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What would you do if North Korea was going to bomb teh USA and the alarm was out?

The Remote Islands
20-06-2006, 01:08
ME?

I'd be waiting for it because my life is actually a very worthless hamburger.

Oh yeah, you can be very humorus, too.

But state what you would be ACTUALLY doing please.
JuNii
20-06-2006, 01:10
ME?

I'd be waiting for it because my life is actually a very worthless hamburger.

Oh yeah, you can be very humorus, too.

But state what you would be ACTUALLY doing please.depends... where in the US. since I don't think North Korea has enough to cover each and every City.

If Hawaii was targetted... I would go back to bed.
Franberry
20-06-2006, 01:11
Go North Korea! Go Go!

I'd sit back and enjoy the show on the news

NK cannot attack the USA, their missiles, if they dont fall in the pacific, will be intercepted quickly. Then we all get to see North Korea get carpet bombed
The Black Forrest
20-06-2006, 01:12
Hmmm?

Unless they got some rather accurate guidance systems, I would probably go back to bed on the gamble.

The bomb shelters are pretty well gone now.
Not bad
20-06-2006, 01:13
Watch the news feeds for North Korean bombers being shot down
WangWee
20-06-2006, 01:13
ME?

I'd be waiting for it because my life is actually a very worthless hamburger.

Oh yeah, you can be very humorus, too.

But state what you would be ACTUALLY doing please.

I'd probably be at work, and then watch the news when I got home to see if they got bombed.
Peisandros
20-06-2006, 01:15
I dunno. Watch it unfold on the news like most other people..
JuNii
20-06-2006, 01:15
Go North Korea! Go Go!

I'd sit back and enjoy the show on the news

NK cannot attack the USA, their missiles, if they dont fall in the pacific, will be intercepted quickly. Then we all get to see North Korea get carpet bombed
Considering Hawaii is in the pacific... thanks, now instead of targetting Hawaii, we get bombed because their missle fell short... :D
The Black Forrest
20-06-2006, 01:17
Considering Hawaii is in the pacific... thanks, now instead of targetting Hawaii, we get bombed because their missle fell short... :D

But would you want a nuke going off around those volcanos? ;)
Mirkana
20-06-2006, 01:17
Well, if they nuke Seattle... I go up in a mushroom cloud.

If they nuke anywhere else in the US, I watch as South Korea becomes an island.
JuNii
20-06-2006, 01:18
But would you want a nuke going off around those volcanos? ;)
hey... we're Islands... a near miss would still be devistating.

infact, hitting the big island might cause enough of it to collapse... causing a mega tsunami that would wipe out the other islands.
The Black Forrest
20-06-2006, 01:18
Well, if they nuke Seattle... I go up in a mushroom cloud.

If they nuke anywhere else in the US, I watch as South Korea becomes an island.

But think of the tan!
Franberry
20-06-2006, 01:20
North Korea can nuke the USA

IF they can get through all the anti-missile systems

IF they can get through all the airplanes that will be sent to destroy it

IF their missiles dont fall in the pacific

IF their missiles have enough range

IF their missiles have good accuracy

so yeah, the USA is DOOMED!!!OMGF!
Franberry
20-06-2006, 01:21
North Korea can nuke the USA

IF they can get through all the anti-missile systems

IF they can get through all the airplanes that will be sent to destroy it

IF their missiles dont fall in the pacific

IF their missiles have enough range

IF their missiles have good accuracy

so yeah, the USA is DOOMED!!!OMGF!

Oh yeah,

AND IF they actually have nukes
Not bad
20-06-2006, 01:21
North Korea produces no aircraft. Its inventory, though large, consists of many aircraft manufactured using 1950s and 1960s Soviet or Chinese technology. However, in the 1980s the Soviet Union supplied some all-weather air defense and ground-attack aircraft.

