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Post by Smitty-48 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:03 pm

Speaker to Animals wrote:
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Speaker to Animals wrote:We are going to eat an EMP because of this bullshit.
Only on the west coast, no loss there.

No, CONUS. CONUS will be hit with an EMP.
EMP is easy, no PBV nor heat shield required, and they are clearly going for PBV and reentry, which means they ain't stopping at EMP, and as EMP would be treated the same as nuclear strike, if they're going for EMP, then the nuclear strike would be right behind it, like thirty seconds behind it.

If the EMP goes down, duck and cover, because next comes the flash, the EMP would simply be the vanguard.
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Post by Speaker to Animals » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:04 pm

Just nuking cities would be more humane than an EMP. You talk as if the nuclear strike is somehow worse.

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Post by Smitty-48 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:06 pm

Speaker to Animals wrote:Just nuking cities would be more humane than an EMP. You talk as if the nuclear strike is somehow worse.
Nuclear strike is worse, there's no fallout from EMP, you talk as if the North Koreans would let you down easy, with no strontium-90 laced into your EMP problems, EMP is already going all the way, so there's no reason not to take it to strontium-90 from there.

EMP + City Killer, if the North Koreans are going nuclear, they're going for broke, they only get one shot at this, so they will throw the kitchen sink at it.
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Post by Smitty-48 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:16 pm

For EMP, you don't need reentry, the North Koreans could do EMP right now, PBV astronavigation for CEP and heat shield for reentry, are two of the hardest parts of the equation, and since they are trying to solve that equation, they clearly are not just bringing EMP when they come, if all they wanted was EMP, they could stop where they are, they've got that covered in spades, but since they are taking the heat and risk to go further, EMP alone is not their objective end state, they're going for the two-fer, kitchen sink and all the cutlery along with.
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Post by Zlaxer » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:19 pm

Speaker to Animals wrote:
The Conservative wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:We are going to eat an EMP because of this bullshit.
Only on the west coast, no loss there.

No, CONUS. CONUS will be hit with an EMP.
Lolz - no - the DPRK would have to do some air bursts to test such a device. They blow a nuke up in the air. and it's over for them.

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Post by Speaker to Animals » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:20 pm

Zlaxer wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:
The Conservative wrote: Only on the west coast, no loss there.

No, CONUS. CONUS will be hit with an EMP.
Lolz - no - the DPRK would have to do some air bursts to test such a device. They blow a nuke up in the air. and it's over for them.

LOL, no right back at you. They just did the test underground. All they need to do is test the missile. Oh wait. They did that too..

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Post by ssu » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:20 pm

If the US makes a pre-emptive attack on North Korea, political reality will dictate it to be a conventional attack, not with nukes. No US President will out of the blue start using nukes. A conventional strike will be something that an US administration can think about.

Militarily it's of course far more difficult, but if someone comes with a plan that it could work and be a success like the Six Day War, they might think about it.

If North Korea attacks with nukes, then it's a swift response with the nuclear triad. If North Korea makes a Limited attack, the response is likely limited as we have seen earlier.

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Post by Smitty-48 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:21 pm

Zlaxer wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:
The Conservative wrote: Only on the west coast, no loss there.

No, CONUS. CONUS will be hit with an EMP.
Lolz - no - the DPRK would have to do some air bursts to test such a device. They blow a nuke up in the air. and it's over for them.
They don't have to test for EMP, it's already been tested, Operation Starfish Prime, the Americans already popped an EMP on themselves with a 1.2 megaton hydrogen bomb, if you pop a couple in the ionospehre over the CONUS, EMP is baked right into that cake.
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Post by Zlaxer » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:22 pm

Speaker to Animals wrote:
Zlaxer wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:

No, CONUS. CONUS will be hit with an EMP.
Lolz - no - the DPRK would have to do some air bursts to test such a device. They blow a nuke up in the air. and it's over for them.

LOL, no right back at you. They just did the test underground. All they need to do is test the missile. Oh wait. They did that too..

Double Lolz - no - EMP requires high altitude denotation plus some "special sauce".....you can't test special sauce underground.....

Aren't you former USAF?

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Post by Speaker to Animals » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:23 pm

Zlaxer wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:
Zlaxer wrote:
Lolz - no - the DPRK would have to do some air bursts to test such a device. They blow a nuke up in the air. and it's over for them.

LOL, no right back at you. They just did the test underground. All they need to do is test the missile. Oh wait. They did that too..

Double Lolz - no - EMP requires high altitude denotation plus some "special sauce".....you can't test special sauce underground.....

No special sauce needed. Just detonate the bombs in the upper atmosphere. EMP is the product.