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2004-03-17 China-Japan-Koreas

Wargame simulates North Korean missile launch on US

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Posted by Dar 2004-03-17 12:45:23 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Population size, voting trends..... Hmmmmm. What if it was a choice between Anchorage and Seattle... now wouldn't that be a fun choice.

If I were a Donk I'd be voting for many, many more inteceptors.

:)

Posted by Shipman 2004-3-17 1:24:05 PM|| 2004-3-17 1:24:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 A missile fired from North Korea could reach the northwestern United States in 25 to 30 minutes.

A retaiatory strike from our boomers in the S. China sea would reach Pyongyang in about 10 minutes. The ROK and the PRC then go absolutely apeshit, for different reasons. Japan looks nervous. Which way is the wind blowing?

Posted by mojo 2004-3-17 1:45:04 PM|| 2004-3-17 1:45:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 More from WaPo: In the scenario prepared for the journalists, a fictitious nation of Midland, in the Sea of Japan and angry at the United States, fired all six of its missiles. The tensest moment came when two interceptors were in the air against two remaining missiles -- one headed toward Boise, the other toward Anchorage.

Midland? The Chinese name for itself, zhongguo, stands for Central Country (usually translated as Middle Kingdom). I bet the name selected wasn't entirely random.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-3-17 1:49:20 PM|| 2004-3-17 1:49:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 hope they get this ABM gear in place as soon as possible. need to keep 3 or 4 Ohio subs lurking off kimmies coast line in case he does the stupid thing and kick off.

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-3-17 1:59:08 PM|| 2004-3-17 1:59:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Sir! They've targeted San Francisco! Should we fire?"

"Sir?"

"Sir?"

Posted by BH 2004-3-17 2:12:45 PM|| 2004-3-17 2:12:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 All this anti-missile defense would be of no use against a ship bomb, all Kim has to do is get one of his devices in a US-bound shipping container, to take out of of our ports. I think that's just a matter of time.

Posted by Tresho 2004-3-17 7:34:34 PM|| 2004-3-17 7:34:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 All this anti-missile defense would be of no use against a ship bomb, all Kim has to do is get one of his devices in a US-bound shipping container, to take out of of our ports. I think that's just a matter of time.

It's more difficult than it sounds - everything coming out of North Korea is closely tracked. And ships move slowly - very slowly. With missiles, he can launch a simultaneous attack on multiple targets involving dozens of missiles. Hard to synchronize all that with ships - after the first detonation, you'd get a complete lockdown in all ports, as occurred with airports after 9/11.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-3-17 8:46:03 PM|| 2004-3-17 8:46:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 One detonation would probably be more than enough.

Posted by Tresho 2004-3-17 9:40:51 PM|| 2004-3-17 9:40:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 So.....how's that Airborne Laser project doing? Better to knock 'em down as they are going up, than trying to hit them as they are coming down.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-17 10:22:38 PM|| 2004-3-17 10:22:38 PM|| Front Page Top

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