An unarmed missile test while provocative should likely not be shot down lease it provoke Kim into all out war. An artillery and missile attack on Seoul would be a likely result and quickly escalate to an all out war. An armed missile launch would be another matter.
RE: An artillery and missile attack on Seoul would be a likely result and quickly escalate to an all out war. An armed missile launch would be another matter.
Can we know whether it is armed or not?
Kims the moving party here, playing at war. What’s changed is leaders have determined he needs to stop one way or another , and dismantle his nuclear ambitions. Thats it.
PS Atlas launch is up from the Cape!
I wonder though, does firing a missile towards a country constitute an act of war?
In other words, would Japan be justified in retaliating against the DPRK after a successful missile test in the Sea of Japan?
Thing is, Kim knows that if he DOES order a strike on Seoul, he’s done and either China or USA will be in control of NK within days (if not hours).
I’m betting on this being a time for using “deniable weapons” like X-ray lasers (burn damage to missile in-flight destroys missile with no “launch signature” or other evidence of whodunit), “rod of God” (pure kinetic impact dropped from space, minimal radar signature and no launch signature, no surviving debris), cyber attacks (deliberate software malfunctions, little/no evidence of origin), etc.
Along with Kim’s antics going pear-shaped with alarming regularity, the huge buildup of troops nearby is huge psychological warfare. Major hope is someone high up will decide to off Kim personally rather than have a lunatic drive the nation to war.
Popcorn?
“An armed missile launch would be another matter.”
How would you tell the difference?
“An artillery and missile attack on Seoul would be a likely result and quickly escalate to an all out war. “
Perfect.
Shoot it down and put the ball in Fat Kim’s court.
He doesn’t have the courage to commit suicide.
“An unarmed missile test while provocative should likely not be shot down lease it provoke Kim into all out war. An artillery and missile attack on Seoul would be a likely result and quickly escalate to an all out war. An armed missile launch would be another matter”
More limp-waisted handwringing please.....(that would leave the globalist-engineered stalemate in place)
President Trump: Please do not listen to the globalist advisers you’ve foolishly brought into you Administration.
“An unarmed missile test while provocative should likely not be shot down lease it provoke Kim into”
I totally disagree - it is an excellent idea. We want to stop development and testing. We should not care whether there is a dead weight or a warhead in the front. Once he has the missile technology it would be trivial to replace it with a war head. Shooting down a missile stops development. If he gets upset - fine. Also shooting down the missile should not be seen as provocative by the Chinese. If it is then they are not serious about stopping him.