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Jesse in Japan
06/25/09

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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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Voyou_Charmant
06/25/09

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Let the secede like her and Todd want(ed) to do. Problem solved.
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sir_pantsalot
06/25/09

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Now more than ever do I want California to break off and float out into the Pacific.
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Justin Paulson
06/25/09

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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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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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quantumslip
06/25/09

@quantumslip:

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

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Geisrud
06/25/09

@quantumslip: Well, if I was uncertain before, that settles it. I'm moving to Brazil.
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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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Nick
06/25/09

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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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Geph_knows_more
06/25/09

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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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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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Heliophage
06/25/09

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I'm going to go play DEFCON; I'll see how it goes.
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Noobs-R-Us
06/25/09

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What we SHOULD do is park a couple of our carriers off their coast and let Kim sweat it out.
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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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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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Geph_knows_more
06/25/09

@Geph_knows_more: damn....stone*
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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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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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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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Rabid Penguin
06/25/09

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

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Well shit, that's a relief. Always trust Wikipedia.
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tensenki
06/25/09

@orrin: Where do you suggest I go and get information?
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Dillinger23
06/25/09

@tensenki: From 40 year old out dated encyclopedias like in college.

I actually had a teacher tell me that i absolutely COULD NOT use wikipedia because its not accurate. So i went to the library in our school and pulled out the "I" Britannica, 1992 printing and looked up Internet. Lo and behold it was ok to use Wikipedia.
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Geisrud
06/25/09

@Dillinger23: Proving one reference is outdated does not prove another one correct.

You should use current peer reviewed journals like the rest of us use for research.
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smirkette
06/25/09

@Geisrud: But that involves...work! And (shudder) reading! Students don't do that nowadays.

/ex-teacher
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Geisrud
06/26/09

@smirkette: As a current student, I'm happy to say I've never used wikipedia as a resource for a paper.

I use it all the time for general knowledge and personal interest, but never for academia.
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