SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Feb 12, 2013 8:56am
Yikes
Can we just wipe them off the planet? Before they do it to someone else
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/02/12/0200000000AEN20130212006200315.HTML
Can we just wipe them off the planet? Before they do it to someone else
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/02/12/0200000000AEN20130212006200315.HTML
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MontyBrunswick
Feb 12, 2013 8:58am
They'll accidentally do it to themselves before they do it to anyone else.
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Feb 12, 2013 9:03am
Perfect timing for Obama to talk about the U.S. making huge cuts in our nuclear arms tonight in the SOTU address.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 12, 2013 9:04am
The only ones they could do it to would be South Korea. And they aren't stupid enough to piss off their one major ally (China) to do it. Them getting into a major armed conflict with anyone would cut off their meal ticket pretty quickly and assure their destruction, their leaders know it.
SnotBubbles
Posts: 4,492
Feb 12, 2013 9:16am
What's an "artificial earthquake?"
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 12, 2013 9:19am
An earthquake caused by something man-made, rather than naturally-occurring earth movements.SnotBubbles;1387405 wrote:What's an "artificial earthquake?"
Like your mom falling down the stairs.
SnotBubbles
Posts: 4,492
Feb 12, 2013 9:23am
That seemed too obvious. Derp is me.gorocks99;1387407 wrote:An earthquake caused by something man-made, rather than naturally-occurring earth movements.
Like your mom falling down the stairs.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Feb 12, 2013 9:26am
I don't understand how that country as a whole has not crumbled yet.
ptown_trojans_1
Posts: 7,632
Feb 12, 2013 9:58am
We have over 5,000, cutting to 1,100 with some 500 in reserve is still enough.TedSheckler;1387396 wrote:Perfect timing for Obama to talk about the U.S. making huge cuts in our nuclear arms tonight in the SOTU address.
And obviously, what has been the policies the last 30 years hasn't worked.
The test was actually long forecast as satellites images caught the Norks preparing the shafts for a test. It was all a matter of when.
Looks like also it was a success of a smaller nuke, still no where near the size to put on a missile.
China.like_that;1387410 wrote:I don't understand how that country as a whole has not crumbled yet.
And the country falling apart would be one of the greatest humanitarian crisis in the last 50 years.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Feb 12, 2013 10:08am
I was thinking this same thing.dlazz;1387392 wrote:They'll accidentally do it to themselves before they do it to anyone else.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Feb 12, 2013 10:21am
This may be a stupid question, but how do they not nuke themselves when they do these tests? We did the tests way out in the desert and on Islands where nobody was around I think. Are they just doing them far enough under ground?ptown_trojans_1;1387434 wrote:The test was actually long forecast as satellites images caught the Norks preparing the shafts for a test.
ptown_trojans_1
Posts: 7,632
Feb 12, 2013 10:27am
Yeah, you bury it deep in the ground, and then design the mineshaft in the shape of a fishook.FatHobbit;1387459 wrote:This may be a stupid question, but how do they not nuke themselves when they do these tests? We did the tests way out in the desert and on Islands where nobody was around I think. Are they just doing them far enough under ground?
You then add in "blast doors" to help slow down the gas. You put enough of them up, and make the decision of the shaft in a way that does not allow gases to escape.
A nerdy article on the issue:
http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/contemplating-third-nuclear-test-north-korea
and a picture of what may be one of the test shafts:
We did back in the day when we moved testing underground after 1963.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Feb 12, 2013 11:18am
N. Korea falling apart would be one of the greatest humanatarian crisis in the last 50 years? Please explain.ptown_trojans_1;1387434 wrote:We have over 5,000, cutting to 1,100 with some 500 in reserve is still enough.
And obviously, what has been the policies the last 30 years hasn't worked.
The test was actually long forecast as satellites images caught the Norks preparing the shafts for a test. It was all a matter of when.
Looks like also it was a success of a smaller nuke, still no where near the size to put on a missile.
China.
And the country falling apart would be one of the greatest humanitarian crisis in the last 50 years.
ptown_trojans_1
Posts: 7,632
Feb 12, 2013 1:05pm
Millions in complete famine, the South and China would get millions of refuges. Millions could die as the regime falls. This would lead to instability in South Korea as well as in China, and would lead to both economies taking a massive hit.like_that;1387516 wrote:N. Korea falling apart would be one of the greatest humanatarian crisis in the last 50 years? Please explain.
As screwed up as things are now, things are "stable"
majorspark
Posts: 5,122
Feb 12, 2013 2:10pm
The Norks are already eating their young.
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Ghmothwdwhso
Posts: 534
Feb 12, 2013 11:48pm
You have to be kidding me???? WTF??? Do they allow 12 year olds on this forum? Now I can at least understand some of your political posts...............:laugh::laugh:SnotBubbles;1387408 wrote:That seemed too obvious. Derp is me.