Interceptor aircraft are an integral part of North Korea's air defense network, which includes surface-to-air missiles and many mobile and fixed antiaircraft guns. Interceptors fly combat air patrol missions to protect North Korean coastlines, military installations, and key urban areas. The MiG-23/FLOGGERs and MiG-29/FULCRUMs are the most modern interceptors in the inventory. However, the backbone of the Air Force remains the MiG-21. North Korea has 120 MiG-21/FISHBEDS and 60 MiG-19/FARMERS. The MiG-21s have 23-mm cannons and AA-2/ATOLL heat-seeking air-to-air missiles.


http://www.fas.org/irp/dia/product/knfms/knfms_chp5a.html#HDR4


They wouldnt fare well bombing the U.S.
Not even Hawaii
The Remote Islands
20-06-2006, 01:21
If they bombed Yellowstone, it would DEFINITELY set off the massive supervolcano beneath the ground, totaling all but the states that are far away. (Like Maine, Florida, Alaska, ETC.)

*shudders*

All the people that would die if that happened....ghjdgd............


*faints*
Wingarde
20-06-2006, 01:24
North Korea would never ever attack the US. Nevertheless, if we lived in a parallel universe where North Koreans are completely insane and said attack would take place, a nuclear counter-strike by part of the US would be a VERY BAD idea.
IL Ruffino
20-06-2006, 01:24
I'd drink alot of alcohol, smoke a joint, then go swimming.
The Remote Islands
20-06-2006, 01:25
hey... we're Islands... a near miss would still be devistating.

infact, hitting the big island might cause enough of it to collapse... causing a mega tsunami that would wipe out the other islands.
Oooh, wow.

*Waits for it to happen so I can see the megatsunami crash into small islands with SO MUCH FORCE, that the small islands actually LIQUIDIZE. And hopes JuNii and his family and relatives survive*
Deep Kimchi
20-06-2006, 01:25
Buy stock in Lockheed-Martin.
Franberry
20-06-2006, 01:25
If they bombed Yellowstone, it would DEFINITELY set off the massive supervolcano beneath the ground, totaling all but the states that are far away. (Like Maine, Florida, Alaska, ETC.)

*shudders*

All the people that would die if that happened....ghjdgd............


*faints*
hahahahaha

the only way the North Koreans could hit Yellowstone is if they aimed everywhere BUT Yellowstone
Eutrusca
20-06-2006, 01:26
ME?

I'd be waiting for it because my life is actually a very worthless hamburger.

Oh yeah, you can be very humorus, too.

But state what you would be ACTUALLY doing please.
I would immediately begin praying that the missle would hit Hollyweird. :D
Not bad
20-06-2006, 01:27
Buy stock in Lockheed-Martin.

Best response so far
The Black Forrest
20-06-2006, 01:28
Buy stock in Lockheed-Martin.

Already have it! :p
Franberry
20-06-2006, 01:29
Buy stock in Lockheed-Martin.
that one takes the cake
The Remote Islands
20-06-2006, 01:29
I'd drink alot of alcohol, smoke a joint, then go swimming.
YAY!!1 A POST FROM IL RUFFINO!!1 NO THREAD OF MINE IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A POST FROM IL RUFFINO!!!!11@2 ALL HAIL TEH UBERLEADER, IL RUFFINO!!!!!@@$3475$^&w00t!!


On-Topic: Well, that's very funny, considering something I don't know of.
Unrestrained Merrymaki
20-06-2006, 01:30
I would skip work and watch it on TV all day. Then the next day I would go back to work. It's a big country. In most places it will be a heavy news day and thats about it.
Myrmidonisia
20-06-2006, 02:07
ME?

I'd be waiting for it because my life is actually a very worthless hamburger.

Oh yeah, you can be very humorus, too.

But state what you would be ACTUALLY doing please.
Really? I'd be at my normal routine. At my desk Monday - Friday and on the water Saturday and Sunday. If L.A. or Seattle got nuked, I'd do just what I did after 911. Donate to the Red Cross and hope they didn't screw it up this time.

