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So threatening shooting down missiles will be met with more missiles which will have more countermissiles shot which will have more missiles shot which-ERROR BRAIN OVERFLOW

[OREOSOME]

So threatening shooting down missiles will be met with more missiles which will have more countermissiles shot which will have more missiles shot which-ERROR BRAIN OVERFLOW

Well, if all the countermissiles are fired at the first wave, then the remaining missiles would do some damage.

[10ebbor10]

Or you know, the countermissiles can miss. They only have a 75% hitrate, I believe.

[MagmaMcFry]

That snake avatar.

Is a thing of beauty.

Meanwhile North Korea threatens that the threat of shooting down missiles will be met with the threat of missiles.

So NK just announced in front of their own people that they will start the war. Now the war will have to happen, or NK's leaders will lose face in front of the people. Dammit.

[nenjin]

I'm so fucking sick of North Korean logic. It's like trying to debate a 12-year-old, who boldly states "I DON'T CARE IF I MAKE NO SENSE, FUCK YOU."

Likewise, the headlines make me want to reach through the internet and punch the writers in their testicles/ovaries. Christ.

[PanH]

Countermissiles have also never been used in actual war situation, only in scripted situation. It's far from a perfect defense system.

[ChairmanPoo]

That snake avatar.

Is a thing of beauty.

Meanwhile North Korea threatens that the threat of shooting down missiles will be met with the threat of missiles.

So NK just announced in front of their own people that they will start the war. Now the war will have to happen, or NK's leaders will lose face in front of the people. Dammit.

Nonsense. They'll just claim they were never at war with Eastasia and move on.

[MagmaMcFry]

That snake avatar.

Is a thing of beauty.

Meanwhile North Korea threatens that the threat of shooting down missiles will be met with the threat of missiles.

So NK just announced in front of their own people that they will start the war. Now the war will have to happen, or NK's leaders will lose face in front of the people. Dammit.

Nonsense. They'll just claim they were never at war with Eastasia and move on.

TIL North Korea is a mass enactment of 1984.

[IronyOwl]

Sigh... do people still think that the statements have any other point than to spread fear within NK and to get people to rally behind Dear Leader?

Traditionally they've also been to get more aid from other countries.

That snake avatar.

Is a thing of beauty.

Meanwhile North Korea threatens that the threat of shooting down missiles will be met with the threat of missiles.

So NK just announced in front of their own people that they will start the war. Now the war will have to happen, or NK's leaders will lose face in front of the people. Dammit.

Nonsense. They'll just claim they were never at war with Eastasia and move on.

TIL North Korea is a mass enactment of 1984.

In all seriousness, they do still have flagrant lies. This is probably the next level of their "I'll do it! I'M SERIOUS HERE! REALLY REALLY REALLY SERIOUS THIS TIME!" rhetoric, since their current stuff isn't working. If that doesn't work for real, they can always claim it worked internally ("The US has granted us generous concessions to be spared from our military might!"*), though obviously their external image could be a problem.
_{*Oh god NK is run by Civilization AI that's been refused a cease fire.}


The issue, of course, is just when they're going to do that. If their bluffing passes the point where another nation declares it an act of war, we could end up with an escalation all the way up in very short order. NK fires a missile or something, US decides that's it, NK panics and presses all their buttons or doesn't, gets annihilated immediately either way. Problems all around.

[Guardian G.I.]

That snake avatar.

Is a thing of beauty.

Meanwhile North Korea threatens that the threat of shooting down missiles will be met with the threat of missiles.

So NK just announced in front of their own people that they will start the war. Now the war will have to happen, or NK's leaders will lose face in front of the people. Dammit.

KCNA's announcement states that they will obliterate Japan if the Japanese start a war. It doesn't state that North Korea will actually start the war by attacking Japan.

Also, if North Korea actually planned to attack first, it wouldn't make any announcements about the upcoming war a few days/weeks/months before the attack. It would try to catch the USA and South Korea by surprise.

[Sirus]

That snake avatar.

Is a thing of beauty.

Meanwhile North Korea threatens that the threat of shooting down missiles will be met with the threat of missiles.

So NK just announced in front of their own people that they will start the war. Now the war will have to happen, or NK's leaders will lose face in front of the people. Dammit.

KCNA's announcement states that they will obliterate Japan if the Japanese start a war. It doesn't state that North Korea will actually start the war by attacking Japan.

Er. Shooting down a missile aimed at your country =/= declaration of war.

I mean, it might in NK, but not in the rest of the world, last I checked.

[RedWarrior0]

That snake avatar.

Is a thing of beauty.

Meanwhile North Korea threatens that the threat of shooting down missiles will be met with the threat of missiles.

So NK just announced in front of their own people that they will start the war. Now the war will have to happen, or NK's leaders will lose face in front of the people. Dammit.

KCNA's announcement states that they will obliterate Japan if the Japanese start a war. It doesn't state that North Korea will actually start the war by attacking Japan.

Er. Shooting down a missile aimed at your country =/= declaration of war.

I mean, it might in NK, but not in the rest of the world, last I checked.

It's a declaration of war to interfere with GLORIOUS LEADER KIM JONG UN

[Osmosis Jones]

So, I have a friend who does musical stand up comedy, and he penned... this.

Beware, the lyrics aren't safe for work.

[MaximumZero]

That snake avatar.

Is a thing of beauty.

Meanwhile North Korea threatens that the threat of shooting down missiles will be met with the threat of missiles.

So NK just announced in front of their own people that they will start the war. Now the war will have to happen, or NK's leaders will lose face in front of the people. Dammit.

KCNA's announcement states that they will obliterate Japan if the Japanese start a war. It doesn't state that North Korea will actually start the war by attacking Japan.

Er. Shooting down a missile aimed at your country =/= declaration of war.

I mean, it might in NK, but not in the rest of the world, last I checked.

It's a declaration of war to interfere with GLORIOUS LEADER KIM JONG UN

That bastard blocked my punch! He must want to fight!

[Max White]

Well, right now that bastard seems willing to block my punch, after I was shouting like a moron that I'm going to punch everybody. Guess that i a threat and I better punch him!