I imagine if it did fly over Japan, there indeed would be a $#*@storm
The article you linked says:
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The rocket was launched just before 10 a.m. Korean time (0100 GMT) and overflew the Japanese island of Okinawa.
and the cnn article says:
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The Japanese government confirmed to CNN by phone that it took place at 9.49 a.m. local time and passed over the island of Okinawa, though no action was taken to shoot it down. It said parts of the three-stage rocket came down in the sea off the Korean Peninsula, with another part dropping into the sea near the Philippines.
I really don't get North Korea, they spend close to a quarter of their GDP on the military and their people are already starving. Now they try to launch more rockets and build nuclear reactors to force other countries to give them food aid. Not to mention they just nearly bankrupted their country by spending $100million on monuments for the late Kim Jong-Il. You'd think it'd be more productive to feed their people and improve their GDP rather than sabrerattling. http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12...r-kim-jong-il/
The people are irrelevant in a dynastic system like this. Especially one where there is an active cold war between the Military and the Intelligence apparatus both of whom keep the Kim's in power.
The people don't matter, and GDP doesn't matter. If you can find it you would be really interested in reading about North Korea's watch and suit making businesses. It gives you an idea of how the government thinks.
I think the other really interesting thing is about and I'm going off of memory room 41.
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And the western world/south Korea/Japan isn't invading North Korea why? If there was ever a reason for the global community to liberate any nation it's that. Absolutely disgusting.
I believe one of the main concerns about invading North Korea is potentially massive civilian casualties in South Korea.
I believe one of the main concerns about invading North Korea is potentially massive civilian casualties in South Korea.
I think North Korea has an insane number of Artillery pieces pointed at Seoul 24/7. I don't think it's enough to reduce the city to ashes but certainly would create an extremley high civilian casuality count. That's proably been their version of a nuclear detterent for some time now.
Doesn't North Korea have the estimated largest army in the world, along with reserve force? Basically every cent they get goes toward their military, with a society brainwashed into thinking the regime is basically God on Earth, and a geography that is the exact opposite of what is needed for effective mechanized warfare. I think invading North Korea would quite possibly be one of the worst moves any modern nation could ever do, even if you ignored the fact that China would enter on the North Korean side.
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They may have large numbers but I can't imagine they're military is very sophisticated.
I also don't think there would be a single step taken into N.Korea without the support of China. I also wouldn't be suprised if the Chinese have highly placed assets in N.K. regime that might be able to assist the invasion as well.
They may have large numbers but I can't imagine they're military is very sophisticated.
I also don't think there would be a single step taken into N.Korea without the support of China. I also wouldn't be suprised if the Chinese have highly placed assets in N.K. regime that might be able to assist the invasion as well.
I would imagine that military technology gets shared quite readily between the North Koreans and Chinese, it's in the Chinese interest for it to be so, and even if for some unlikely reason the Chinese didn't enter the war, you would likely see something similar to how the first Korean War played out with the Russians lending high-tech aircraft and trained pilots to the North, but on a more sophisticated scale. Even if the Koreans were technologically lacking, the geography of the country lends itself to a total bloodbath when boots hit the ground. Mechanized warfare is almost an impossibility over much of that country. You're going to have men going toe-to-toe in mountains, through valleys, and in forests. 9 million soldiers armed with sticks and stones in that type of scenario is still going to bleed you dry.
The Chinese would never, not even for a moment, entertain the United States and South Korea sharing a border with their country, so if you don't believe it would happen without Chinese support, it's not even worth bothering to contemplate, to be honest. As far as national security concerns for the Chinese government, sharing a militarized border with American forces would have to rank right up there with anything else I can possibly imagine.
The North Koreans are their lapdog. They're tolerated and kept on a leash (even though like any dog they sometimes jerk that leash) because it serves the Chinese interest. That interest is in large part keeping the Americans at arms length and away from the Chinese sphere of influence.
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