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    US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

    Just Where Can North Korea's Missiles Hit?

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    Image of AqueousBeef AqueousBeef
    11/18/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    Hmm so that's how the Russians invaded the US mainland in Modern Warfare 2... #icbm
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    11/18/09

    @AqueousBeef: It was Red Dawn!!
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    11/18/09


    @qbrad:
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    11/18/09

    @maxentropy: Thank you. Little red hearts aflutter.

    #tips
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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    Due respect, the Army is no longer purveyor of all things camouflage green. It's more like camouflage sand color these days. #icbm
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    11/18/09

    @frigg: Well we outdid the Galactic Empire there. #icbm
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    Wouldn't it be simpler to just pre-position spybot/killbot packages in low earth orbit over trouble spots, and then call them in as needed. Sure there's an upfront cost, but it puts them even closer to the action, with the added benefit of no ICBM launches during the actual crisis at hand? #icbm
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    Image of minibeardeath minibeardeath
    11/17/09

    @Canoehead: its that there upfront cost that would keep this from leaving the drawing board. I mean, imagine if no conflict arose in the region that the military predicted, all that peace would make the designers look like fools (and waste taxpayer money). but this here ICBM idea can be sent anywhere, and we wouldnt have to worry about wasting resources because we would all be dead when the russians launch their nuclear ICBMs in retaliation to our spybot ICBM. #icbm
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    Image of Ridley Ridley
    11/18/09

    @minibeardeath: Get richard brandson to put them in low earth orbit. I think he only charges 50k per seat. You could buy the whole cabin in need be. A single tomahawk missile is over $1M, so i expect ICBMs would be much more.
    i have no idea if i'm being sarcastic or not
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/18/09

    @Ridley: I'm not sure Branson goes high enough to achieve stable orbit.
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    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    I think the problem was first brought to light with the 1990s Clinton-uses-a-cruise-missile-to-kill-a-camel-and-a-tent "strikes" against Al Qeada. The US used Tomahawks, which are essentially very small subsonic aircraft, launched from off the Pakistani coast. Of course, they had to warn the Pakistanis that they were on the way(don't want to start an accidental nuke war between India and Pakistan), and the missiles' low cruise speed gave the Pakistanis plenty of time to warn Bin Laden and for Bin Laden to decamp. #icbm
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    Image of :negated: :negated:
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    So this is what they're planning to use the space shuttle for... #icbm
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    if i am not mistaken -- ICBMs don't land . . . they crash. #icbm
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    11/17/09

    @Nick: Crashing is another form of landing... And you can land anywhere, once. #icbm
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/17/09

    @DustyButt™: ahhh, hence the crash landing. gotcha. #icbm
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    "How different that missile could be? A ballistic missile is a ballistic missile. "

    Don't woorrryyy. This one will be designed with Hello Kitty figures. #icbm
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    Image of Jesse in Japan Jesse in Japan
    06/25/09

    In reply to Just Where Can North Korea's Missiles Hit?
    There is no way the North Koreans are going to be able to cram one of their gigantic warheads into one of those tiny little missiles.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    06/25/09

    In reply to Just Where Can North Korea's Missiles Hit?
    Let the secede like her and Todd want(ed) to do. Problem solved.
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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    06/25/09

    In reply to Just Where Can North Korea's Missiles Hit?
    Now more than ever do I want California to break off and float out into the Pacific.
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    Image of Justin Paulson Justin Paulson
    06/25/09

    In reply to Just Where Can North Korea's Missiles Hit?
    Hmmmm, isn't this a little off though since you are putting a flat circle on a flattened out map of the globe. I think your radius would be a little skewed, you'd need to make this in 3d or something and then flatten it to show the real range. That small bit of nitpicking aside, yeah who really thought north korea had any chance of hitting us with a missile? Or better yet, who actually thought they would? It would be suicide for north korea. It's all just a ploy to get resources...like a lame attempt at a ransom.
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    Image of quantumslip quantumslip
    06/25/09

    @Justinpaulson:

    Great circle map: 4000km and 10000km range


    This is more realistic. This is centered around Pyongyang's airport but you get the idea. No shade is the range of the 4000km missle and and the middle shade is the range of the 10000km missle. The darkest is the unreachable parts.

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    Image of quantumslip quantumslip
    06/25/09

    @quantumslip:

    Ok my link got deleted, copy and paste the stuff below:

    [gc.kls2.com]
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    06/25/09

    @quantumslip: Well, if I was uncertain before, that settles it. I'm moving to Brazil.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/25/09

    @Geisrud: I wouldn't move to Brazil. The Hitler clones get ornery this time of year.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/25/09

    In reply to Just Where Can North Korea's Missiles Hit?
    my main concern is s. korea and japan. i don't believe n. korea would attempt to fire on anyone it's worth noting they tend to posture like this every few years to try and get their way on something or the other.
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    Image of Geph_knows_more Geph_knows_more
    06/25/09

    In reply to Just Where Can North Korea's Missiles Hit?
    I'd have to agree.


    It seems pretty absurd that they will threaten us with a "fire storm" of missles...is 5-7 a fire storm these days? Maybe a fire-storm on the small island of Hawaii is what they meant...who knows.


    Seeing as we have about 500 that we can send and target anything bigger than a quarter, all seems like hot air to me.... Then again, since when has Kim Jong-Il been logical...

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/25/09

    @Geph_knows_more: They don't have to annihilate the entire country. Even if they blow up just one city, a million people die.
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    06/25/09

    In reply to Just Where Can North Korea's Missiles Hit?
    I'm going to go play DEFCON; I'll see how it goes.
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    06/25/09

    In reply to Just Where Can North Korea's Missiles Hit?
    What we SHOULD do is park a couple of our carriers off their coast and let Kim sweat it out.
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    Image of tehsquish tehsquish
    06/25/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: Except he's smart enough to know its too dangerous for us to attack them. He's got some sort of a nuke (how far it can travel doesn't really matter) and that is his ultimate bargaining chip.
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    Image of Geph_knows_more Geph_knows_more
    06/25/09

    @tehsquish - Still plays Ultima Online: If from some crazy reason (very likely) N. Korea did send a Nuke towards the US, we would have no choice but to tactical nuke them into the stong-age. We wouldn't not send one back.
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    Image of Geph_knows_more Geph_knows_more
    06/25/09

    @Geph_knows_more: damn....stone*
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    Image of ElemenopEE ElemenopEE
    06/25/09

    @Geph_knows_more: The US may need to consider S. Korea before launching anything. Our offense may follow well after any attack, and it's a possibilty that it could not be nuclear.
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    Image of OMG Pizza Party!!1! OMG Pizza Party!!1!
    06/25/09

    @ElemenopEE: Agreed. I disagree that a nuclear counterattack is imminent. if there was a military response, it would most likely be conventional but devastating. It's hard to imagine the U.S. ever using nukes again, except perhaps in a massive global nuclear exchange, or extremely low-yield tactical payloads (like bunker busters). Or if Matthew Broderick is elected president.
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    06/25/09

    @OMG Pizza Party!!1!: I don't think we'd level the place, but I think we'd use a similar yield that they used.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    06/25/09

    @Con Seannery's G1: Please. Obama would probably just apologize and refund them a nuke.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    06/25/09

    @Rabid Penguin: I meant to respond to your other comment. But whatever. I got click happy.
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