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This is much easier than portrayed.
We know when they are preparing to launch their space capable, long range missiles.
Plant one of our Aegis class ships in the area.
Knock down their next test.
Message sent, country not attacked.
Preemptive strike?
Only AFTER North Korea has launched a first strike, (which at this point is a pretty shaky proposition, as it may fizzle, or be intercepted by a missile-to-missile shoot-down), then we have permission morally and strategically to mount a full counter strike. North Korea has no second strike capability, and all their defenses would have been eaten up by the first launch.
The hell that would be rained down on North Korea would have very serious collateral damage, and the rubble that remained would be blasted to dust, with extensive loss of life, not through malice by the US, but by the megalomania of the current regime. Of course, they would not survive themselves, and there would be no further punishment, unless they should happen to flee ahead of their people to China, a situation the Chinese would look upon with great disfavor.
Rationally, the Chinese should not want this, so it is VERY much in their interests to put a leash on Kim Jung Un. Expect at least a palace revolution in the very near future.
I’m still waiting for Carter to return that Nobel Peace Prize (and the cash) which he received in 2002, for ‘brokering the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty with N Korea’. Two weeks after the award, we found out N Korea had nukes. That’s when I realized that the Nobels were political. The Left has destroyed honesty and trust by making EVERYTHING IN LIFE political.
In past, NorK has threatened the South with major dam water releases, for which the South has responded by creating its own dams, solely for the purpose of catching these intentional floods when they happen.
I mention this because obviously NorK has too many dams.
It also has four hydroelectric dams that provide much of its electricity. (Hint, hint).
Does this ahem Congressman realize that the U.S. has always been the retaliatory, and never opted for first strike, with our nuclear arsenal?
The problem with doing ANYTHING to NK is that there’s some 30,000 artillery pieces pointed at Seoul (home to 1/4 of South Koreans). We’re in a perpetual standoff with NK as whatever happens to end the dictatorship, first or second strike, will likely involve NK slaughtering about a million people and wrecking most of a world-class city within about 30 minutes. NK knows they can’t pull any $#!^ because a meaningful attack would justify the risk to Seoul during a counterstrike; NK also knows nobody else will attack them because nobody wants to risk Seoul during a first strike. Result is perpetual saber-rattling by NK, while the rest of the world tries to ignore the maniac with nukes.
The pathetic reality is that those 30,000 artillery likely wouldn’t be fired if ordered to - but nobody wants to risk Seoul to find out.
DPRK is China’s retarded, bastard child from a one night stand in a back alley with a coke whore.