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Mattis hints at secret 'kinetic' military options for North Korea
Business Insider ^

Posted on 09/19/2017 8:15:36 PM PDT by JP1201

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted that the United States still had military options left for dealing with North Korea, but did not elaborate when asked for details Monday.

Most experts think a military strike on North Korea would invite a devastating response from Pyongyang. The city of Seoul, South Korea, home to 25 million, is well within artillery range of the North, which would most likely use conventional artillery munitions and chemical weapons.

But according to Mattis, the Pentagon has a few tricks up its sleeve that wouldn't involve the decimation of Seoul.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armchair; clucking; korea; mattis; mattisnk; nknukes; nkoutofcontrol; noko; northkorea; secdefmattis; secret; specialops; speculation; trump; trumpasia; trumpnk
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To: oldasrocks; Fungi
Take a look at a map of the region. Seoul and Beijing are right next to North Korea. We are not going to use nuclear weapons when the fall out will affect South Korea or China. We have had 60 years to prepare conventional forces for this.

Mattis has so many assets between the US and ROK alone, the North won't know what hit them.

41 posted on 09/19/2017 9:04:49 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: PghBaldy

As I understand it, Kim has been taught from birth that he is a god, can do no wrong and cannot make a mistake. So nothing actually scares or worries him. He thinks he is invincible. So when he finally has his ducks in a row, nothing will stop him from launching.


42 posted on 09/19/2017 9:14:45 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Read: Psalm 145. The whole psalm.....aloud; as praise to our God.)
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To: Parley Baer

Soap?


43 posted on 09/19/2017 9:18:40 PM PDT by datricker (The wall will protect the border and be a symbol the voters do have a say in their government.)
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To: JP1201

The artillery is in tunnels. Rockslide the doors and drop a crap load of MK82s with mine fuzes in front of all the tunnels. NK to NK: “I ain’t going out there!”


44 posted on 09/19/2017 9:24:42 PM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: smokingfrog

Both are correct in a way.

“The population of Seoul in 2016 is estimated at 10.29 million, although this is just the population of the Special City, which has a density of about 17,000 people per square kilometer (45,000/square mile). The sprawling metropolitan area is much larger at 25.6 million.”


45 posted on 09/19/2017 9:34:50 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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To: JP1201

How about a big swarm of radioactive bees? I’ve always liked that option.


46 posted on 09/19/2017 9:43:15 PM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: IndispensableDestiny

Kinetic means action involving lethal force. That’s all.


Not really. Kinetic energy is defined as energy from motion.

Lethal or otherwise has nothing to do with it.

Project Thor also known as Rods from God are kinetic weapons. Their destructive force is derived only from their weight and the speed of their impact.


47 posted on 09/19/2017 9:48:12 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: Fungi
Neutron bomb.

Exactly what I was thinking.

48 posted on 09/19/2017 9:52:05 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (https://imgoat.com/uploads/645920e395/39513.gif)
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To: Widget Jr

Do you know what a neutron bomb is—before you look it up?


49 posted on 09/19/2017 9:55:07 PM PDT by Fungi (90 percent of all soil biomass is a fungus. Fungi rule the world.)
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To: Fungi

It’s the perfect capitalist weapon. Clear out the scum without damaging the real estate.


50 posted on 09/19/2017 9:58:47 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: chaosagent

Thanks for the link. ;^)


51 posted on 09/19/2017 10:04:10 PM PDT by Snowybear
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To: taterjay

> > > HAHA! Trump hit it on the head mentioning socialism and Venezuela today.
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POLL: Why is the once thriving nation of Venezuela on the brink of total collapse?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3587153/posts


52 posted on 09/19/2017 10:05:43 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (https://imgoat.com/uploads/645920e395/39513.gif)
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To: JP1201

Can you see it coming? Leaks for any pre-emtive military action. Wait.


53 posted on 09/19/2017 10:09:30 PM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: oldasrocks

Don’t need a nuke, just the RODS OF GOD.
A 36 inch diameter tungsten steel rod with a simple guidance system dropped from orbit.
No fallout, just a hell of a big hole.


54 posted on 09/19/2017 10:20:04 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: JP1201

They need to destroy those two goddamned (nuclear armed?) satellites NK has up in space, that 0dunga allowed to go up and park right above us.


55 posted on 09/19/2017 10:29:27 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (Keep Your Friends Close And Enemies Closer? That's what the left is doing with TRUMP!!!)
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To: DoughtyOne

The Chicoms will not be calling the shots. If we have to go in we will be calling the shots and reunification will be the rule of the day. The Chicoms blew it this time. They went too far and they will no longer be allowed their proxy attack dog.


56 posted on 09/19/2017 11:01:34 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: Parley Baer
We need the neutron bomb we no longer have in our arsenal. It has little Fallout and would kill those north of the dmz that man the most formidable concentration of conventional artillery forces that would devestate Seoule.

If we must go to war. Kill them before they can kill us

57 posted on 09/19/2017 11:03:57 PM PDT by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud-man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, CONSTITUTION WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: Afterguard

That’s what I was thinking....


58 posted on 09/19/2017 11:11:57 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe

There is no neutron bomb. Thank Carter.


59 posted on 09/19/2017 11:23:01 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: bigbob

No light on the interior, yet they have the border lit af.


60 posted on 09/19/2017 11:23:05 PM PDT by ALASKA (Watching a coup..........)
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