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[MetalSlimeHunt]

BREAKING NEWS: NEWS ABOUT NK!

does NK realize that if they actually make nukes, they get destroyed?

Do you realize that NK has already made nukes?

[Ameablable]

BREAKING NEWS: NEWS ABOUT NK!

does NK realize that if they actually make nukes, they get destroyed?

Do you realize that NK has already made nukes?

yes but not good ones.

[Mephansteras]

BREAKING NEWS: NEWS ABOUT NK!

does NK realize that if they actually make nukes, they get destroyed?

Why would they get destroyed simply for making nukes? They've already made some, and we haven't destroyed them yet. And no other country that made nukes has been destroyed for doing so.

It raises tensions, yes, and there is the possibility of surgical strikes on their nuclear facilities, but it is extremely unlikely that anyone is going to attack them simply for making nukes.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

BREAKING NEWS: NEWS ABOUT NK!

does NK realize that if they actually make nukes, they get destroyed?

Do you realize that NK has already made nukes?

yes but not good ones.

Still far superior to any conventional explosive. Making "good ones" requires more fissile material than NK is likely to ever have.

[Ameablable]

BREAKING NEWS: NEWS ABOUT NK!

does NK realize that if they actually make nukes, they get destroyed?

Why would they get destroyed simply for making nukes? They've already made some, and we haven't destroyed them yet. And no other country that made nukes has been destroyed for doing so.

It raises tensions, yes, and there is the possibility of surgical strikes on their nuclear facilities, but it is extremely unlikely that anyone is going to attack them simply for making nukes.

Well my only point is that they are threatening with nukes and now they are actively trying to build more.

[10ebbor10]

North Korea knows that they're not going to face any more penalties, let alone destruction. South Korea won't risk it's civilians, the US isn't invading anywhere anytime soon (Really, Lybia using poison gas would've been the trigger for an invasion. The first have been proved, the latter hasn't happened). About the only country which still has some influence on North Korea is China, and well, they're really don't want to destabilize the area by triggering a war on their front door.

So yeah, North Korea can go on and develop the bomb, and I don't think they will face many consequence. Not that we can stop them, they got the infrastructure, they have uranium mines, and they probably got the know how.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'm not so sure they have the know how. Not even being able to break Fat Man-level nukes does not speak well of their abilities.

[10ebbor10]

A nuke's a nuke.

They don't need to develop a fancy multistage hydrogen bomb, as long as it explodes, it counts.

[MonkeyHead]

I'm not so sure they have the know how. Not even being able to break Fat Man-level nukes does not speak well of their abilities.

The tech level of a Fat-Man or Little-Boy is remarkably crude. The difficulty is in producing enough viable fissile material. This is why centrifuge sites have been hit by air strikes by nations such as Israel in the past.

[Mephansteras]

Especially since most of their policy is around internal politics and shows of strength anyway. They don't have to be able to use the nukes very well, they just have to be able to threaten people with them and look strong on the inside.

You have to remember that the NK government's goal is focused on keeping themselves in power. Everything else is secondary.

[Aseaheru]

Heck, they dont even need all that much. and if they have enough really good lens makers they can do alot.

[DWC]

Especially since most of their policy is around internal politics and shows of strength anyway. They don't have to be able to use the nukes very well, they just have to be able to threaten people with them and look strong on the inside.

You have to remember that the NK government's goal is focused on keeping themselves in power. Everything else is secondary.

This.

Foreign observers keep wanting to look at NK like it's just another country with and they seem to give weight to their bullshit ideological statements and diplomatic complaints. The nation is not controlled by a responsible government, the regime is essentially a gang of criminal thugs that have seized the country as a fiefdom to extort and pillage as much as possible from them for their own personal gain.

It's a feudal monarchy, the actions the 'government' takes will be the preservation of the status quo for the benefit of the ruling family. This is true of almost all dictatorships, regardless of whatever ideological trappings or causes they purport, they'll throw the country into a bonfire before giving up power.

[misko27]

So then, how about North Korea entering Talks with the South? In the village where the Korean War Ceasefire happened no less.

[ibot66]

They were called off. Apparently, N. Korea doesn't want to talk to the south.

[Loud Whispers]

They were called off. Apparently, N. Korea doesn't want to talk to the south.

Sounds like a three year old with another. 'I'm not talking to you because you didn't give the ball to me every time!'

...Did the baby just make a gun?