As a general principle, I agree with that. The only caveat is that Mr. Ronery is a bloody whackjob. That said, I'm not sure that his lieutenants would be nutty enough to go through with it even if he is. Insanity is not particularly infectious, though the 9mm brain hemorrhage is surprisingly virulent on occasion.
Even if they tried it wouldn't make it.
Agreed. As I said, our ABM capability is still pretty marginal in all likelihood, but it is not entirely flacid either. I am pretty damn sure we can splash a random 1960s era ICBM if we really needed to. I fully expect that we have Aegis assets sitting offshore that know a thing or two about ballistic missiles.
TOKYO - North Korea is unlikely to test-fire a long-range missile on Sunday despite reports that a launch is imminent, Jiji Press news agency said, quoting senior officials of Japan's Defence Agency.
"There won't be a launch today," one was quoted as saying without elaborating.
Defence Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga separately said the agency had not observed" any particular change" which would indicate an impending launch, Jiji reported.
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