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[Junior]

[quote="jinju"]

[jinju]

The missile was aborted? Says who? You? You mean the Norks are afraid of sending a missile through Japan's airspace? Really? Wow, I guess you forgot the Taepodong 1 launch which shot right over Japan. Yeah, the Norks are really, REALLY afraid of that eh?

The bomb was either a dud or not even a nuke. It was of such low yield that it could have very well been a bunch of TNT stuffed in a hole or simply a big bomb. Infact the yield of this "nuke" was not much greater, if we are to believe some analysts, than the large MOAB conventional bombs that the US has. The first thing the Norks said about the test was that it was a success and NO RADIATION LEAKED Out. First, if it was a nuke then it would take far more exprtise than a 3rd world poverty stricken hell hole like NK to contain radiation. My gut feeling is that there was no radiation because TNT doesnt give off any. Simple as that. And if Im wrong, then the yield was ridiculous. IPutting myself into the shoes of a megelomaniac like KJI who ants to be treated equally by a club of countries who LAUGH at sub kiloton weapons, would I make my big statement with such a pathetic little bombette? The only things I can see as logical are that:

a. it was a bunch of TNT stuffed in a hole and meant to look like a nuke (pretty good likelihood)
b. slightly more likely a smaller bomb of about 5-10 kilotons that fizzled out.

As far as China goes, WHAT would China do? Present them with a fait-a-compli and park the subs there. if the Chinese start shit, tell them the subs can just as easily fire on Beijing and Shanghai. China wouldnt do anything more than complain a bit.

And no, the US does not need to be mind readers. They have these magical things called satelites that float up higher than the trees, higher than the birds, higher even that the clouds in this magical world called SPACE which encircles our planet and these magical satelites have magical eyes that can see better even than a hawk or even an eagle (I know, I know it sounds unreal but yes, its true). And these satelites (pronunciation :sa-te-lites) can see all the way down to earth and can even notice a missile parked on a launch pad ready for take off. Simple ultimatum: step back or get it up your fucking ass.

[mateomiguel]

The US has no more battleships, just carriers with cruiser/destroyer escorts. The gigantic gun-islands of yore are all gone. They were so majestic too .

Clinton did it.

[Junior]

[jinju]

[Junior]

[jinju]

[Junior]

How is it then the US did not detect the NK nuclear weapons programme?

[jinju]

[Junior]

[Junior]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.intel10oct10,0,6850472.story?coll=bal-pe-asection

U.S. lacks critical details on N. Korean nuclear program
By Siobhan Gorman
sun reporter
October 10, 2006

WASHINGTON // Although the U.S. government believes North Korea has nuclear weapons, major gaps remain in America's understanding of the threat that nuclear program might pose, security and intelligence specialists said yesterday.

Last week, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee issued a grave warning that "significant information gaps" have left policymakers and intelligence analysts without "critical information" to make judgments about North Korea.

"North Korea is a very opaque society. They have spent 50-plus years making sure that they control information," said Michael Green, a former top White House security adviser on Asia. "So, the intelligence is pretty weak compared to most parts of the world."

Without a U.S. embassy or other presence in the country, there is little opportunity to recruit spies, said Gary Samore, a non-proliferation specialist at the National Security Council during the Clinton administration. "They're very good at hiding things underground," he added.

"It looks like this test was a failure," he said, "but we don't really have a way of knowing that, let alone why that would happen."

If tensions were to escalate, said Samore, the United States would have a hard time assessing how far to go - not knowing North Korea's capabilities.



Maybe you should step in with your specialist knowledge jinju.

[jinju]

[AbbeFaria]

[Hollywoodaction]

Junior, civilian weather satelites can detect dried up rivers under the Sahara desert and Mayan ruins under layers of dirt deep in the Amazon. Imagine the goodies that the US government has in space.

[Junior]