Pretty damned dull, huh?
Myrmidonisia
20-06-2006, 02:08
Buy stock in Lockheed-Martin.
Even L&M would crash after an attack like that. I'd wait a couple days until it hit bottom. But I think I'd buy Home Depot. Maybe Sysco, too. Someone has to get all that food to the Red Cross.
Franberry
20-06-2006, 02:11
IMPORTANT!

North Korea does not have the capibility to attack the USA

1) It probably dosent even have nukes
2) It's missiles prbly dont even have the range, or the accuracy
3) The USA has the capability to intercept the missiles, and will send everythign they got if they belive it is a nuke
4) If NK did that, they would be destroyed, as much as NK hates the USA, they wont sacrifice themselves to bomb ONE of their cities (and that is if they hit it, see above)

Japan or South Korea however, are probably well in range of North Korean missiles, and even if they dont carry nukes, a blast in desnly populated Japan could kill a bunch of people
Pantylvania
20-06-2006, 02:35
Yeah, the United States really can intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles. It only missed Iraq's slow lonely 1950's scud missiles on purpose in order to trick us into thinking it's defenseless. The proof is that the American government is obviously devious enough to allow Israeli civilians to die in order to give other countries a false sense of strength.
Gauthier
20-06-2006, 02:36
I would immediately begin praying that the missle would hit Hollyweird. :D

You'd pray that a North Korean missile would actually hit the Continental United States. So much for the myth of just CommieIslamofascistLiberals wanting the country to be attacked again.

:rolleyes:
Pantylvania
20-06-2006, 02:54
You'd pray that a North Korean missile would actually hit the Continental United States. So much for the myth of just CommieIslamofascistLiberals wanting the country to be attacked again.

:rolleyes:That ended when Bill O'Reilley said it's okay for terrorists to attack San Francisco.
Nadkor
20-06-2006, 02:56
I'd remind myself that I live in the UK and couldn't give a fuck.
Andaluciae
20-06-2006, 02:57
Watch the news feeds for North Korean bombers being shot down
The DPRK doesn't have any long range bombers, although they do have long range missiles, although those are very, very, very inaccurate and very vulnearble to American NMD Systems, and the Aegis Missiles on Cruisers in the area equipped with the new ABM guidance software and the SM-3.
Vetalia
20-06-2006, 02:58
Sit back and wait for North Korea to be pwned at Zerg rush speed.
Andaluciae
20-06-2006, 03:00
Yeah, the United States really can intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles. It only missed Iraq's slow lonely 1950's scud missiles on purpose in order to trick us into thinking it's defenseless. The proof is that the American government is obviously devious enough to allow Israeli civilians to die in order to give other countries a false sense of strength.

That was a decade and a half ago.
New Zero Seven
20-06-2006, 03:02
I'd be waiting for it because my life is actually a very worthless hamburger.


Well, I'd be an even worthless hamburger with extra mayo, cheese, and some nice portobello mushrooms! :)
Vetalia
20-06-2006, 03:02
That was a decade and a half ago.

Yes, with a new system that was only in its first generation of technology...the missle defenses today are exponentially better than the ones used during the Gulf War. It's like comparing a V2 and a cruise missle
JuNii
20-06-2006, 03:09
Oooh, wow.

*Waits for it to happen so I can see the megatsunami crash into small islands with SO MUCH FORCE, that the small islands actually LIQUIDIZE. And hopes JuNii and his family and relatives survive*Considering they found the crack that would indicate that a large portion of the big island is starting to break off...

you might be hearing of one in a couple dozen generations.

and while the islands won't Liquidize, there would be some major changes.
Empress_Suiko
20-06-2006, 03:27
Personally, I think it may do america some good. We tend to think we are untouchable and can do anything we want and never pay for it.
DesignatedMarksman
20-06-2006, 03:33
I'd throw my BOB, 5 rifles and ammo, SHTF food supplies, families, stored diesel/gas, dogs, and head on out to the family owned 2000 acres in Texas to live on until things die down and peace is restored. Set locks on all the gates, shoot anyone seen climbing over fences. Learn to appreciate the gamy taste of coyote& rice

Now if this happened while I was at school in pensacola, I'd be screwed three ways from sunday.
DesignatedMarksman
20-06-2006, 03:35
Personally, I think it may do america some good. We tend to think we are untouchable and can do anything we want and never pay for it.

