KR North Korea Megathread - Dear Leader and his shenanigans

MOD NOTE:

There's so much news about North Korea right now and what Un is doing, I got a suggestion for a NK megathread, so here it is. Post the world's greatest nation's antics here. I'm merging a few of the more recent threads to continue discussion.

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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/south-korea-planning-war-decapitation-132232777.html

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has pushed for a new plan for a rapid war with North Korea and an overhaul of the country's defense industry to overwhelm and crush the North's government, the South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reported Tuesday.

Moon took office in May promising to attempt to engage diplomatically with North Korea and seek peace, but in the months since, the North has provoked the international community with missile tests at a blistering pace.

For some time, South Korea has been training a "decapitation force," reportedly with the help of the US Navy's SEAL Team 6, but now an increasingly bold North Korea may demand quicker action.

South Korea's new plan identifies more than 1,000 targets for precision missile fires and sites for marines to drop in and quickly kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the paper reported.

The plan represents a more independent version of South Korea's current plan, which relies on support from US aircraft carriers. As it stands, no major military commander recommends military action against North Korea, which has a staggering array of conventional — and potentially nuclear — weapons pointed at Seoul, where 26 million call home.

But South Korea's new plan to quickly and decisively dominate the North relies on reforming the defense-acquisition process and cutting out wasteful spending to wield the full might of its economic dominance against Pyongyang, according to the report. For that reason, don't expect the plan to take effect anytime soon.

 

[Coconut Gun]

We should turn them into 10 new states.

Actually lets let the other nations work to integrate these people... that's not our problem

I've said this before, but there won't be a refugee problem if we just glass the entire country.

 

[CWCchange]

There won't be a refugee problem if countries are allowed to protect their own damn borders.

 

[LocalFireDept]

I feel like Trump should respond with his own pop song so we can turn this war into a battle of the bands.

Bring on Trump and the Trumpets. Kill them with ska.

 

[Jan_Hus]

I've said this before, but there won't be a refugee problem if we just glass the entire country.

But then we can't get access to all those sweet minerals

 

[Techpriest]

It would be interesting to know if those kinds of defenses can actually stop a massive launch of Scuds, or at least identify nuclear targets from a swarm of missiles. NK has reportedly about 100 launchers available, and if ~30 are actually operable, that's still a huge number of rockets. Most of them would be just conventional warheads, of course, but you need to slip in just that one nuke.

This cold war shit was supposed to end in 1991, why do we still have these problems.

Each PAC-3 launcher can hold 16 missiles. With about 2 to 4 each of these split into six units, and allocating 2 missiles per each incoming, that's 96 intercepts at least. Plus then there's the Burkes, with their SM-3's and SM-6's (probably with again, about 4 to 16 cells devoted to BMD) and assuming 2 or three of these are in the missile travel path, that's another group of intercepts. Japan's BMD isn't too shabby.

 

[CWCissey]

Bring on Trump and the Trumpets. Kill them with ska.

 

[January Cyst]

d to marry somebody as a political favour who's just outside the kim family's main circle but important enough to warrant constant Bribery, and that's something that Fatt 3 is struggling in doing the Kim's have always like to reward people with Bribes and he's hurting because he can't do that anymore and having to settle for "kind words" rather than Watches, Food, Western Luxury goods etc.

Yes, that's another issue that the rotund one is facing.
Gift politics have been a big thing to keep the higher ranking officials satisfied to the point where they expect expensive imported goodies from him and just getting a pat on the head won't do.
I can highly recommend this documentary:

 

[CWCchange]

Each PAC-3 launcher can hold 16 missiles. With about 2 to 4 each of these split into six units, and allocating 2 missiles per each incoming, that's 96 intercepts at least. Plus then there's the Burkes, with their SM-3's and SM-6's (probably with again, about 4 to 16 cells devoted to BMD) and assuming 2 or three of these are in the missile travel path, that's another group of intercepts. Japan's BMD isn't too shabby.

Can your mouth hold one hat?

