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2006-07-07 China-Japan-Koreas
Taepodong-2 aimed at area off Hawaii (?)
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Posted by Steve White 2006-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Note to Kimmy: don't fukcy with Don Ho tiny bubbles
Posted by Captain America 2006-07-07 01:25||   2006-07-07 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 PRAVDA.ru reports that the Taepodong landed within Russia's offshore 200-mile economic zone. In any case, Hawaii = Guam-Micronesia in that the Chicoms need to control same iff they ever hope to take over 1/2-plus of CONUS-NORAM for "living space". MORE EVIDENCIA AS TO WHY ANY US DEFEAT OR FAILURE IN THE WOT WILL BE INTERPRETED BY AMER'S ENEMIES AS A DE FACTO DECLINE IN US GEOPOL-GLOBAL POWER AND INFLUENCE, INEVITABLY RESULTING IN COMMIE OR ENEMY ARMIES IN AMER BACKYARDS + DOWN MAINSTREET, ANYTOWN, MAINSTREAM USA. The Chicom defense white paper > NORAM/ALCAN/CANUSA/CONUS is future Chicom = Chinese territory. Rest assured the Commies will make no distinction between US Leftie, US Rightie, andor US Moderate-Centrist-Independen, etal. when time comes to gulag or exterminate 200 Milyuhn-plus of 300 Milyuhn Americans - mere Fascist Authoritarian Socialist Amerikkkans.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-07-07 03:19||   2006-07-07 03:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Forgot to mention that TAIWAN is also dev and testing? one of its own missles aimed for use against China.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-07-07 04:08||   2006-07-07 04:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Taiwan may well be worried about us doing nothing.
Posted by grb 2006-07-07 04:12||   2006-07-07 04:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds like we need an ABM site on Oahu.
Posted by Mike 2006-07-07 07:21||   2006-07-07 07:21|| Front Page Top

#6 The neat part is we are still at war under a UN mandate. What would it take to make things hot again?
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-07 07:48||   2006-07-07 07:48|| Front Page Top

#7 As was mentioned yesterday, a launch toward Hawaii is natural if they are trying to place a satellite into orbit.
Posted by ed 2006-07-07 08:47||   2006-07-07 08:47|| Front Page Top

#8 A ballistic track toward Hawaii would be considered a threat and justify a shootdown.
Posted by Steve">Steve  2006-07-07 08:48||   2006-07-07 08:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Taiwan may well be worried about us doing nothing.

It's also nice to have an independent actor in the mix for diplomatic purposes. "Gosh, Jintao, I'd like to help you out here, but we can't control what Taiwan does. Heck, we don't even have diplomatic relations with them, you know that."
Posted by Mike 2006-07-07 08:50||   2006-07-07 08:50|| Front Page Top

#10 If the NKors don't preannounce launches and intentions, and rigorously follows the announce trajectory, then any launch should be shot down at our discretion.
Posted by ed 2006-07-07 08:59||   2006-07-07 08:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Taiwan is certain of US intervention. Why else would they not even have one full loadout of air-air missiles for their fighters?
Posted by ed 2006-07-07 09:02||   2006-07-07 09:02|| Front Page Top

#12 Steve you're closer to the truth than you might think.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-07-07 09:21||   2006-07-07 09:21|| Front Page Top

#13  A ballistic track toward Hawaii would be considered a threat and justify a shootdown.

A ballistic track toward Hawaii might be considered an attack and invite a counterforce response. President wouldn't even need to consult Congress.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-07 09:26||   2006-07-07 09:26|| Front Page Top

#14 What happened to the good ole days, when you had to shoot something 'straight up' to get into space??
Posted by smn 2006-07-07 11:48||   2006-07-07 11:48|| Front Page Top

#15 Act of war. Respond in kind.
Posted by Iblis">Iblis  2006-07-07 12:32||   2006-07-07 12:32|| Front Page Top

#16 Oahu is too well populated. There are areas of Kauai that are totally unpopulated. Might be places on Maui, Molokai, or elsewhere. The Navy used to use Kahoolawi as a target range. It might be best to put the interceptors and radar there - it's relatively undeveloped, but full of unexploded ordinance.

Another alternative is to hit Pyongyang with 20 consecutive strikes with 10mt nukes, one ever 45 seconds, to get the burrowing moles that live deep underground.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-07-07 14:50|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-07-07 14:50|| Front Page Top

#17 Of course every point within 2000 km of Oahu is close to Hawaii, there not being much else in the neighborhood, unless the wiley Norks have an attack planned on French Frigate Shoals.

Move the fleet back to SD, break out the New Jerseys, unmoth the fleet!

Or enjoy the light hearted, if nutty entertainment.
Posted by 6 2006-07-07 17:12||   2006-07-07 17:12|| Front Page Top

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