To: Wild Bill 10
"Yeah they will launch their TWO against ALL our allies????"
According to US intelligence estimates, they have between 8 and 10 right now. I've seen (publicly stated) estimates as high as 15 by other intelligence agencies. Seoul and Tokyo would be the first to go. Beijing perhaps the third. That leaves several others if Kim Jong-il decides to try his luck at hitting the shores of the western United States. The estimates on the operational capabilities of North Korea's current nuclear-capable missiles would have them going possibly as far as west coast cities, though that's towards the upper end of the estimates.
Personally, I don't see how that gamble is worth the price of a few million American citizens' lives.
22 posted on
04/17/2005 8:11:26 AM PDT by
NJ_gent
(Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.)
To: NJ_gent
According to US intelligence estimates, they have between 8 and 10 right now. I've seen (publicly stated) estimates as high as 15 by other intelligence agencies.Source? Link?
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