We'll remind everyone why we will remain 'untouchable' by faxing pictures of pyongyang to every rogue gov't embassy. A quick reminder.
Vetalia
20-06-2006, 03:38
We'll remind everyone why we will remain 'untouchable' by faxing pictures of pyongyang to every rogue gov't embassy. A quick reminder.

Well, the place formerly known as Pyongyang...
The South Islands
20-06-2006, 03:39
We'll remind everyone why we will remain 'untouchable' by faxing pictures of pyongyang to every rogue gov't embassy. A quick reminder.

Only rogue governments? Why not send them to all?
Empress_Suiko
20-06-2006, 03:40
We'll remind everyone why we will remain 'untouchable' by faxing pictures of pyongyang to every rogue gov't embassy. A quick reminder.



And Osama can remind america why we are not untouchable by faxing pictures of 9/11 to Dubya and every news outlet. The USA is not untouchable and thinking you are will only get you hurt.
DesignatedMarksman
20-06-2006, 03:44
Well, the place formerly known as Pyongyang...

Exactly.

:D
The people here understand me. I feel so loved :fluffle:
Gauthier
20-06-2006, 03:50
Exactly.

:D
The people here understand me. I feel so loved :fluffle:

Jingo Bells, Jingo Bells,
Jingo all the way!
Oh what fun it is Pride,
On God's nation's gift to Sla-ay!
DesignatedMarksman
20-06-2006, 03:51
And Osama can remind america why we are not untouchable by faxing pictures of 9/11 to Dubya and every news outlet. The USA is not untouchable and thinking you are will only get you hurt.

So long as we keep our guard up we will remain untouchable....9/11 is what happens when things such as defense are put on the backburner.

Now, with a warhawk in office...:D

What has osama done to America since 9/11? Nothing. Lost tens of thousands of his own guys.....
Empress_Suiko
20-06-2006, 03:52
So long as we keep our guard up we will remain untouchable....9/11 is what happens when things such as defense are put on the backburner.

Now, with a warhawk in office...:D

What has osama done to America since 9/11? Nothing. Lost tens of thousands of his own guys.....


He has also killed tens of thousands of others worldwide. Iraq,Indonesia,UK,Spain?
Gauthier
20-06-2006, 03:56
So long as we keep our guard up we will remain untouchable....9/11 is what happens when things such as defense are put on the backburner.

You mean like how Bush is keeping our guards up by encouraging amnesty for illegals and doing jack shit about increasing security at the nation's ports?

Now, with a warhawk in office...:D

What has osama done to America since 9/11? Nothing. Lost tens of thousands of his own guys.....

Only a Bushevik would measure success in "The War on Terrror™" by how many attacks were launched on the continental United States. Go figure.
Gymoor Prime
20-06-2006, 03:57
o/` South America, here I come... o/`
Empress_Suiko
20-06-2006, 04:00
o/` South America, here I come... o/`


Asia here I come.
CanuckHeaven
20-06-2006, 04:04
ME?

I'd be waiting for it because my life is actually a very worthless hamburger.

Oh yeah, you can be very humorus, too.

But state what you would be ACTUALLY doing please.
Not going to happen. Next thread.
DesignatedMarksman
20-06-2006, 04:07
You mean like how Bush is keeping our guards up by encouraging amnesty for illegals and doing jack shit about increasing security at the nation's ports?



Only a Bushevik would measure success in "The War on Terrror™" by how many attacks were launched on the continental United States. Go figure.

Don't get me started on how pissed off I am AT Bush over sodomizing America with his lame Immigration plans :rolleyes: .

