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Mattis hints at secret 'kinetic' military options for North Korea
Business Insider ^
Posted on 09/19/2017 8:15:36 PM PDT by JP1201
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted that the United States still had military options left for dealing with North Korea, but did not elaborate when asked for details Monday.
Most experts think a military strike on North Korea would invite a devastating response from Pyongyang. The city of Seoul, South Korea, home to 25 million, is well within artillery range of the North, which would most likely use conventional artillery munitions and chemical weapons.
But according to Mattis, the Pentagon has a few tricks up its sleeve that wouldn't involve the decimation of Seoul.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armchair; clucking; korea; mattis; mattisnk; nknukes; nkoutofcontrol; noko; northkorea; secdefmattis; secret; specialops; speculation; trump; trumpasia; trumpnk
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:15:36 PM PDT
by
JP1201
To: JP1201
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:18:27 PM PDT
by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: JP1201
Maybe by dropping a nuke on the rocketman?
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:19:14 PM PDT
by
oldasrocks
(rump)
To: JP1201
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:19:37 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: JP1201
I wonder what a secret “kinetic” option is?
To: JP1201; All
well, EMP weapons would likely have minimal impact on NK...
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:20:24 PM PDT
by
SteveH
To: JP1201
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:20:44 PM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: Parley Baer
Sounds like a weasel word.
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:22:29 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Parley Baer
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:23:33 PM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: SteveH
Looks like they already were EMPed:
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:23:54 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: JP1201
Send a nuclear powered satellite in a controlled deorbit and have it crash right in Kim’s Palace. Radiation poisoning for all.
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:25:14 PM PDT
by
LukeL
To: Afterguard
That’s what I was thinking. One targeted at each artillery site. Especially when I hear ‘kinetic’.
To: JP1201
The population of Seoul is about 10 million.
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:27:43 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: LukeL
Neutron bomb. Problem solved.
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09/19/2017 8:27:53 PM PDT
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:29:34 PM PDT
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DoughtyOne
(DACA: Their dream, our nightmare... will the rule of law prevail or not?)
To: JP1201
Kinetic means action involving lethal force. That’s all.
To: bigbob
Kim better be good our we’ll turn out the lights on North Korea.
Oh wait...
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:30:21 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(DACA: Their dream, our nightmare... will the rule of law prevail or not?)
To: bigbob
Maybe he would be more afraid of us turning on the lights in North Korea.
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:30:55 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(DACA: Their dream, our nightmare... will the rule of law prevail or not?)
To: DoughtyOne
More like we will light him up.
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:32:27 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: bigbob
HAHA! Trump hit it on the head mentioning socialism and Venezuela today. NK is there too.
Mattis is implementing Fog of War strategy saying we have all sorts of ways to deal with RocketMan. Make him have nightmares wondering about it all. Remember when they found Saddam’s strategy board. It was totally wrong as to where we would come from.
Looks like we need a device to blow out the candles in NK.
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posted on
09/19/2017 8:32:39 PM PDT
by
taterjay
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