Look out for the Taepodong-X

Looks like it has a longer reach than the nodong.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57578794/north-korea-said-to-be-ready-for-missile-test-any-day/

I'm not sure how he expects us to take him seriously when he names all of his missiles after his willy.

I don't want to be hit by any taepodong

While i'm not generally a fan of retaliation, I suspect it would end poorly if he were to launch an attack- I'm willing to bet the US and its allies can put a bigger hole in his rock than he can in ours.

GameboyRMH wrote: I don't want to be hit by any taepodong

mndsm wrote: While i'm not generally a fan of retaliation, I suspect it would end poorly if he were to launch an attack- I'm willing to bet the US and its allies can put a bigger hole in his rock than he can in ours.

I'm pretty sure the US military alone can easily wipe out all the industry and infrastructure of NK in a weekend.

Kenny_McCormic wrote:

mndsm wrote: While i'm not generally a fan of retaliation, I suspect it would end poorly if he were to launch an attack- I'm willing to bet the US and its allies can put a bigger hole in his rock than he can in ours.

I'm pretty sure the US military alone can easily wipe out all the industry and infrastructure of NK in a weekend.

Or ALL of NK, period, if someone was a little drunk when they pushed the big red button. I ain't skeered.

I hear they have a new "super" one in development..... (wait for it)...

... the Doubledong.

In reply to Kenny_McCormic: That's what we thought in the 50s, and that didn't end well.

Secret spy footage!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-15ZUpcUSU

Trouble with Kim Jong Young'Un that he has no depth perception. His daddy and granddaddy made threats and knew just how far to push because they also knew they would loose any conflict. But this little wierdo has been told lies all his short life about how powerfull his military is and how piss poor the Axis of Goodness is and he has no reason to disbelieve any of it. So there is a chance he may make a tremendous error of judgement and that is kind of scary.

In reply to Turboeric:

That was a proxy war with the Chinese and USSR, both of which aren't so friendly with NK anymore.

friedgreencorrado wrote: Secret spy footage! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-15ZUpcUSU

"And that's what rocketry is all about!"

Uh... almost getting impaled/blow'd-up? If that's the case then I'm glad I let that particular hobby go when I was 12.

At least Kim went whole-hog and gave his missiles a phallic name like we wish we could in the US military.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: In reply to Turboeric: That was a proxy war with the Chinese and USSR, both of which aren't so friendly with NK anymore.

Kenny beat me to it. My dad said once that they were almost at the Chinese border when China entered the war.

EDIT: "they" being his US Army tank unit. Sorry about being ambiguous.

Honestly, I'm surprised that they haven't had a little accident and blown themselves up yet if you know what I mean...

And Pakistan too for that mater

Turboeric wrote: In reply to Kenny_McCormic: That's what we thought in the 50s, and that didn't end well.

The Chinese intervened.....

It took us awhile to get the numbers we needed amassed in the south to go on the offensive, but the North Koreans were forced back to the Yalu river(border of China), the Chinese then pushed our troops back south out of NK. I doubt the Chinese would do the same today.....I think they're tired of NK.

yamaha wrote: I doubt the Chinese would do the same today.....I think they're tired of NK.

I agree, but I also think the Chinese are worried about having millions of North Koreans swarming into China if they don't intervene. I really hope China will get serious about defusing the situation. They want to be a player on the international stage? Seems like they need to start displaying the kind of diplomacy it takes sometimes (IMO, they already have the military for it).

I think the largest problem with retaliation again North Korea is who gets it afterwards, China or South Korea?

The Chinese have been enjoying the distraction that NK has been to the USA...

I say you stare down the Chinese... and pull a Kennedy... tell them... "any NK attack on ANY country will be viewed as an attack from China... at the USA........"

Let the Chinese handle this... they have exasperated it, let them remove the problem

Matt B wrote: "And that's what rocketry is all about!" Uh... almost getting impaled/blow'd-up? If that's the case then I'm glad I let that particular hobby go when I was 12.

I think it's just a long lens making it look worse. HPR grew out of Model Rocketry, they usually have pretty strict rules about distance from the range head to the pads. OTOH..you're right. It isn't like having the shock cord break on somebody's Cherokee-D or something.

ninja edit:TIL don't google "Cherokee-D" without including the word "Estes".

Matt B wrote: At least Kim went whole-hog and gave his missiles a phallic name like we wish we could in the US military.

Stickler I am, I had to look it up. The literal translation is "large watery place". Taepodong is what the area around the test site was called during the Japanese occupation. I guess for the Kim family, it was a "Remember The Alamo!" moment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musudan-ri

And that's the 2nd thing I learned today (after the whole porn stars naming themselves after model rockets thing.. )

Matt B wrote: At least Kim went whole-hog and gave his missiles a phallic name like we wish we could in the US military.

You haven't heard of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator?

One of these days he is going to finish pissing off the PRC and it will be all over.

In reply to friedgreencorrado: Don't ruin my simplistic dick jokes with things like facts and literal translations!

In reply to GameboyRMH: It's about time!

Vizzini tried to tell Un...