But a statement from the rogue regime took things to a whole new level. The North said it had tested an H-bomb that was “a multi-functional thermonuclear nuke with great destructive power which can be detonated at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack according to strategic goals.”
This is the first time it has publicly mentioned its interest and ability in an EMP attack, a devastating weapon that could have catastrophic consequences for North America, the West and their closer neighbours.
An EMP attack, as I detail in my new book Pulse Attack, is a nuclear detonation that occurs in the atmosphere and creates a waveform that can take down the electrical grid below.
In the worst case scenario, this wouldn’t just shut off the power for minutes or hours, but weeks or even months, due to serious damage to transformer stations and other integral elements of our power infrastructure.
North Korea openly threatens EMP attack for the first time, changing the game |
When a person points a gun at you and threatens to shoot you, would you be justified to shoot him if you had the opportunity to do so?
I don't think the United States would ever rain down hellfire on NK without the okay from Russia and China. And they may be getting close. But if I recall what THINK about EMP technology, it isn't about human casualties. Perhaps we should show him how it's done... ?
In any case, too many presidents have let this happen. It's a horrible mess. I only wish I knew what it was that they wanted... How long are we willing to be threatened before we are compelled to act
Means + Credible threat = act of war.
You're wanting to potentially end millions of lives over a threat?
The Pig’s launch of ICBMs over Japan and setting off a H-bomb is a shot across the bow. This shot across the bow is not a warning shot. It is an act of war.
So i can come to your house and shoot my .45 over your head? Its just a threat, right?
When a person points a gun at you and threatens to shoot you, would you be justified to shoot him if you had the opportunity to do so?
The Pig’s launch of ICBMs over Japan and setting off a H-bomb is a shot across the bow. This shot across the bow is not a warning shot. It is an act of war.
So i can come to your house and shoot my .45 over your head? Its just a threat, right?
Means + Credible threat = act of war.
So when the US tested H bombs was that a shot across the bow of the world hat deserved the us being attacked?
NK's current regime's viability in the future world is based directly on how long China is willing to put up with their antics and the cost that China has to pay to enable its idiocy.
So when the US tested H bombs was that a shot across the bow of the world hat deserved the us being attacked?
The Pig’s launch of ICBMs over Japan and setting off a H-bomb is a shot across the bow. This shot across the bow is not a warning shot. It is an act of war.
So i can come to your house and shoot my .45 over your head? Its just a threat, right?
You people are the same type of people in 1939 that didn’t take Hitler seriously, either
China doesn't control NK as much as we'd like. And now that NK is a plausible nuclear threat, their influence is waning.
If you shot a .45 over my head, would I be warranted to carpet bomb your neighbourhood? Why do you believe millions in NK, SK, Japan and other neighbouring nations deserve to die? Would you have the same attitude if NK parked nuclear-armed submarines of the US coast?
He's kind of got a point, Spud.
I dread the idea of military action in Korea. Totally dread it. Bad Things will happen.
But what is it going to take to appease Lil' Kim? Now that he thinks he's got a Big Stick?
If we just leave him alone? Doubt it. He wants stuff. Foreign aid for his starving people, so he can keep spending all his nation's money on weapons. What will he demand next? Full US withdrawal from the Pennensula? Do that and odds are we're handing SK and all its people and wealth over to Kim, then Kim is really Japan's next-door neighbor.
EMP is a very serious threat. I've spent a lot of time in electrical utilities, seen EMP analysis... it could be really ugly. No power most places for weeks or months... could take years to get it all back. The cascade effects could be huge. Tens of millions could die as the distribution system breaks down. Full economic recovery could take a generation.
I hope some good brains are trying to find a solution that doesn't involve war... but Kim is really pushing the envelope here, and there's no guarantee appeasement wouldn't end up being even worse over the long haul.
I've been hearing NK saber-rattling for decades, but this **** is getting a little too real for comfort lately.
You people are the same type of people in 1939 that didn’t take Hitler seriously, either
You people are the same type of people in 1939 that didn’t take Hitler seriously, either
I feel like I have to keep reminds hawks that in any war scenario Seoul is hit by long range artillery. NK doesn't even need nukes to do that.
NK only wants nukes to defend itself from invasion. They have no plans to invade their neighbors. We're better off just leaving them alone until some NK general has the balls to shoot Kim and take over.
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