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2003-08-29 Korea

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Posted by Steve 2003-08-29 10:40:17 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ridiculous...but...it just might work!

Posted by Becky 2003-8-29 12:00:15 PM|| 2003-8-29 12:00:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Would be better if it were to 'accidently' go off while Kimmie boy was ~~fondling~~ reviewing it.

Of course that would be hard on any nearby innocent people too :(

Posted by GregJ 2003-8-29 12:17:19 PM|| 2003-8-29 12:17:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Wow! That sucker hit the scale at 30 megatons. Who knew we knew fusion? The songun way has paid off. Jeez look at that crater......"

Posted by Shipman 2003-8-29 1:07:18 PM|| 2003-8-29 1:07:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I suspect there are no INNOCENT people nearby the great leader.

dorf

Posted by Anonymous 2003-8-29 1:12:37 PM|| 2003-8-29 1:12:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Thats they type of thinking I'm thinking, bravo!

Posted by Lucky 2003-8-29 2:15:55 PM|| 2003-8-29 2:15:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 This is absolutely brilliant.

Posted by ----------<<<<- 2003-8-29 2:19:05 PM|| 2003-8-29 2:19:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 A few problems, alas: missile bearing our nuke would be tracked by both NKor and SKor radar. Oh, no missile, an F-119 instead? Nope, no good, too many people in the know, and the word would get out. Then there would be hell to pay.

Best response: do nothing. After the NKors test their nuke, we yawn politely and say, "Aw, that's nice, remind us how you were planning to feed your people this evening?"

The threat to test is nothing more than diplomatic pique and frustration -- the NKors can't move us and they know it. And now they've made China lose face. They've already lost and don't know it.

Posted by Steve White 2003-8-29 4:15:33 PM|| 2003-8-29 4:15:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Like your idea.Of course you assume NKs have nuke to test.If they did have one to test,where on earth could they test what would have to be a very dirty bomb?China?Pyongyang?Seoul?Have the French rented out their test site?Underground,where the world wouldn't know about it?(Rest of world would have to take US word for it-doubtful.)

Posted by Stephen 2003-8-29 4:49:46 PM|| 2003-8-29 4:49:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I think the leaders and intelligence services of various nations would take at face value a private statement from us that someone had tested a nuke. Public reactions might differ.

Posted by Dishman 2003-8-29 7:15:52 PM|| 2003-8-29 7:15:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Sismagraphs and sismalogist have gotten good enough they can pin-point a nuke test.

Posted by raptor 2003-8-30 9:39:04 AM|| 2003-8-30 9:39:04 AM|| Front Page Top

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