Bush is a pansy, to be honest, but he's a step in the right direction, and a far cry better than his predescessor and the 2 opponents in 00/04. Lesser of two evils, alas.
CanuckHeaven
20-06-2006, 04:19
So long as we keep our guard up we will remain untouchable....9/11 is what happens when things such as defense are put on the backburner.

Now, with a warhawk in office...:D
Problem is that Bush-ke-bob (The Lesser) got sidetracked in the WOT and invade Iraq by mistake. Ooops.

What has osama done to America since 9/11?

http://www.wasc.noaa.gov/wrso/images/hsas-elevated-ani.gif

http://www.seedsofdoubt.com/distressedamerican/images/graphics/misc%20old/Ashcroft%20Calvin%20Patriot%20act.jpg

Where is Osama????????
DesignatedMarksman
20-06-2006, 04:34
Problem is that Bush-ke-bob (The Lesser) got sidetracked in the WOT and invade Iraq by mistake. Ooops.



http://www.wasc.noaa.gov/wrso/images/hsas-elevated-ani.gif

http://www.seedsofdoubt.com/distressedamerican/images/graphics/misc%20old/Ashcroft%20Calvin%20Patriot%20act.jpg

Where is Osama????????

Hey hey hey, Is canuck! Stanley cup baby, Bunch of rednecks on Ice are eating edmonton!

First pic I am completely clueless about your point. Are you making fun of us for being prepared and ready? The second, well, still sort of clueless.
Muravyets
20-06-2006, 04:50
Hey hey hey, Is canuck! Stanley cup baby, Bunch of rednecks on Ice are eating edmonton!

First pic I am completely clueless about your point. Are you making fun of us for being prepared and ready? The second, well, still sort of clueless.
Son, you'll always be clueless. :rolleyes:
Gauthier
20-06-2006, 05:05
Son, you'll always be clueless. :rolleyes:

Having a clue would get one discharged from the 101st Fighting Keyboarders.
Daistallia 2104
20-06-2006, 05:09
Considering what would most likely proceed this event and where, I'd probably be floating around the jet-stream, glowing in the dark, by the time the warning got out to the general public in the US...
CanuckHeaven
20-06-2006, 05:12
Hey hey hey, Is canuck! Stanley cup baby, Bunch of rednecks on Ice are eating edmonton!
Ya mean the rednecks from Canada, like Stahl, Stillman, Brind'amour, Williams, Ward, Recchi? :p

First pic I am completely clueless about your point. Are you making fun of us for being prepared and ready?
Certainly not making fun of anyone being prepared, just pointing to the politics of fear that the BushCo use.

The second, well, still sort of clueless.
I do not believe that all your countrymen feel that way about their freedoms?

Do you really feel more secure since this so called war on terror began?
Muravyets
20-06-2006, 05:46
Having a clue would get one discharged from the 101st Fighting Keyboarders.
Oh, right, I forgot. There's no "clue" in "jingoist." :)
Dobbsworld
20-06-2006, 05:51
Well, if it were my country being bombed with nukes, I suppose I'd start laughing uncontrollably. That's what's happened the few times I've been in actual life-or-death situations. I don't know why, but there you have it. Laughing insanely 'til I go *poof*
Triad City
20-06-2006, 06:02
Your life is NOT worthless hamburger. Think about the brief period of anarchy after such an attack. Think about all the personal/political/religious enemies that are now wide open to your retaliation withour fear of apprehension.
Myotisinia
20-06-2006, 06:19
Think I'd drop just one neutron bomb in the middle of Pyongyang, tell the South Koreans to wait a few hours and then let them reunify Korea.

One almost hopes they'd be THAT stupid.
DesignatedMarksman
20-06-2006, 06:20
Ya mean the rednecks from Canada, like Stahl, Stillman, Brind'amour, Williams, Ward, Recchi? :p


Certainly not making fun of anyone being prepared, just pointing to the politics of fear that the BushCo use.


