October 23, 2017, 08:59 PM
Il CattivoLil Kim
"Unprecedented", too.
I wonder what kind of changes Abe is pondering for the Japanese constitution?
http://www.reuters.com/article...h-korea-idUSKBN1C18KOctober 23, 2017, 09:04 PM
GustoferI saw the word "imminent" used on the news today. I also heard that SAC Alerts are being started again.
Dangerous times we're living in.
A big hearty "thank you" goes out to our previous three presidents. This shit could have been stopped a long time ago.
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October 23, 2017, 09:10 PM
RAMIUSHas something happened?
October 24, 2017, 10:43 AM
41quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:
I saw the word "imminent" used on the news today. I also heard that SAC Alerts are being started again.
Dangerous times we're living in.
A big hearty "thank you" goes out to our previous three presidents. This shit could have been stopped a long time ago.
So SAC Airborne is flying 24 hours?
EDIT: Looks like they have been replaced with the Navy's E-6B Mercury.
Looking Glass ceased continuous airborne alert, but remained on ground or airborne alert 24 hours a day. Crews accumulated more than 281,000 accident-free flying hours, an aviation phenomenon. On Oct. 1, 1998, the Navy's E-6B Mercury replaced the EC-135 in the Looking Glass mission.
The E-6B is a Boeing 707 airframe loaded with high-tech communication equipment. The E-6B has the ability to communicate directly with the nation's ballistic submarine fleet. Its battle staff, when airborne, is under the command of a flag officer -- an Air Force general officer or a Navy admiral. General and flag officers are from USSTRATCOM, Joint Functional Component Command-Global Strike (JFCC-GS), the United State Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), Air Mobility Command (AMC), Air Combat Command (ACC), Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), and the Air National Guard (ANG), the Navy's Commander Submarine Group NINE, Pacific (COMSUBGRU NINE) and Commander Submarine Group TEN, Atlantic (COMSUBGRU TEN). http://www.stratcom.mil/Media/...-command-post-abncp/
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October 24, 2017, 10:43 AM
limblessbiffJust the news trying to sensationalize things again. If shit were to really hit the fan we would have absolutely zero warning
October 24, 2017, 10:53 AM
MNSIGquote:
Originally posted by 41:
So SAC Airborne is flying 24 hours?
I'd assume so. Bombers are also on alert. I think it's a good move. Kim needs to understand that if he launches one against the US, we are going to launch a full spread of countermeasures to knock it down. If that fails, he should expect to have about 20 minutes to celebrate, smile and clap while his generals take notes. Then Hell will rain down on him. He must understand that a strike on the US will not destroy us, but the response will destroy him.
October 24, 2017, 01:08 PM
Il Cattivoquote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Has something happened?
No, but the Japanese are pissed, the South Koreans are worried, and Trump's going on a diplomatic tour of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, The People's Republic of China, and various countries in the southeast Asian area - all of which may be a great chance to talk through and set up action on North Korea if North Korea keeps pushing to develop nuclear weapons. That's what all of the noise is about at present.
October 24, 2017, 01:20 PM
bozmanI think Trump will personally deliver a message to each leader. I bet Trump tells China and Russia that lack of strong action on their part to end the fat man will result in us not stopping (and maybe even helping) South Korea, Japan, and others in the region from acquiring nukes.
I think Trump looking them in the eyes and telling them that would be enough to end this right now.
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October 24, 2017, 01:29 PM
sigmonkeyWhen the man makes personal visits in a situation such as this, it is a big deal.
Either the Asian world comes together to put baby in the corner, or we start dirty dancing.
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PASigThis article from the UK Daily Mail with lots of smuggled pics of the allegedly "powerful" and feared Nork Army seems to paint a picture very much like what we saw with the "vaunted" Republican Guard and Iraqi Army, that they were actually falling apart and not worth shit:
Wood-powered truck!
Ancient wood-powered trucks, troops asleep on the road and women fighters in high heels: The true face of Kim Jong-un's army revealed in photos smuggled out of North Korea
October 24, 2017, 01:48 PM
CromTrump, individually to each Asian leader:
"Lil' Kim is about to be vaporized, in the near future, at a time of our choosing. When you see it happening, stay out. That is all."
"Crom is strong! If I die, I have to go before him, and he will ask me, 'What is the riddle of steel?' If I don't know it, he will cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me."
October 24, 2017, 02:16 PM
DJ_Bostonnot an expert by any stretch on that truck, but it does not look wood powered. Why would it have a hand crank still in place? they come off, so why keep it there. Also, if it is wood powered, why open the hood to let the engine cool. is this not a road repair crew heating tar? It may be junk, and they may be a military joke, but technically so are the taliban. Luckily I don't see the guerrilla warfare happening post Kim. Once they see the consumer goods available (or a bright enough flash), resistance will end.
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October 24, 2017, 02:27 PM
P220 SmudgeYou see an engine in that compartment? I'm no gearhead, but I've worked on a few trucks. I see an awful lot of empty space where one should be. There's another picture later in the article of a different truck outfitted the same way, pouring woodsmoke from just behind the passenger seat. Being skeptical is one thing, but look at the picture again. Heck, look at all the photos in the article. You see any tar in the back of that military troop transport? Because all is see is a bunch of wood, and an old dresser to go with the guy working the tar....
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October 24, 2017, 02:48 PM
RightwireIf things are that bad in the north, and invasion of the South may be his only option. Strategy wise he could toss a nuke at Japan, an emp air burst over the south and simultaneously drive across the border and hope for a quick victory as the world reels in shock.
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rusbroquote:
Originally posted by DJ_Boston:
Once they see the consumer goods available (or a bright enough flash), resistance will end.
I hope you are right, but these people have been subject to brainwashing for generations. They may prefer to die fighting.
October 24, 2017, 03:02 PM
DJ_BostonI don't see an engine in the compartment from this perspective, but I would guess a truck engine in a foreign country with limited resources would
NOT (edit - sorry p220 smudge)be massive, even in a military vehicle.
I am skeptical because I feel like the media wants to humanize them a bit, and not see them as an enemy that needs to be dealt with. A country with no engines for their trucks is pretty pitiable and non-threatening.
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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
You see an engine in that compartment? I'm no gearhead, but I've worked on a few trucks. I see an awful lot of empty space where one should be. There's another picture later in the article of a different truck outfitted the same way, pouring woodsmoke from just behind the passenger seat. Being skeptical is one thing, but look at the picture again. Heck, look at all the photos in the article. You see any tar in the back of that military troop transport? Because all is see is a bunch of wood, and an old dresser to go with the guy working the tar....
There is something good and motherly about Washington, the grand old benevolent National Asylum for the helpless.
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October 24, 2017, 03:32 PM
P220 SmudgeThe guy in the back of the truck isn't massive, and if you use him for scale, you can see the truck isn't massive. A massive truck needs a massive engine to propel it, which we don't see in evidence here.
That any news media is carrying this as a story doesn't discount what we're looking at, which is what we've suspected it of being: a country on a WWII level of tech trying to posture as something much more threatening.
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October 24, 2017, 04:53 PM
Il Cattivoquote:
country with a(n) aftermath-of-WWII level of tech
Technically speaking.
October 24, 2017, 05:03 PM
RAMIUSI google image search wood powered truck. This photo is from 2013 North Korea.
October 24, 2017, 05:11 PM
OutdoorsmanI am a gear head. I want to see how that wood burner transfers power to the drivetrain.