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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
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supernovamaniac
United States3048 Posts
Also, North Korea won't die off easily. When the time comes (I think soon), they will try to go out with a final fight. | ||
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Nayl
Canada413 Posts
About manchuria...give it up..that's 2000 years ago. | ||
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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ComusLoM
Norway3547 Posts
This just seems so unfair to be quite honest. The good decent countries of the world seem almost powerless to retaliate to aggression because doing so will result in war. The problem is there is no right answer. Ignore it and NK is seen to be able to do whatever the hell it wants. But if you act on it, there's a chance of a full scale war the likes of which haven't been seen since Vietnam. | ||
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RandomAccount#49059
United States2140 Posts
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CursOr
United States6335 Posts
On May 20 2010 14:14 meegrean wrote: I don't like how North Korea can kill people and get away with it without any "real" punishment. This is seriously a fucked up country with nothing to lose. The US does it all the time... | ||
LosingID8
CA10835 Posts
On May 20 2010 14:22 stormtemplar wrote: Is north korea really as much of a threat? From what I hear they are weaker then ever and they were rebuffed in the korean war. one of the main problems is that they have a bunch of missiles and other powerful weapons within striking range of seoul | ||
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TuElite
Canada2123 Posts
On May 20 2010 14:22 stormtemplar wrote: Is north korea really as much of a threat? From what I hear they are weaker then ever and they were rebuffed in the korean war. Seoul is in NK's artillery reach so even though NK's army might not have stealth jet bombers or frigates and all that, simple artillery fire could kill countless innocent civilians. They also have a massive infantry. | ||
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RandomAccount#49059
United States2140 Posts
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Weasel-
Canada1556 Posts
On May 20 2010 14:27 stormtemplar wrote: Ah. That is a problem. And because we have no excuse to nuke them first, we cant do much. Are there any anti missile missiles? Sadly, I don't think the Point Defense Drone has been invented yet. | ||
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RandomAccount#49059
United States2140 Posts
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
Some people don't want to rock the boat of a tenuous peace - but others don't believe in delaying the inevitable and fear NK gets worse by the day. On May 20 2010 14:33 Weasel- wrote: Sadly, I don't think the Point Defense Drone has been invented yet. The American Defense Department has been working on this one for decades, although the funding tends to be lacking. Also, anti-ballistic missile technology is considered as upsetting to the balance of nuclear arms as the weapons themselves. Any power that can effectively negate ICBMs violates the doctrine of mutually assured destruction. | ||
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stumpster
United States67 Posts
On May 20 2010 14:33 Weasel- wrote: Sadly, I don't think the Point Defense Drone has been invented yet. There are things like the Patriot missile system, and the Phalanx designed specifically to shoot down incoming missiles, however there isn't any defense again old-fashioned 155mm artillery. EDIT: I take that back. Apparently, the US Army has been experimenting with land-based Phalanx systems called the Centurion, which has reportedly been successful in shooting down incoming mortar rounds. | ||
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TuElite
Canada2123 Posts
On May 20 2010 14:39 mmp wrote: Some people don't want to rock the boat of a tenuous peace - but others don't believe in delaying the inevitable and fear NK gets worse by the day. A possible solution might be to play the waiting game. NK is dealing with a huge starvation crisis since they flood a good percentage of their rice fields when they built some giant dam. The regular citizen has a hard time feeding himself decently. At some point, probably soon, the starvation crisis might reach a critical point where NK would collapse on itself. Only problem is that during this time they might try to obtain/produce more nuclear missiles. | ||
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Navi
5286 Posts
The best way this entire conflict could end would be NK eventually disintegrating... the problem is that the civilians there don't know how bad they have it. One NK refugee that I know that made it to SK told me that he knew that SK was more economically successful than NK, but that seeing Seoul completely smashed his expectations. We need to get an information leak over to them :/ | ||
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
On May 20 2010 14:54 TuElite wrote: A possible solution might be to play the waiting game. NK is dealing with a huge starvation crisis since they flood a good percentage of their rice fields when they built some giant dam. The regular citizen has a hard time feeding himself decently. At some point, probably soon, the starvation crisis might reach a critical point where NK would collapse on itself. Only problem is that during this time they might try to obtain/produce more nuclear missiles. The waiting game has been played for decades. Unfortunately people will suffer whether you wait or not. | ||
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furymonkey
New Zealand1587 Posts
On May 20 2010 14:54 TuElite wrote: A possible solution might be to play the waiting game. NK is dealing with a huge starvation crisis since they flood a good percentage of their rice fields when they built some giant dam. The regular citizen has a hard time feeding himself decently. At some point, probably soon, the starvation crisis might reach a critical point where NK would collapse on itself. Only problem is that during this time they might try to obtain/produce more nuclear missiles. Good theory, except North Korea is a military regime, and they have tight control of their civilians. When famine hits, the only thing that will happen is people will die, and nothing will change. As it already demonstrated in 1997. It would simply too inhumain and other country will start shipping food to them like all this time. | ||
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Wings
United States999 Posts
North Korea. What a fucked up dictatorship. Pursue nuclear weapons to gain world presence, threaten war with a neighboring country that is trying just to play SC in peace. Those bastards. In related news, I'm terrified about this transition of power from Kim Jong Il to one of his sons. If his son turns out to be even more delirious than his father... South Korea is in trouble. | ||
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Tankbusta
United States109 Posts
On May 20 2010 14:15 ComusLoM wrote: there's a chance of a full scale war the likes of which haven't been seen since Vietnam. What. I've tried not to get angry at this thread, but seriously, Vietnam was not a "full scale war." The Vietnam War can't be in any way compared to the current international tension happening right now. It would be like comparing the Falklands to the Spanish-American War. | ||
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