North Korea capable of firing nuclear-armed missile at US: US official

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[DogBarkTree]

"Russia and China have no desire to have fallout raining down on them"
Actually I think the wind would blow to the east & southeast.

[shaggy eel]

Yes , semantics

,,, I was coming more from the angle of territory. Their delivery system is less than optimal, to be charitable to them. I was more beaming in on the vagueness of the article in regard to what's defined as US territory.

[DogBarkTree]

"Launching a nuke at us would certainly solve their famine and hunger problems."
priceless!

[sushiman]

Understood that . I was coming more from the angle of ineptness . Damn thing could skyrocket up and zoom right down on their blood commie heads . That would be a laugh and a half !

[Eagles6]

China is calling the shots here. NK does as it's told. They are china's pitbull on a leash. I'm sure their missiles are accurate cause they got the guidance systems from china who got em from us, thanks to billybob. China only cares about china, spreading the revolution, world domination and the destruction of America.
Russia will go along. Vlad is looking longingly to the past power of the bolshies and to one billion chinese close enough to hit with a rock.

[Eagles6]

Oh yeah! China could afford to lose a couple hundred million subjects. We can't.

[ClearBlueSky]

Only the one.

[shaggy eel]

,,, it would only take some madman from the Ukraine or somewhere to fence a [French made, of course] guidance system to them and organise the use of a satellite at some stage.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

And we could vaporize all life on the surface of their country.

[pawdoggie]

,,, semantics, I know, but are we talking about Guam or Hawaii or the continental US? There is speculation in the open press that the "2 stage missile" they're talking about could hit Hawaii, parts of Alaska, and possibly Washington state, if it is deployed (and works). The accuracy of these weapons is highly suspect. The real NK (retaliatory) strategy would probably be to hit major cities in South Korea and Japan, as well as some US Military bases.

[shaggy eel]

,,, hitting Japan would be logical and score the same points for them, I'm sure. The North and the South have old scores to settle with Japan.

[Fitzcarraldo]

I don't think they would fire it on a missile - they would float it into a harbor somewhere in a shipping container.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Nuke going off in a shipping container in Long Beach means we can't figure out who put it there.

[sushiman]

" hitting Japan would be logical and score the same points for them, I'm sure. The North and the South have old scores to settle with Japan."

Agreed ...unfortunately for me though I LIVE in Japan !

[shaggy eel]

,,, for a worthwhile sized warhead to make a real difference I thought it had to be detonated over a city - as in before it hit the ground. I don't know if that could all be staged in a 20' or 40' container... I'm deficient in knowledge at this point.

[shaggy eel]

,,, hopefully the Chinese will do something intelligent with Pyongyang's liability celebrity before it gets to that.

[shaggy eel]

,,, what would a North Korean thread be without this obligatory picture being tacked up?

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Of course she would be in support for the missile shield since it was her and her husband who sold the technology to China and North Korea to cover up their traitorous acts.

[Fitzcarraldo]

A blast over a city would cause more widespread destruction, but a harbor blast would render inoperable a major tool of commerce for years.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Remember in that movie with Harrison Ford ( I think, Seven days, Seven nights ) were the bad guys shot off their boat gun, and for some reason, the gun was pushed or moved to be pointing straight up, and when they shot the boat gun, the shell went straight up, and came straight back down on their own boat and heads.
Maybe the same thing will happen to ( Kim Gone ILL ) .