North Korea launches new missile...

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North Korea has finally done it...

Yesterday they launched their latest ICBM,  this one with a predicted range of 13,000 kms,  compared to 10,000 kms for the previous model..

http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile/news-story/ac1a65e2487b5d8cfbfd60dc7a516cd2

That means that NK now has the capability to reach Washington D.C. to the east, whereas last week they would have landed in the Pacific.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/how-safe-is-the-us-from-a-north-korea-nuclear-attack-20171129-gzvjws.html

That previous 10k mark also meant that they now also could hit Tasmania to the south (and LA and Alaska to the east..) --  before this year,  their other missiles would have landed still well north of New Guinea..

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-16/north-korea-missile-range-map/8880894

Without a doubt, North Korea will be wiped out within the first day or two if they did attack anyone --  but they could still do a lot of damage if they launch a few pre-emptive hostile strikes...

http://www.smh.com.au/world/kim-jongun-will-be-utterly-destroyed-in-war-haley-20171130-gzvqaw.html

smelly-bandit wrote:

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

Traditional Aussie humour :

Q.  Why do Queenslanders call their favourite beer  'XXXX'  ?

A.   Because they can't spell  'piss'..

That's racist

No, that's "statist"...

magica wrote:

smelly-bandit wrote:

errrrrr

ever heard of the end of WWII???

ended with a bang, millions of lives saved and all that good stuff

I'm talking of a world war

It would be a pretty one-sided "world war"...

America and a few of its allies vs. North Korea..

With China and Russia abstaining -- but still strengthening their borders against the inevitable flood of refugees from the Korean Peninsula.