"Kim Jong-un launches new 'game changer"

Changed the game, yours.

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Originally posted by sgalczyn:
When Kim "dies"...the entire country will either celebrate or make Jonestown look like a church picnic.

I think Jonestown was a church picnic...

... Point well taken!

Slight drift. Parades are a neat insight into a place.



Has anyone ever seen this kind of cylindrical magazine for an AK? I did a quick search for some, but didn't find any. Can't imagine they'd be much fun to lug around.

Then there's this one:



If you look closely at the women's feet, you'll see there are strings of some kind which go beneath the shoe soles. Their shoes are tied to their feet, I suppose so they aren't kicked off during the Glorious Marching Sequence.

A weird place, North Korea. I hope the State Department has some kind of super Marshall Plan for when li'l Kim gets done in.

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I suspect they might be stretching things just a bit.

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Originally posted by Mike the Texan:...

Has anyone ever seen this kind of cylindrical magazine for an AK? I did a quick search for some, but didn't find any. Can't imagine they'd be much fun to lug around. ...

Type 88 NORK variation on the Soviet AK-74

It is fitted with a helical mag.

Thanks, Ronnie.

I suspect too many mentos were mixed with the soda.

Let's hope that idiot doesn't decide to lash out with what does work to cover his embarrassing failure.

I'll also guess there will be some close range 20mm practice in someone's future.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:

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Originally posted by Mike the Texan:...

Has anyone ever seen this kind of cylindrical magazine for an AK? I did a quick search for some, but didn't find any. Can't imagine they'd be much fun to lug around. ...

Type 88 NORK variation on the Soviet AK-74

It is fitted with a helical mag.

Reminds me of the Russian PP-19 Bizon SMG:

We have "experimental" chemical lasers mounted to aircraft. I've seen them on a 747.

Perhaps one was orbiting a way out during the launch?

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
I know nothing about icbms. I just watch a good number of youtube videos on NK and I have two thoughts:

1) Everyone is SKINNY as a rope in the country except for the leader

and 2) the way they march with that hard skipping way, a lot of them aren't going to be able to run very far pretty soon the way they're stressing their feet.

The Stechschritt (literally, "piercing step") was developed in the 1700s. It's purpose was to move large masses of soldiers over the battlefield. As troops move a known distance at a known speed it's easy for commanders to position then. Today, it's used for parades. It requires a high degree of coordination, discipline, and morale. The units in the parade have spent months practicing. Likely there are ceremonial units.

The average NK citizen is reported to be three inchers shorter. However, another site said 1-2 inches shorter. Most people love be on a twice monthly ration issue. If you can get into the military, you eat much better.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_step

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Originally posted by justjoe:
The missile blew up, and the engineers and technicians who designed it, built it. launched it, saw their own lives go up in smoke.

Unlikely. They're probably still quite comfortable somewhere in Iran.

thinking its a mix of incompetence with a healthy dose of offshore monitoring in case tings went as planned

I have no doubt people were watching to see if it would fail on its own, and ready to help if it didn't

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Originally posted by sdy:

I'm gonna kick your ass, woman.

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Originally posted by XinTX:

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
I know nothing about icbms. I just watch a good number of youtube videos on NK and I have two thoughts:

1) Everyone is SKINNY as a rope in the country except for the leader

and 2) the way they march with that hard skipping way, a lot of them aren't going to be able to run very far pretty soon the way they're stressing their feet.

Yeah, but they sure can get down.

Look at the officers around their holy impotence, I've never seen uniforms covered from top to bottom with medals before. Bet they jingle jangle.

Perhaps the best situation is that NORK tries to launch a nuclear tipped missile and if detonates 40 feet above the launcher.

My God those idiots on CNN are reporting that the missile failure could have been the result of US sabatoge. Are they TRYING to give this idiot an excuse to whip a nuclear device at someone?