ancestors didn't even do good during WW II... you just moved in for the take over after the third reich got destabilised by the money paid by the US to France to incite anger towards the facist rule of Germany.
How many countries have actually openly attacked the US MAINLAND....? NONE... how many countries have the US invaded and attacked?
(don't start on Pearl Harbour.... you can't prove for a fact that it was NOT a false flag action. No-one can.)edit on 4/4/13 by flice because: (no reason given)