I do not believe that all your countrymen feel that way about their freedoms?

Do you really feel more secure since this so called war on terror began?

Yes, and no. I am happy that the trained professionals are out dealing with it, and all the (or most) are flocking to go after them, but yet at the sametime there is a resurgence of radical islam 9/11 brought on-the "Hey, we took out two of their most important financial buildings!" thought among the radical imams.

In the meantime I am praying for the troops and finishing college so I can enlist.
Pantylvania
20-06-2006, 06:26
That was a decade and a half ago.


Yes, with a new system that was only in its first generation of technology...the missle defenses today are exponentially better than the ones used during the Gulf War. It's like comparing a V2 and a cruise missle
Yes, and the United States had to go to even greater lengths three years ago by intentionally missing Iraq's missiles and hitting a British warplane instead. The loss of an airplane and the guy flying it were a small sacrifice to trick the world into thinking the United States' interceptor missiles still don't work. Fortunately, we were able to see through that trickery and can remain confident that the United States will shoot down North Korea's ballistic missiles. Unless The US decides to try to trick us again by letting North Korea's missiles hit their targets.
DesignatedMarksman
20-06-2006, 06:34
Yes, and the United States had to go to even greater lengths three years ago by intentionally missing Iraq's missiles and hitting a British warplane instead. The loss of an airplane and the guy flying it were a small sacrifice to trick the world into thinking the United States' interceptor missiles still don't work. Fortunately, we were able to see through that trickery and can remain confident that the United States will shoot down North Korea's ballistic missiles. Unless The US decides to try to trick us again by letting North Korea's missiles hit their targets.

Captain WTF called.
[NS]Fergi America
20-06-2006, 07:16
ME?

I'd be waiting for it because my life is actually a very worthless hamburger.

Oh yeah, you can be very humorus, too.

But state what you would be ACTUALLY doing please.
I'd be sleeping, and unless the thing landed close enough to wake (or kill/maim) me, I'd continue to sleep until the story was all over the place.

Then I'd wake up, log on here without watching any TV beforehand (as usual), and see an "OMG SOMECITY NUKED!!!" thread, which I wouldn't bother to read until 2 hours later because I'd think it was a joke.
Pantylvania
20-06-2006, 08:16
Captain WTF called.You would have to read the earlier posts. People kept claiming the United States can shoot down any missiles North Korea would send at us. Since the United States didn't shoot down Iraq's missiles in 1991 and actually ended up hitting an ally instead in 2003, either the US missed the easy targets on purpose or some Americans have a very false sense of security.
NeoThalia
20-06-2006, 08:33
Canuck:

The invasion of Iraq was not a mistake. There are a plethora of reasons for why it occurred, but none of them were mentioned on the news. Suffice it to say that what you think you know about Iraq (US land grab, Oil grab, Terrorism, Al-Queda) is all bulls**t.


Pantylvania:

The US laser anti-missile systems when deployed via ship and aircraft within several hundred miles of an enemy nation are accurate enough that nothing gets through. Period.

But beyond this interceptor missiles to my knowledge haven't been used since the early 90's when they fazed out the Talos Missile System. The Phalanx anti-missile system is a nifty little DU vulcan cannon with insanely good tracking capabilities, and the modern laser anti-missile systems are even better at their job.



My response and the US response will be dictated by what type of fire power NK tries to send our way. If it is a conventional strike (and NK somehow magically manages to hit a US holding, territory, or state), then I will do nothing and the US will probably resort to carpet bombing and then invading NK. If it is a nuclear strike (and the NK somehow magically manages to get a weapon any where near the US: even a nuclear blast in the waters near the US would be devastating), then I will pray that I am visiting my brother at Fort Stewart or else I am probably screwed living near LA. The US response to such an attack could only be described as catastrophic.


North Korea is only about 120,000 square miles, but its urban area is of considerably less area. The US would incinerate roughly 4,000 square miles worth of NK in probably 2 months time. North Korean missile systems and anti-aircraft measures would be utterly ineffective, and so NK is screwed.

