After the Bombs Fell: Imagining nuclear war with North Korea.

The Weekly Standard ^ | September 2, 2018 | Ethan Epstein

[2ndDivisionVet]

Comments?

[BenLurkin]

Who Did the NorKors collaborate with in order to bring the devices to their destinations?

[Bryanw92]

>>Manhattan, Northern Virginia, Honolulu, and South Florida are pulverized.

Acceptable losses.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I think the author assumes they’ll soon pair warheads with ICBMs.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[BenLurkin]

Well...as a practical matter the strikes would probably all be on Hawaii. Maybe the West Coast if he can squeeze another couple thousand miles out of what he’s been building.

[Celerity]

Why would anyone pick east coast targets? Take the West and let the weather do the rest.

[21twelve]

He might be able to get near Hawaii.

[clearcarbon]

"Imagining nuclear war with North Korea."

[Steely Tom]

But I do say... no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops. Depending on the breaks.

[PAR35]

Nuke the Norks if they left on San Francisco.

[PAR35]

Just put them on rust bucket freighters. Fill the ships with Muzzi “refugees” and send them to “Sanctuary Cities”. The democrats would welcome the boats with open arms. Big boom.

[TADSLOS]

Beat me to it.

LOL.

[lizma2]

“Manhattan, Northern Virginia, Honolulu, and South Florida are pulverized.”

I’d be toast and I’d miss all the post-apocalypse FR comments!! Bummer.

Max Brooks’s Zombie Survival Guide is just a hoot!

[doorgunner69]

When during this did the NORKs master the guidance issues to hit a target close enough with somewhat small warheads?

[TLI]

Kim orders the launch of nuclear-tipped ICBMs against American targets. Some fail, including all eight of those aimed at U.S. bases in Guam and Okinawa. Others succeed, to utterly devastating effect. Manhattan, Northern Virginia, Honolulu, and South Florida are pulverized.

WOW.

At least twelve missiles that actually launch AND a 30% hit ratio?

That really is a work of fiction...

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[Mouton]

Is there a chapter for Harbin being a deep water port?

[marktwain]

Kim orders nuclear attacks on U.S. military facilities throughout Asia. These horrific attacks devastate Seoul, Tokyo, and Busan. Kim, like Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein before him, underestimates American wherewithal: He expects his attacks on Korea and Japan will compel a negotiated settlement. He is mistaken. America swiftly begins a bombing campaign against North Korea.

Completely unbelievable.

The U.S. responds to nuclear strike against its allies with a non-nuclear bombing campaign?!!

The author shreds any attempt at believability simply to attack President Trump.

What a farce.

[merkova]

I imagine nuclear war with north korea would not last very long. less than 30 to 60 min.

[Widget Jr]

I see a flaw with this book. It's called the real world. This is a anti-Trump diatribe masquerading as academically examining a hypothetical scenario.