Here's how a preemptive strike on North Korea would go down

[jpak]

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-preemptive-strike-north-korea-2017-3/#first-a-decision-would-need-to-be-made-1

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made it official on Friday: The US is considering a preemptive military strike on North Korea. Recent missile tests show that North Korea really is practicing a so-called saturation attack that would seek to fire ballistic missiles with such volume that they defeat missile defenses and slaughter US and allied forces in Japan and South Korea.

US President Donald Trump has apparently identified North Korea as his most serious external challenge, and he has reportedly declared the country the single greatest threat to the US. On Friday, Trump tweeted: "North Korea is behaving very badly. They have been 'playing' the United States for years." He also blamed China, the North's biggest ally, for not doing more to help.

In reality, taking out North Korea's nuclear capabilities, or toppling the Kim regime, would pose serious risks to even the US military's best platforms.

Business Insider spoke with Stratfor's Sim Tack, a senior analyst who is an expert on North Korea, to determine exactly how the US could carry out a crippling strike against the Hermit Kingdom.

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[gopiscrap]

1. yeah that's it you dumb fuck:

piss off the People's Republic and get us in a war, they'll kick our asses

[BannonsLiver]

5. Doubtful that would happen

The Chinese have almost no Navy to speak of. It would be ugly, for sure, but "kick our asses" is a bit over the top.

[Horse with no Name]

6. All they have to do is call the loans due

And close their checkbook.
We'll do the rest.

[Kimchijeon]

7. Yeah exactly

[BannonsLiver]

9. I doubt that would happen either

Let's stick to reality, shall we?

[TheBlackAdder]

12. Don't believe the BS that we can detect nukes in a container ship. We've lost 7 nukes and can't find

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China just has to ship nukes into each port city, and poof!


.

[BannonsLiver]

13. Righhhhhht

[TheBlackAdder]

14. There's one dropped in the Savannah, GA harbor that the government has been searching 50 years for.

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http://mentalfloss.com/article/17483/8-nuclear-weapons-us-has-lost


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[democratisphere]

2. Absolute foolhardy idea by two total fools.

The fallout on South Korea and Japan would be mind blowing devastating. Tillerson and drumpf are wholly unqualified to be even thinking about such decisions.

[PJMcK]

3. The linked article is quite jingoistic

Although it's inarguable that the United States would prevail in a military conflict with North Korea, this commentary makes the case for war with far too much facility. It glosses over the death and destruction that would result from this conflict. More importantly, it doesn't articulate a diplomatic resolution but seems to gleefully embrace the military option.

[dalton99a]

4. Not too keen on Stratfor analysts

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Stratfor has a marginal reputation, e.g.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/stratfor-is-a-joke-and-so-is-wikileaks-for-taking-it-seriously/253681/
Stratfor Is a Joke and So Is Wikileaks for Taking It Seriously
Max Fisher Feb 27, 2012
The corporate research firm has branded itself as a CIA-like "global intelligence" firm, but only Julian Assange and some over-paying clients are fooled.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/wikileaks-strafor-leak-corporate-intelligence
WikiLeaks Goes Inside Corporate America's Wannabe CIA
What do Coke, Goldman, the Marines, and the Knights of Columbus have in common? They all paid Stratfor to act as their own private intelligence agency.
Adam Weinstein Feb. 27, 2012 5:42 PM

Militarily, North Korea is no match for the U.S. and could be obliterated tomorrow, but there is a reason previous administrations have avoided attacking North Korea and bribed it with food aid.

[Kimchijeon]

8. yeah it sure does

that article, like you said- gleefully embracing the military option.

[NeoGreen]

10. "...we would therefore prevail and suffer only modest and acceptable civilian casualties..."

Start at 1:10

?t=81

[Cicada]

11. Half million dead in Seoul in 30 minutes

North Korea has artillery in mountain caves which can reach Seoul. Within 10 minutes of our attack on North Korea thousands of artillery shells will explode in densely populated Seoul killing huge numbers. We can't knock out many artillary in mountain caves.