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Attack on North Korea Betting Pool
AmericanInTokyo ^
| 26 December 2002
| AmericanInTokyo
Posted on 12/26/2002 1:17:13 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
It seems like an attack on North Korea could come in the next year or so.
Place your bet as to when the attack will begin.
Whoever gets closest to the date and time wins.
Attack time must be specified in Month, Day, and Year
For specifying any hour, don't forget to specify what time zone you are referring to.
There is no decision on a prize to be awarded yet except for bragging rights.
(with thanks to Freeper Momaw Nadon).
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KEYWORDS: attack; axis; kumchangri; mtchonma; next; nkorea; northkorea; nukes; pyongyang; taechon; usa; yangbyon
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To: r9etb
What worries me is a pre-emptive strike by NK. A small nuke detonated of the coast of Japan near a US military base for example could seriously hamper a US response.
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posted on
12/26/2002 6:10:24 PM PST
by
garbanzo
To: section9
An attack on North Korea...would not be overwhelmingly successful....There are places that JDAM's simply could not reach. ...His "demands" are part of a shakedown operation. He thinks he can scream and shake his fist and that Bush will react just as Clinton did. Kim doesn't know who he's dealing with.
I think you are pretty well on the mark here...question is, when Kim's demands don't get the reaction he desires, will he up the ante?
42
posted on
12/26/2002 6:51:17 PM PST
by
Amelia
To: garbanzo
What worries me is a pre-emptive strike by NK. A small nuke detonated of the coast of Japan near a US military base for example could seriously hamper a US response. On the contrary: NK detonating a nuke of any size in such a threatening manner would justify and provoke a massive response.
43
posted on
12/26/2002 6:57:29 PM PST
by
r9etb
To: AmericanInTokyo
I think we'll let China know that we'd have no objection to them annexing North Korea after whatever action they feel is necessary. As long as they move in the next year or so.
44
posted on
12/26/2002 6:58:20 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: Destro; AmericanInTokyo
Its easy. Iraq does not have any nukes yet so we will threaten to attack it, pressure it with war talk, humiliate its leadership and attack it at will. North Korea has nukes and WMD and therefore we we will NEVER threaten to attack it, NEVER pressure it with war talk, NEVER humiliate its leadership and WILL NOT attack it at will. We will even allow it to finish deliveries on scud missiles we seize on the high seas to Yemen.
Ding! Ding! Ding! There's your winner!
What does he win!
To: AmericanInTokyo
21 April 2003
0200 local.
Meega, Nala Kweesta!!!
To: r9etb
It would but the question is how long would such a response take and how much are our hands tied? One of the biggest problems with a nuclear response is having years of fallout drift to the south and to Japan. A large preemptive attack could potentially allow the North enough time to make a serious attack on the South before an effective US (conventional) response. The South could collapse before we are ready for a counterattack.
47
posted on
12/26/2002 7:06:27 PM PST
by
garbanzo
To: section9
I believe, Chris, we have all coordinates and information on most if not all DPRK ballistic launch facilities, both on the North Korean West Coast for Nodong missiles, as well as in the central south (near Pyonggang, across from Chorlwon/DMZ) for Taepodong 1-2, as well as East Coast such as the mount complexes of Hwadae Province south of Chongjin for additional launch sites. I believe bunker busters would cripple their launch capabilities, both surface and underground. And I believe as you do that they have some pretty impressive underground assembly, stage mating and command/control facilities underground and under mountains.
What's the alternative to waiting?
You also realize we can paralyze their internal command system nationwide with power outages as well as keen electronic warfare to freeze systems in place.
To: AmericanInTokyo; Poohbah; section9; Long Cut
Hmm...
August 1, 2003 - 0130 Yongbyong time.
49
posted on
12/27/2002 5:49:20 AM PST
by
hchutch
To: garbanzo
It would but the question is how long would such a response take and how much are our hands tied?Response time equals flight time of a Trident missile from a SSBN patrol station to Pyongang.
50
posted on
12/27/2002 5:58:57 AM PST
by
Poohbah
To: Destro
You hit the nail on the head.
It should be noted, though, that the U.S. has taken a hands-off approach to North Korea primarily because South Korea has asked us to. The U.S. would gladly intervene with strong military action and destroy North Korea as we know it, but nobody in Seoul is going to be around to care very much.
To: AmericanInTokyo
April 28th 2003
52
posted on
12/27/2002 12:01:28 PM PST
by
Kennesaw
To: AmericanInTokyo
I don't think we will unless and only unless there is a preemptive strike by the NK's. Now considering they have a madman for a "leader," and I use that term loosely, I think we've got to watch things closely. How long will it take for NK to extract enough plutonium to do something with?
53
posted on
12/27/2002 12:06:58 PM PST
by
mhking
To: mhking
about 1-2 months to extract
To: Kennesaw
Glad to see that the thread is still going (but not glad to see what Pyongyang is trying to pull off).
To: AmericanInTokyo
September 25th 2003 @6pm GMT
To: widgysoft
Bump Ping, BTTT
To: Kennesaw
Heads up!
To: copycat
Heads up on a slow moving thread on a hot moving topic!
To: AmericanInTokyo
I'll bet you a chihuahua dinner that we nuke 'em....
60
posted on
01/06/2003 3:35:26 PM PST
by
tracer
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