The fear of North Korea

[Coito ergo sum]

Difficulty: Does NK have their nukes weaponized yet? Nobody believes they have mounted one on a rocket yet, and they won't be able to drop one from a plane...

Not quite nobody. I would be quite surprised if North Korea doesn't have one or two nuclear weapons mounted on rockets.

The issue is that they've never gotten those rockets to work yet. Still, even rockets that probably won't work are still a deterrent when there's an off chance they might work and take out Tokyo and Seoul.

I take that back. The shorter range Nodong missile appears to be fairly reliable, so I'd expect that's what they'd use. Tokyo would be out of range, but Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be in range - along with Seoul, of course.

The unfortunately named "no dong" missiles.... that's stereotypical of the east Asian man, isn't it?

[Coito ergo sum]

I reckon that there has to be a credible belief that they have weaponised them, or else something would be done to stop them. Surely?

What should be done about stopping the US from having weaponised missiles?

As soon as possible, the US and everyone else should get rid of them all.

However, attempting to make an equivalence between the US or the UK or France having nuclear weapons, and North Korea (a brutal, paranoid, totalitarian fiefdom ruled by one family for the last 70 years and which is making overt threats to use them against countries like the ROK, Japan and the US) is a bit strained, don't you think?

Or, do you think that nothing should be done to prevent the DPRK from getting deliverable nukes, in the interest of fairness?

[Ian]

And why should governments have a monopoly on consideration of fairness? How about corporations, wealthy individuals, international trade blocs and other NGOs, just to be fair?

[Coito ergo sum]

Huh. I bet there's an IT guy somewhere up there who's never going to be heard from again...

...well, his strained and beleaguered cries for help, and torturous screams will likely be heard for some time. Then he won't be heard from again...

Or, maybe just this:

[Coito ergo sum]

And why should governments have a monopoly on consideration of fairness? How about corporations, wealthy individuals, international trade blocs and other NGOs, just to be fair?

All nations have the right to keep and bear arms.

[Ian]

Sounds like UN-talk to me. We need a new world order. : mod:

[Coito ergo sum]

North Korean Brothels open to serve the DPRK military.... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation ... GHoqJfvkik[/youtube]

[cronus]

North Korea needs a new regime. One of those rare cases where American military intervention would really be the humanitarian option for a people.

[Coito ergo sum]

North Korea needs a new regime. One of those rare cases where American military intervention would really be the humanitarian option for a people.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... 6txH0&NR=1[/youtube]

hmmm...something wrong with these youtube links...

But, DPRK told Brit diplomats to leave, and set an April 10 deadline. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... coast.html

[Ian]

Looks like I'll be back in the office from vacation just in time to settle this mess.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Looks like I'll be back in the office from vacation just in time to settle this mess.

[Ian]

My coworker has one of those! But she works another part of the world.

[Jason]

They managed to hook a mouse to their missile computer!

..and a 14db+ directional wireless antenna if I'm not very much mistaken.

[Coito ergo sum]

LOL - is that an outlet strip on the floor behind it?

[Jason]

The yellow powerbar type thing?

I'm wondering why they're using a wireless antenna designed to give about 4km range (with line of sight) indoors.