[TigerLikesRooster]

So missile defense folks want to be ready for challenge. We will see how well they do.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Spktyr]

Real simple - the NKers send up a missile on a "test", we shoot it down with our BMD systems as a "test".

[konaice]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department is weighing whether a decision to shoot down any suspected inbound North Korean missile should go all the way to the president, a top general told Congress on Wednesday.

Basically I would put it to the N.Koreans that any missile that leaves NK air space or looks as though it may will be targeted and destroyed with possible follow up attacks on the launch point UNLESS they tell us in advance, the exact time, trajectory and splash point of every launch weeks in advance.

This is what we do with the Russians, even for little sounding rockets used for atmospheric research in Alaska.

There is no reason the NKs should get special treatment.

Trust the area commanders, and let them do their job.

[Boundless]

> "We are working very hard with the secretary to lay
> down those rules and understand the risks associated
> with those very quick and timely decisions ...

This is either a ruse, or very disappointing news.

I would have expected the ROE to be nailed down as
soon as operations ABM assets were deployed or
identified (and there are at least four candidate
ABM systems that might be used against NK launches).
Some of these have been available for some time.

I'd further expect that the ROE includes pre-authorized
engagement of any launch that might be the least bit
threatening (like that one NK lobbed across Japan).

[TomasUSMC]

What is important is that instead of talking about what we will do to the NK missiles, what number of megatons we will dump on North Korea.

DETERRENCE

[PhilDragoo]

The U.S. Defense Department is weighing whether a decision to shoot down any suspected inbound North Korean missile should go all the way to the president, a top general told Congress on Wednesday.

This is a joke, right? They're going to be hand-wringing and buck-passing while megatons are incoming?

No, they need to fire at anything headed our way, then report the results--not waste a second seeking permission to fire.

Knock it down, then turn the peninsula north of the 38th parallel into a glass parking lot.

[SevenofNine]

My suggestion shoot it down SHEESH

BTW guys for the American on the board Target going start selling Kim Jong 11 masterpiece Team America in week of April 17 it being advertise right now at my local SO Cal Target store

[An.American.Expatriate]

Rules are simple:

1. Any unanounced lauch which leaves North Korean airspace - immediate destruction.

2. Any announced lauch which, due to trajectory, could pose a threat, immediate destruction.

Where is the problem??