So, arm chair generals, what happens now? North Korea launched another one and this one actually flew. Anything?

I don't mean "arm chair generals" in a derogatory sense. I'm one.

Short of a preemptive surgical strike (which seems not to be possible) I''m short of options,ask the Japanese the missile was fired at them.The North seems to want to do the jackboot strut while their people starve,when will sanity return? Oh thats right,,it never arrived,its MIA

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bookerdana · M

*Use super-secret "peaceful use super secret rocket* at that Reactionary craft! Pastry War alert!😂

puck61

@bookerdana: I'll too old to be a twinkie any way! I was CLQB when I was younger, but it only came in handy when I was hitchhiking, and things could get a little awkward/

bookerdana · M

Go to DEFCON..PINK?? WTH,thats taking the Day of Pink thing wayyyy too far,it's embarrassing! How can we war with all this PINK? DAYUM!

Is that the Urban dictionary definition? Man...sometimes I feel ig'orant!

questionWeaver

This launch was a direct threat message to China.

Interesting.

The missile distance was the exact same distance as from the launch site to Bejing ... just 180 degrees away.

It was a clear Heisman to President XI

AliceinWonderland · F

i'm afraid my state would be first to get it because we're next to the ocean :( or are they threatening to bomb a nearby country?

puck61

@AliceinWonderland: Well, I think they just want economic aid. This is Un's way of saying "Help me~"

UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M

Hopefully cooler heads prevail and nothing becomes of it. Keep the little country placated until nuclear weapons don't matter any more in about 10 years or so.

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puck61

@UndeadPrivateer: Wouldn't it be too tempting for some bad actor to add depleted uranium to the HVI;s?

UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M

@puck61: Depleted uranium isn't very radioactive or anything, it's just really dense. Very similar to lead in density but a bit harder, hence its use in penetrator rounds. There's enough radioactivity to be dangerous to a handful of proximal individuals should they breathe in the dust of the vaporized munition but nothing like an atomic bomb. Though it really seems like that would be counter to the purpose of the impactor design, you don't want them overly heavy or else their acceleration slows down and thus they're slower and need more fuel which means more fueling time or more power for some kind of powered delivery system like a mass driver(AKA a railgun), which is then easier to detect and thus easier to counter. It becomes a race of speed at that point rather than lethality.

By the by, the name of the US Defense program is "Prompt Global Strike," if you're so inclined to research it. Very interesting stuff. There's been several tests of various platforms that have been shown to the media, though the larger scale of it is of course top secret.

puck61

@UndeadPrivateer: DU came to mind because of it's density, and the residual effect in Iraq has been tragic. Anyway, thanks for the info. I'm definitely going to read up on it. 👍🏽