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[LordSlowpoke]

With the tiny amount of trade these isolationist guys are doing smuggling a nuke is not an easy task. I hope that it is practically impossible.

Doesn't US monitor all ships that enter NK ports? It is probably possible to transfer the device to a second ship in a third country's port but that adds more points of failure to the plan. Does NK have submarines capable of shaking US subs off its tail?

Not ones big enough to smuggle a nuclear warhead.

They can probably smuggle it in parts.

I do not put it above them in any way.

[Felius]

What about those mini "briefcase" nukes or the similar?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Just because those exist doesn't mean NK is able to make them.

[Slayerhero90]

Just because those exist doesn't mean NK is able to make them.

And, also to note, just because it doesn't exist, it won't stop them from trying to make them.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

NK moves mid-range Musudan missile to east coast.

[ChairmanPoo]

Does moving that rocket a couple of km make it a significantly bigger threat? Or is it just a pure PR move? (Hey doodz! We have mid range rockets!)
Food for though: Iran once bought a whole batch of NK rocketry and ended up seeking a refund. So.... NK rocket tech probably is not that good

[Loud Whispers]

Food for though: Iran once bought a whole batch of NK rocketry and ended up seeking a refund. So.... NK rocket tech probably is not that good

This is just so bemusing as to seem ACME in origin.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Food for though: Iran once bought a whole batch of NK rocketry and ended up seeking a refund. So.... NK rocket tech probably is not that good

Aaaand my month is made.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Food for though: Iran once bought a whole batch of NK rocketry and ended up seeking a refund. So.... NK rocket tech probably is not that good

Aaaand my month is made.

Then your spring will be made when you learn that North Korea stole a bunch of aid trains from the Chinese, claiming that they were included in the aid program.

[Ogdibus]

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[Tally]

If war with North Korea ever occurs (I consider it likely that all their nuke-waving is just a bluff), the question I have is... what happens next? Predictably, they would be squashed, but what follows is unclear to me, as there might be some major political ideology clashes between the US and China. Everyone involved is going to want their share, otherwise why get caught up in war, but yielding an inch to either side will benefit a long-term rival. The third option, of course, may be to give the land to South Korea, but as SK is a democratic nation, China might regard that as an advantage to their rival agenda.


While North Korea's waving their arms around, maybe that's what the higher-ups here are thinking about rather than any threat North Korea might pose. I could see international tensions rise if they ever do make a move.

[Max White]

long-term rival

Do you mean to imply a rivalry between the USA and China?
Hue hue hue hue hue hue!!!

Look at anything in front of you, pick it up, and read the 'made in China' label on the bottom. Trade makes allies of us all.

[Loud Whispers]

If war with North Korea ever occurs (I consider it likely that all their nuke-waving is just a bluff), the question I have is... what happens next? Predictably, they would be squashed

No they wouldn't. North Korea can afford to lose so much more to cause more damage. A war with North Korea would not be a war to win, it would be a war to lose the least. And massacring the North Koreans is hardly a more palatable idea, nor would it even be a simple or clean thing to do.

But what follows is unclear to me, as there might be some major political ideology clashes between the US and China. Everyone involved is going to want their share, otherwise why get caught up in war, but yielding an inch to either side will benefit a long-term rival.

Not since 1991.

The third option, of course, may be to give the land to South Korea, but as SK is a democratic nation, China might regard that as an advantage to their rival agenda.

I don't even

While North Korea's waving their arms around, maybe that's what the higher-ups here are thinking about rather than any threat North Korea might pose. I could see international tensions rise if they ever do make a move.

Maybe just a little

[werty892]

North Korea doing shit  Nobody is surprised. Fuck, if they launched a missile at somebody, It wouldn't make it past the anti-missile boats in the pacific.

[sneakey pete]

Fuck, if they launched a missile at somebody, It wouldn't make it past the anti-missile boats in the pacific.

Nice theory.
Course those missile systems have never been used in a real event before, so it remains a theory.