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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Kim Jong is full of crap just like his dad and his grand dad was, since the Korean war the family has pushed the envelope on saber rattling and nothing ever happens. North Korea is at least 5 years away from having the ability to launch a nuclear weapon on top of a missile, by then Kim likely will either be either assassinated by an uncle or Trump will drop a 1000 lb present down his chimney.
And even if he somehow manages to live long enough to see this weapon who would he strike? S-Korea, Japan, Canada or the US?
Kim might act like an idiot but I'm sure he knows the minute he launches a nuke a tidy little Ohio class sub will pop up in the yellow sea and end North Korea's existence forever.
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This article is from less than a month ago:
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/09/...r-nuclear-war/
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North Korea is developing an offensive doctrine for the large-scale use of nuclear weapons in the early stages of a conflict.
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In recent years, however, North Korea has started launching Scuds and No-dongs from different locations all over the damn country. These aren’t missile tests, they are military exercises. North Korea knows the missiles work. What the military units are doing now is practicing — practicing for a nuclear war.
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North Korea’s military exercises leave little doubt that Pyongyang plans to use large numbers of nuclear weapons against U.S. forces throughout Japan and South Korea to blunt an invasion. In fact, the word that official North Korean statements use is “repel.”
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The article then goes on to argue for the US to modernize its nuclear weapons and build up conventional forces, but the section about North Korea seems to be a pretty solid refutation of your view of the situation.