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North Korea (DPRK — Democratic People's Republic of Korea) has launched an SLBM (Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile) from a submarine in the Sea of Japan, according to a Reuters story. The missile travelled about 300 miles (500 km). A similar launch last month seemed to fail.
Having the ability to fire a missile from a submarine could help North Korea evade a new anti-missile system planned for South Korea and pose a threat even if nuclear-armed North Korea's land-based arsenal was destroyed, experts said.
The ballistic missile was fired at around 5:30 a.m. (2030 GMT) from near the coastal city of Sinpo, where a submarine base is located, officials at South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defence Ministry told Reuters.
The projectile reached Japan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) for the first time, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a briefing, referring to an area of control designated by countries to help maintain air security.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Thursday August 25 2016, @03:18AM
Because China would be forced to at least bomb/invade a close US ally, or admit that it is afraid of defending all of its allies from US aggression.
Yeah, I get this. Then again, a couple of well placed cruise missiles would end the North Korea Problem, and let China defend it's actions concerning obvious nutjobs looking for nukes. Not to mention if China goes after South Korea over something the US did their GDP might drop 0.01%, which would cause much suffering world wide.
A side effect might be millions of people get fed more than starvation rations, and China might rethink creating islands in the middle of the fricken ocean.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 25 2016, @04:04AM
> a couple of well placed cruise missiles would end the North Korea Problem,
Its thinking like that which killed a quarter million iraqis and brought us ISIS.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 25 2016, @04:19AM
(Score: 5, Insightful) by JNCF on Thursday August 25 2016, @04:19AM
Yeah, I get this. Then again, a couple of well placed cruise missiles would end the North Korea Problem, and let China defend it's actions concerning obvious nutjobs looking for nukes.
That's quite a gamble you're proposing.
Not to mention if China goes after South Korea over something the US did their GDP might drop 0.01%, which would cause much suffering world wide.
What if they invaded Saudi Arabia and went straight for the oil? What would that do to American GDP?
A side effect might be millions of people get fed more than starvation rations
Do you think China cares about that? Do you think the US cares? We're talking about state level actors here.
China might rethink creating islands in the middle of the fricken ocean.
Not likely. Those islands are probably very important to future mineral claims. China knows the seafloor much better than you and I do, they've been mapping it for years.