Well.
All I can say is, the Koreans must be stupider than the Soviets. The Soviets had a massive amount of land they could build missiles in and hide from retribution from if they decided to lose their cool and launch a nuke. North Korea's a pretty small country. The US has plenty of nuclear weapons left over from the Cold War. How much percentage of the States do you think it would be possible for North Korea to destroy? Maybe 0.01%? Granted, if that percent includes Washington or New York City, it's likely the worst disaster in history. But how much percentage of North Korea do you think the US could destroy if the absolute worst comes to absolute worst? I'm betting well over 50%.
And before you might counter-argue "What if they destroy all of our stored nuclear weapons, or the people who know how to deploy them?" [Un]fortunately, we have them in plenty of places, plenty of bases, many of which are top-secret.
And given that the UN is going against North Korea, it's not just the US they're dealing with. Russia and Britain and China, at least, all have various stages of nuclear development.
Launching a nuclear weapon is always a terribly stupid idea, but in this case, it would be completely horrendously stupid for North Korea.
All I can say is, the Koreans must be stupider than the Soviets. The Soviets had a massive amount of land they could build missiles in and hide from retribution from if they decided to lose their cool and launch a nuke. North Korea's a pretty small country. The US has plenty of nuclear weapons left over from the Cold War. How much percentage of the States do you think it would be possible for North Korea to destroy? Maybe 0.01%? Granted, if that percent includes Washington or New York City, it's likely the worst disaster in history. But how much percentage of North Korea do you think the US could destroy if the absolute worst comes to absolute worst? I'm betting well over 50%.
And before you might counter-argue "What if they destroy all of our stored nuclear weapons, or the people who know how to deploy them?" [Un]fortunately, we have them in plenty of places, plenty of bases, many of which are top-secret.
And given that the UN is going against North Korea, it's not just the US they're dealing with. Russia and Britain and China, at least, all have various stages of nuclear development.
Launching a nuclear weapon is always a terribly stupid idea, but in this case, it would be completely horrendously stupid for North Korea.
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