The only question at that point is whether the US is out for genocide or are they willing to let NK get taken over by SK and China (which is pretty much what would happen after NK was reduced to having only rural and undeveloped land area). If it were just one nuke, then I think the US would be content to let SK and China absorb the remaining area since somebody has got to deal with the remaining population and land mass.


I'll let you know what Pyongyang would look like after the US got done with it. Stone and metallic structures would remain standing just fine. Flammable building materials would go up in smoke. All living things except a couple extremely high temperature tolerant bacteria would be dead (1k + temperatures tend to do this). But on the whole the buildings would remain, and any area which the US didn't wish to be affected wouldn't be. There might be a lot of dust to clean up, but a strong wind or a really big dust buster takes care of this.


Oh and just thought I would point out that I am not speaking of a nuclear attack. The US has other weapons at its disposal which rival nuclear weapons in capability; we just don't use them due to the political repurcussions and the immense cost involved.

NT
Wilgrove
20-06-2006, 08:34
What would I do? Probably be in the Phillipines drinking a beer with 5 beautiful filipina girls and laughing like a manic.
Francis Street
20-06-2006, 11:52
ME?

I'd be waiting for it because my life is actually a very worthless hamburger.

Oh yeah, you can be very humorus, too.

But state what you would be ACTUALLY doing please.
I would feel concerned.
Free shepmagans
20-06-2006, 12:11
Repent. Then be thankful that I live in a tiny town and watch the news, hoping the fallout wouldn't drift over me.
Cannot think of a name
20-06-2006, 13:00
Cross fingers. He can only reach California and I don't think would go for Hawaii. He's not going to hit SoCal becuase he's a big movie fan, so that leaves SF, right over the hill. As has been mentioned they have accuracy problems so that leaves Santa Cruz vulnerable-and the only way out of here is narrow mountain roads. If it swings wide of us, though, the mountains, where I live, is stock full of survivalists and places 'off the grid,' so we could weather the storm pretty well as long as it's not a radioactive one.
Zen Accords
20-06-2006, 13:07
Canuck:

The invasion of Iraq was not a mistake. There are a plethora of reasons for why it occurred, but none of them were mentioned on the news. Suffice it to say that what you think you know about Iraq (US land grab, Oil grab, Terrorism, Al-Queda) is all bulls**t.


No, this isn't sufficient. What other reasons were there for the invasion?
Cannot think of a name
20-06-2006, 13:10
No, this isn't sufficient. What other reasons were there for the invasion?
Does smack distastefully of "I have a secret plan to win the war" kind of thing. "There where better reasons, but we can't tell you..." Ha ha...no.
Neu Leonstein
20-06-2006, 13:11
But beyond this interceptor missiles to my knowledge haven't been used since the early 90's when they fazed out the Talos Missile System. The Phalanx anti-missile system is a nifty little DU vulcan cannon with insanely good tracking capabilities, and the modern laser anti-missile systems are even better at their job.
If you're gonna mention short-range last-resort type defences that are useless against ICBMs, then there are indeed a range of interceptor missiles.

There's the RAM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile) system, the MICA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBDA_MICA) missile can be used for that purpose by fighters and then there's still Patriots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_missile) and the Israeli Arrow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_missile) and Arrow II.

I would not trust the US to be able to defend themselves against ICBMs. They've been failing at developing a proper program for decades, and the Russians already have missiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topol-M) that couldn't give a shit if they're shot with a laser.

And me, if the DPRK attacked the US (Yay for Fox News and Military Spending!), I'd watch it on TV.
CanuckHeaven
20-06-2006, 20:31
Canuck:

The invasion of Iraq was not a mistake. There are a plethora of reasons for why it occurred, but none of them were mentioned on the news. Suffice it to say that what you think you know about Iraq (US land grab, Oil grab, Terrorism, Al-Queda) is all bulls**t.
The invasion of Iraq was a huge mistake and the bills are going to be paid well into in the future.

