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  • #31
    Originally posted by Stitch View Post
    Besides, you can BET that the US Air Force Global Strike Command has a few strategic assets already pre-programmed with the coordinates of North Korea's one or two launch facilities; we could have a couple of W87's headed for North Korea in a matter of minutes.
    Is NK still under Russia's nuclear umbrella? Was it ever? During the Soviet times?
    "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by gunnut View Post
      Is NK still under Russia's nuclear umbrella?
      Nope. China offered. The Kims declined.

      Originally posted by gunnut View Post
      Was it ever? During the Soviet times?
      In a roundabout way. Soviet forces in North Korea were protected by the Strategic Rocket Forces.
      Chimo

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      • #33
        Originally posted by gunnut View Post
        Is NK still under Russia's nuclear umbrella? Was it ever? During the Soviet times?
        I don't know a whole lot about OPLAN 8010-12, but I'm sure somewhere in there is a contingency for a nuclear option directed against a belligerent state; I'm assuming that would involve air, missile and submarine-launched nuclear options against an aggressor state like NK (although, come to think of it, a D5 might be a better option for NorK, since they have a really big ocean on their eastern border; shorter flight time and probably more accurate).

        Suspicion confirmed: according to FAS, "The base plan (OPLAN 8010) is thought to be directed against six potential adversaries: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, and WMD attacks by non-state actors."
        Last edited by Stitch; 12 Jan 16,, 05:20.
        "There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge

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        • #34
          Take this with a truck load of salt. At this point, I have zero trust in all non-classified expertise. Kristensen is a hack. In one year, he gone from 65 Pakistani nukes to 85 Pakistani nukes with zero explaination with the difference. I know the explaination, an open source congress reporting by a US Admiral with ZERO stating of Pakistani numbers.

          This freaking lot is still stating that North Korea can nuke LA with a 10kt SLBM when all evidence is that North Korea has met with test failures left, right, and centre.

          Other than absolutely verifiable numbers, I would not trust this lot to buy baby milk.

          For fuck sakes, they did us a favour by presenting a realistic picture of the Chinese nuclear arsenal, then, they proceeded to lie about the Israeli, Pakistani, Indian, and now North Korean nuclear arsenal ... especially when the last was presented with fucking facts!

          Armscontrolwonk, Dr Jefferies' blog, is extremely silent about the NK test - why?
          Chimo

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View Post
            Nope. China offered. The Kims declined.

            In a roundabout way. Soviet forces in North Korea were protected by the Strategic Rocket Forces.
            Ah, gotcha.
            "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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            • #36
              Meanwhile...

              North Korea faked missile test footage: U.S. experts

              Footage released last week by North Korea purporting to show the firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) appears to be fake, according to studies by U.S. experts.

              In defiance of a U.N. ban, North Korea has said it has ballistic missile technology which would allow it to launch a nuclear warhead from a submarine, though analysis of North Korean state media images casts doubt on the claim.

              North Korea released the submarine launch footage after it separately conducted a fourth nuclear weapons test last Wednesday.

              North Korean state television aired footage on Friday of the submarine test said to have taken place in December. Unlike a previous SLBM test in May, it was not announced at the time.

              South Korea's military said on Saturday North Korea appeared to have modified the video and edited it with Scud missile footage from 2014 although an official told Reuters the ejection technology might have improved since the May test.

              An analysis by the California-based James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) shows two frames of video from state media where flames engulf the missile and small parts of its body break away.

              "The rocket ejected, began to light, and then failed catastrophically," Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute's CNS, said in an email. "North Korea used heavy video editing to cover over this fact."

              Hanham said North Korea state media used different camera angles and editing to make it appear the launch was several continuous launches, when in fact it was a single event.

              North Korean propagandists used rudimentary editing techniques to crop and flip old video footage of an earlier SLBM test and Scud missile launch, the CNS study showed.

              In an analysis on the 38 North monitoring website, John Schilling, an aerospace engineer who is a specialist in satellite and launch vehicle propulsion systems, said it appeared from the video that the launch was conducted from a submerged barge rather than a submarine.

              "The failed launch, combined with testing from a barge shows that North Korea still has a long way to go to develop this system," he said. "An initial operational capability of a North Korean ballistic-missile submarine is not expected before 2020."

              North Korea's claim that its most recent nuclear test was of a more advanced and powerful hydrogen bomb drew skepticism from the U.S. government and experts. It remains unclear if North Korea has developed a nuclear device small enough to mount on a missile.

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              • #37
                So making the (very) big assumption they now have a workable bomb whats the delivery system UPS?
                If you are emotionally invested in 'believing' something is true you have lost the ability to tell if it is true.

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                • #38
                  "The failed launch, combined with testing from a barge shows that North Korea still has a long way to go to develop this system," he said. "An initial operational capability of a North Korean ballistic-missile submarine is not expected before 2020."

                  Is anybody else disturbed by the incompatibility of these comments with one another? How can "...a long way to go..." reconcile with "...before 2020..."?

                  This expert might easily have said,

                  "We expect a N. Korean SLBM IOC as early as 2020."

                  That would be a very serious concern.
                  "This aggression will not stand, man!" Jeff Lebowski
                  "The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." Lester Bangs

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by S2 View Post
                    "The failed launch, combined with testing from a barge shows that North Korea still has a long way to go to develop this system," he said. "An initial operational capability of a North Korean ballistic-missile submarine is not expected before 2020."

                    Is anybody else disturbed by the incompatibility of these comments with one another? How can "...a long way to go..." reconcile with "...before 2020..."?

                    This expert might easily have said,

                    "We expect a N. Korean SLBM IOC as early as 2020."

                    That would be a very serious concern.
                    I think a long way to go has been modified in the internet age. It now means well after the next cat meme or certainly after the next election cycle.

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                    • #40
                      Another high profile execution in North Korea, the Army Chief of Staff. I would assume if is for something other than what the terse report says?

                      (CNN)General Ri Yong-gil, chief of the North Korean Army's general staff has been executed for "factionalism, misuse of authority and corruption," a South Korean government official tells CNN.

                      The official would not elaborate on any other details, including when the execution took place.

                      Developing story - more to come
                      http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/10/asia/n...ted/index.html

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                      • #41
                        North Korea 'has miniature nuclear warhead', says Kim Jong-un

                        http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35760797

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                        • #42
                          So here's a question, what if the US killed Kim Jong Un. Decapitation strike, shot down his airplane, Hellfire from a drone, what ever. Kills him and just him. What happens next?

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                          • #43
                            Why would US do it?
                            No such thing as a good tax - Churchill

                            To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by citanon View Post
                              So here's a question, what if the US killed Kim Jong Un. Decapitation strike, shot down his airplane, Hellfire from a drone, what ever. Kills him and just him. What happens next?
                              Any hope of future talks or diplomatic progress would die with Kim Jong Un, and either Kim Jong Chul or Kim Jong Nam take over the NK dynasty to continue business as usual.

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by SteveDaPirate View Post
                                Any hope of future talks or diplomatic progress would die with Kim Jong Un, and either Kim Jong Chul or Kim Jong Nam take over the NK dynasty to continue business as usual.
                                Steve you are not ruthless enough in your reasoning, as a result you got the answer backwards.

                                The chief danger from successfully killing Kim is a collapse of the regime. if the regime does not collapse the results will be largely positive.

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