 

[Ravenor]

Yes, that's another issue that the rotund one is facing.
Gift politics have been a big thing to keep the higher ranking officials satisfied to the point where they expect expensive imported goodies from him and just getting a pat on the head won't do.
I can highly recommend this documentary:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pKYBu9xIfac

Agreed, that is a fantastic documentary and EVERYBODY should watch it, it's a fascinating glimpse into how the Kim family has managed to cling to power since 94.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

But then we can't get access to all those sweet minerals

At this point, is it really worth it?

I mean more minerals is a good thing, but he'd rather let his country get nuked before handing it all over to the world.

EDIT: Kimmy boy's got an EMP, and he ain't afraid to use it.

Oh, and now Europe is in his sights.

 

[DeadwastePrime]

EDIT: Kimmy boy's got an EMP, and he ain't afraid to use it.

homefront irl when?

 

[CWCissey]

homefront irl when?

Bitch I'm still waiting for my real life Mercenaries games!

 

[Hodor]

At this point, is it really worth it?

I mean more minerals is a good thing, but he'd rather let his country get nuked before handing it all over to the world.

EDIT: Kimmy boy's got an EMP, and he ain't afraid to use it.

Oh, and now Europe is in his sights.

just carpet bomb the fucker already.

 

[AnOminous]

just carpet bomb the fucker already.

Decapitating the regime may be the only solution at this point.

Fat Boy is appearing too stupid to reason with in any way.

 

[BF 388]

It would be interesting to know if those kinds of defenses can actually stop a massive launch of Scuds, or at least identify nuclear targets from a swarm of missiles. NK has reportedly about 100 launchers available, and if ~30 are actually operable, that's still a huge number of rockets. Most of them would be just conventional warheads, of course, but you need to slip in just that one nuke.

This cold war shit was supposed to end in 1991, why do we still have these problems.

That's one of the reasons you haven't seen attempts to shoot down any of their missile launches.

The interceptor tech is still unreliable and any stuffed up attempts at swatting one of these down exposes that to the world.

The vaunted THAAD (tard?) system meanwhile, has a a very narrow engagement profile meaning it can only engage under certain conditions.

So no, as of today there is no reliable defence against missile spam other than obliterating them prior to launch.

 

[Hodor]

Decapitating the regime may be the only solution at this point.

Fat Boy is appearing too stupid to reason with in any way.

Honestly, if there was any chance of ending this peacefully, it stopped after Sunday.

 

[ComeoutandJULAY]

It looks like Dennis Rodman might save us all.

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/09/dennis_rodman_wants_to_try_to.html

Dennis Rodman wants to 'try to straighten things out' between U.S. and North Korea

By Molly Blue

mblue@oregonian.com

The Oregonian/OregonLive



As tensions between the United States and North Korea ratchet higher and higher, who could become the voice of reason?

Maybe Dennis Rodman.

Rodman, the former NBA star, has formed a friendship with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, a major basketball fan, that dates back to 2013 when "The Worm" went to the hermit nation as part of a basketball exhibition.

"I just want to try to straighten things out for everyone to get along together," he said in an interview on British television on Wednesday.

The basketball legend, 56, also is an ardent supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and presented the North Korean leader with a copy of Trump's book, "The Art of the Deal" a few months ago.

Rodman has made several visits to see his little buddy -- the five-time NBA champ is 6-foot-7 and Kim Jong Un is a foot shorter -- whom he's called "a friend for life."


"I basically hang out with him all the time. We laugh, we sing karaoke, we do a lot of things together," Rodman said. "We ride horses, we go out, we go skiing," he said in an interview with "Good Morning Britain."

"I just want to try to straighten things out for everyone to get along together," he added.

That bromance flourishes against a backdrop of increasing international stress.

North Korea recently conducted another nuclear test, and Trump has issued warnings of a "massive" military response.

Rodman seems to want to be part of a solution and might even be the best remedy for the increasingly fractured relationship between the two countries.

 

[AnOminous]

That's a good idea. We should send Rodman there. Right before we nuke it.

 

[CWCissey]

That's a good idea. We should send Rodman there. Right before we nuke it.

Can we send Lena Dunham too?

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

Can we send Lena Dunham too?

Hell why stop there? I'm sure most of Tumblr would be supporting Kim if it meant the destruction of the White man.