Baibar of Jalat
Junior Member
Yep many of these countries share know how, which is understanable due to how expensive and time consuming it is to develop 100% self made and self researched programme.
North Korea about to launch Taepodong-2
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Yep many of these countries share know how, which is understanable due to how expensive and time consuming it is to develop 100% self made and self researched programme.
USN ships are moving in to position to give them the option to intercept the missle with the SM-3 when it is launched. Hopefully they don't intercept it. But we might see a demonstration of the SM-3's actual ABM capability here.
I sincerely hope that nobody is actually that stupid. Fortunately the rhetoric coming out of both Washington and Tokyo is that they have no intention of trying to shoot down the missile, unless it is obviously out of control and on a collision trajectory with their own territory.
Personally I cannot say that I am in any hurry to see Korean War II.
A second Korean War is not something that the US and Japan wanted to see when the geopolitical economic situation was much more tilted in their favor; given the US's current economic and strategic difficulties I seriously doubt that anyone in their right mind in Washington wants to start a war.
Except of course for those RAND Corp nuts who think attacking Iran would pull us out of this recession, but like I said, "in their right minds".
FriedRiceNSpice
Captain
Well in the case that North Korea initiates hostilities in response to an intercept of their rocket, I believe intervention on the part of China will be highly unlikely.
The_Zergling
Junior Member
Perhaps the most frustrating thing about this is that regardless of the test result, it will provide rhetorical ammunition for right-wing Japanese nationalists trying to change Article 9...
Undead Yogurt
New Member
Reality check, guys. The odds of NK starting any kind of significant military conflict is miniscule. In fact, I would LOVE to see their little missile shot down by Japan or the US, then will the world see clearly the paper tiger that is NK, because there would be absolutely nothing NK can do about it except throw a hissy fit and make even more empty threats.
Mr T
Senior Member
I would bet hard money that there would be no war if the missile was shot down.
As I've said before, the North Koreans are all mouth and no trousers - especially because this time they know they can't rely on the Chinese.
Japan has frozen or cut its military spending for years. Remember North Korea fired a missile over it about a decade ago. Where was the noticeable boost in spending then? I could be wrong, but I don't remember one.
Given Pyongyang's belligerence over the years if Japan was going to use North Korean hostility to justify more military spending it would have done so long ago.
I don't see why - they've banged on about it for years. Japan has grown fat on North Korean threats and changed relatively little in response.
I don't see Article 9 being amended any time in the foreseeable future, partly because it's not necessary to manage current Japanese security concerns. What the politicians are more interested in doing is bringing in a permanent law to allow a dispatch of the SDF to support international peacekeeping and the like.
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It would be far more likely that in the event of a war the Chinese would intervene/use their influence to remove Kim or whoever is in charge and put someone more acceptable in power. I wouldn't find it hard to believe that the Chinese have paid agents in high places in the NK government that could execute a coup.
We're getting closer to the showdown. Everything in NK seems to be on track. Especially Japan is prepping up it's defences. The coming days will be pretty tense.
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North Korea Rocket Launch on Track
Determined to demonstrate its latest missile technology both to its adversaries and perhaps to potential buyers in the Middle East, North Korea pressed ahead with final preparations on Friday to launch a multistage rocket.
The countdown could begin as early as Saturday morning, and North Korea says its rocket will blast off sometime between then and Wednesday. It warned aircraft to stay clear of its easterly trajectory over northern Japan, toward the Pacific.
Weather forecasts say it will be cloudy with no strong winds over the Musudan-ri launching site on North Korea’s coast, meaning the North could launch the rocket anytime during the period.
“I think it’s almost certain North Korea will fire the missile,” President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea said Friday in London, where he had attended the Group of 20 summit, Reuters reported. Mr. Lee vowed a “strong and stern response.”
North Korea says it is launching an experimental communications satellite. But Washington and its allies see the test as a provocative demonstration of ballistic missile technology and an attempt to secure a place on President Obama’s crowded foreign policy agenda. ...
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North Korea Rocket Launch on Track
Determined to demonstrate its latest missile technology both to its adversaries and perhaps to potential buyers in the Middle East, North Korea pressed ahead with final preparations on Friday to launch a multistage rocket.
The countdown could begin as early as Saturday morning, and North Korea says its rocket will blast off sometime between then and Wednesday. It warned aircraft to stay clear of its easterly trajectory over northern Japan, toward the Pacific.
Weather forecasts say it will be cloudy with no strong winds over the Musudan-ri launching site on North Korea’s coast, meaning the North could launch the rocket anytime during the period.
“I think it’s almost certain North Korea will fire the missile,” President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea said Friday in London, where he had attended the Group of 20 summit, Reuters reported. Mr. Lee vowed a “strong and stern response.”
North Korea says it is launching an experimental communications satellite. But Washington and its allies see the test as a provocative demonstration of ballistic missile technology and an attempt to secure a place on President Obama’s crowded foreign policy agenda. ...