11-30-2017, 07:40 PM
(11-30-2017, 07:15 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Not to make light of the situation, but it is my understanding that they are a couple of years, at least, away from miniaturizing a nuclear device for use on such a missile. So even though I am safe in my knowledge that the largest nuclear weapon designed would still not reach me were it to detonate over Washington or Norfolk, the two closest high-priority targets to me, I'm still not concerned of the threat of a nuclear missile from DPRK hitting us. That being said, I know this is a big issue for all of those people on the Korean peninsula and the surrounding areas and I hope for a swift resolution because this can still result in countless deaths.
Not to mention producing enough of them and being able to get them past our pretty good missile defense systems.
It's more of the same, IMO. North Korea cannot be stupid/crazy enough to actually strike the US, or any other power really. Even they would have to know that it is assured destruction of their regime. Much like how the US cannot seriously consider striking at North Korea preemptively because of the assured destruction to the region.
So it's really just going to continue being a bunch of posturing, until the US realizes that we're simply going to have to deal with the PDRK as a nuclear power. The price of their disarmament would come at too high a price.