Perhaps you would like to explain the "plethora" of reasons why the invasion of Iraq occurred but "none of them were mentioned on the news".

Should be an interesting response. :p
Deep Kimchi
20-06-2006, 20:39
Well, I would hope that the North Korean missile was crap, and malfunctioned, and landed in Vancouver. With a nuclear warhead on it that was also crap (so no nuclear detonation, but everyone in Vancouver would have to change their underwear immediately).

Oh, and unless Canada has made some arrangement to be part of missile defense, I wouldn't use the limited number of US interceptor missiles if it looked like it was going to land in Canada. They can build their own missile defense.
The Remote Islands
20-06-2006, 20:42
Wow, this thread has GROWN since I last saw it!

Anyway, I would NOT worry, because their missiles can only reach California, and I live in Maine.
Deep Kimchi
20-06-2006, 20:44
In fact, it might be a better demonstration if the North Korean missile fell into the Northwest Territories, with a nuclear warhead on board, and actually detonated.

Low odds of civilian casualties, but it will make everyone take notice.
CanuckHeaven
20-06-2006, 20:52
Well, I would hope that the North Korean missile was crap, and malfunctioned, and landed in Vancouver. With a nuclear warhead on it that was also crap (so no nuclear detonation, but everyone in Vancouver would have to change their underwear immediately).

Oh, and unless Canada has made some arrangement to be part of missile defense, I wouldn't use the limited number of US interceptor missiles if it looked like it was going to land in Canada. They can build their own missile defense.
Another intelligent response from Deep Nukem' All Kimchi. :rolleyes:
Deep Kimchi
20-06-2006, 20:53
Another intelligent response from Deep Nukem' All Kimchi. :rolleyes:
Weren't you one of the people who argued that Canada doesn't need missile defense?
Dobbsworld
20-06-2006, 20:58
Weren't you one of the people who argued that Canada doesn't need missile defense?
The robot monkeys are coming for you, DK.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j315/crashcow/NSG/robot_monkeys.jpg
Deep Kimchi
20-06-2006, 21:01
The robot monkeys are coming for you, DK.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j315/crashcow/NSG/robot_monkeys.jpg

Fat chance!
http://www.digitalmonkeybox.com/zerwngcts.jpg
CanuckHeaven
21-06-2006, 05:16
Weren't you one of the people who argued that Canada doesn't need missile defense?
Wow!! Your wish list keeps getting longer and longer. You want to obliterate Afghanistan and North Korea, you want to sterilize ALL Muslims and now you want errant missles landing in Vancouver, just because Canada doesn't want to play in the new arms race.

You are one sick puppy. With all the great medical minds in America, I am sure that there are a few that could help you?
Barbaric Tribes
21-06-2006, 06:00
It'll just be funny to see N. Korea's pathetic attempt to defend itself against the US after they attempt such a thing, Now they real war will begin after China tweaks out like in the last Korean war and then..........shit hits the fan. world war three mo fo's! hell yeah! I cant wait, seriuosly, it'll be fun.
Andaluciae
21-06-2006, 06:22
"two chicks at once."

Taking that quote to new realms it's never visited before!
DesignatedMarksman
21-06-2006, 06:27
I guess I'd have a reason to go throw a torch on this pro-NK house in Dallas. Big red flag outside, picture of kim il sung.

Traitor...

:upyours:
NeoThalia
21-06-2006, 09:26
Sorry guys won't hijack the thread on a tangent like the Iraq war. I will however post a new thread for your perusal.

NT
Gauthier
21-06-2006, 09:44
I guess I'd have a reason to go throw a torch on this pro-NK house in Dallas. Big red flag outside, picture of kim il sung.

Traitor...

:upyours:

Just go ahead and do it if you're such a Real American™. I'll laugh if it makes the national news with your ass busted for arson.
Harlesburg
21-06-2006, 11:32
Me why i'd go straight on NS.:p