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I was thinking a N Kor ship or missile sub wouldn't be a threat long enough to make radio news on the hour. The missile, naval in origin, would be perfect for land launch. Always ready for instant launch, always targeted, reliable, and protected in a silo. The nuke warhead would be the high maintenance part of the system.

10 posted on 08/03/2004 9:21:32 AM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)

To: RightWhale; hchutch

I was thinking a N Kor ship or missile sub wouldn't be a threat long enough to make radio news on the hour.

Bzzt. We do not sink ships in international waters without good and sufficient (i.e., readily demonstrated) cause.

The missile, naval in origin, would be perfect for land launch. Always ready for instant launch, always targeted, reliable, and protected in a silo. The nuke warhead would be the high maintenance part of the system.

Actually, the SS-N-6 is a "storable-liquid-fuel" missile with an evil reputation. It was the missile carried by that Yankee-class boat that blew up and sank off Bermuda in October 1986.

32 posted on 08/03/2004 10:48:17 AM PDT by Poohbah (If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)

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