If North Korea actually did nuke the the United States, that would be the end of North Korea. Period.
Shall we play a game?And now welcome to the wonderful world of global thermonuclear war.
Yes.
But it would also be the end of the US as Russia and the PRC launch their nuclear arsenal against the US if they don't believe those nukes are heading towards only North Korea.
And then the US will launch the rest of it's nuclear arsenal against them.
And now welcome to the wonderful world of global thermonuclear war.
Shall we play a game?
Neither North Korea being a victim nor support of North Korea using nuclear weapons have any bearing on how difficult it would be for the US to engage in a military operation against North Korea, mostly because of its alliance with the People's Republic of China.
If the US was to engage in such military operations, the PRC would intervene on North Korea's behalf in order to maintain a buffer state on the Korean Peninsula. In which case there would be war between the US and the PRC. Which would be quite catastrophic.
That's assuming Russia and China want to commit suicide.
No. That's assuming the doctrine of mutually assured destruction.
In regards to nuclear warfare, the goal isn't to survive - its to have he capability o utterly destroy your enemies in retaliation so they never use their nukes.
And Russia and PRC would want to bring down the US with them if they think the US is attacking them.
Do you honestly think China is going to start sending nukes once North Korea does?
I feel like I'm having deja vu with the Cold War.....except I wasn't alive during the Cold War.
Yeah - which is why you don't understand how serious it is when one country starts launching nukes against another.
It takes a few minutes for nukes to go across the globe. When one nation starts seeing nukes coming their way, it is highly unlikely that they will wait to see if those nukes are aimed at them or some other nation. And one nation can say they are targeting a different nation, but if they lie the nation that gets hit can't respond.
Which is why nuclear warfare is based around pre-emptive strikes and automatic retaliatory strikes. Nations aren't going to wait to see if a nuke actually hits them before they respond. They will assume that the nukes are after them, and then retaliate while they can to damage the first nation as much as they can.
Which is why nuclear weapons have only been used for warfare once in the history of this planet, and why nuclear war has never been actually fought on this planet - because those are weapons that are so destructive that they cannot be survived, and so opponents try to ensure the destruction of their enemies instead.
N. Korea is not an easy prey unlike Iraq and Afghanistan.
If their missiles can reach the US, yes they are a direct threat.the North Koreans aren't a direct military threat to the continental US.
No matter how much the sensationalism plays up these missiles intercontinental abilities, people are still gullible enough to fall for this crap. Nothing they have ever done demonstrates that they're even close to producing such capabilities.If their missiles can reach the US, yes they are a direct threat.
Pardon me for deferring to the experts on this matter and not you.No matter how much the sensationalism plays up these missiles intercontinental abilities, people are still gullible enough to fall for this crap. Nothing they have ever done demonstrates that they're even close to producing such capabilities.
If North Korea actually did nuke the the United States, that would be the end of North Korea. Period.
They maybe rogue nations both N. Korea and Iran. They have the right to participate in the arms race.
No winners in a war.
So you don't have any problem with nations agreeing to treaties in the UN and then becomming rogue terrorist states that disregard those agreements?
Do they have the right to be terrorists?
Wo are not living in a static world. It's a dynamic world. Decades old agreements become obsolete as time passes.
All the platitudes in the world are not gonna change reality. Iran is a terrorist nation that has broken nuclear agreements with the UN. They are not to be treated like any other country - they are to be treated according to their actions in particular.
Walk the talk and lets see the consequences.