US Successfully Tests US Missile Intercept System

[Benton]

(08-01-2017, 09:06 AM)Au165 Wrote: This is kind of my point though. We do "hostile acts" all the time by doing the military exercises. It is against International law for them to be launching the missiles however it is still allowed to continue. If we can shoot down the next one going in the direction of Japan we can flex a bit. If we can actually do it, we should actually do it. If North Korea thinks they can flex by shooting them....but then they can't anymore, it could crush the country's morale.

To the bold, there's not much that's going to happen to them outside of sanctions. It's not against their law to conduct tests. 

If we shoot something down in Japanese airspace that's very different from shooting something down in international airspace. But, as I said, you still run the risk of missing and losing that game of chicken. 

Right now, the North is firing off empty rockets. They aren't believed to have the capabilities to put a nuclear payload on those ICBMs, so they're basically waving a limp **** around talking about how awesome it will be someday if they can get it up. If we try to hit that limp **** and miss, it's going to slap us in the face. If we learned anything from the Bay of Pigs it was: don't get hit with a limp **** in the face. Because that will greatly improve the morale of the **** slapper. 

Best thing we can do is let them continue to go bankrupt firing off limp **** missiles in their one man Cold War reenactment. When their people get hungry enough they will either take actions against a neighbor — causing the international community to intervene — or the people will force a change on the government.