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zipplewrath

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16. All true

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #15)

Thu Aug 10, 2017, 01:07 PM

Aug 2017

The intercept would have to be either during the launch phase (which I don't think we have anything in a position to do that) or in the terminal phase. But still, we can take multiple shots in the terminal phase, and if theirs aren't well coordinated, it makes intercepting all that much easier.

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Why North Korea Is Planning Long-Range Missile Flight Tests Over Japan and Toward Guam [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2017 OP

You kind of lost me at "liberal leaning aggregators"... Wounded Bear Aug 2017 #1

How so? I meant things like Daily Kos, Rachel Maddow, even DU. I could be wrong -- I tend to not use WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2017 #2

I swear Putin is playing both sides for chumps. Initech Aug 2017 #3

If NK is rational at all zipplewrath Aug 2017 #4

The article gets into that at length, with the odds not in our favor. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2017 #5

It seemed a tad biased zipplewrath Aug 2017 #6

NK has to hit a fairly low bar, which according to the data we have, is completely within their WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2017 #7

Good analogy Cosmocat Aug 2017 #10

Without getting into numbers zipplewrath Aug 2017 #13

The test missiles over Japan at Guam are likely to be IRBMs, which we don't have such a hot WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2017 #15

All true zipplewrath Aug 2017 #16

What about Maddow's contention that the new estimate of NK's capabilities skip fox Aug 2017 #8

I don't watch Maddow (as I mentioned), so I don't know which "capabilities" she feels are being WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2017 #9

I think it was on Tuesday night. skip fox Aug 2017 #11

But the DIA isn't the only one saying NK can most likely fit a nuke on an ICBM. Speculation about WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2017 #14

Addendum: skip fox Aug 2017 #12