So who would China and Russia side with if North Korea launched a missile at South Korea and the United States declared war?
The simple days are long gone. These things happen at some point. N sinks a boat, S sinks a boat. N shells a village, S waits to see. S gets a new Pres. USA gets a new Pres.
For what purpose, at all, would N send a missile to S? This could start as an artillery duel or a gun boat fight. But, a tactical missile strike to begin is out the question and won't strike anything. The Patriots will see to that.
And I guarantee you, no matter what happens the US will not be declaring war. That gives too much power to Congress, don' cha' know?
So, how about a real scenario? Lil' Kim mis-calculates. Or maybe he didn't. Like we are harping to ourselves, he figures a show of force is what the USA needs. So, what can he serve up that would be powerful but perhaps something he can get away with?
He launches a weapon at Guam knowing we will intercept it with THAAD as it re-enters high up in the stratosphere. He can never hit Guam. But, the weapon is an EMP. We were afraid of that. Electro Magnetic Pulse. It fries anything with thin copper deposits on fiberglass motherboard and their daughters. Anything up to your toaster wires will be toast.
It's triggered by the approaching interceptor. Nothing too special. Just a nuke with the beryllium shells designed a certain way to create the pulse as it detonates.
Guam Station, Guam Station....Come in Guam Station. All airplanes in flight, all ships at sea....Hissss...
So, a real question, why would the USA, then tell us what happened? No one was killed and they can still claim they shot down the missile. Has this already happened? Re-entry EMP pulse tests, I mean. Why would they tell us?
What if WE just got a US territory Pulsed as a warning, and we didn't have to know?
(We would find out eventually like the Kennedy screw up in Cuba.)
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