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 jelizondo on Thursday August 25 2016, @02:18PM
I’m sorry if it was not clear that I do agree with your comments. My observation was that the context is much larger than simply US-China-DPRK, as it involves other countries in the region, possibly including Russia.
And if Russia is involved, automatically NATO is dragged in as well.
Now, your thoughts on the DNC, I found them interesting. I suspect it was an inside job (i.e. NSA or some black ops) to discredit Trump and get HRC an easy victory. I never considered the possibility of China or another State actor being in the game…
And you are right, my comment about Armageddon was flippant but I can’t help thinking that things are escalating too close to disaster and the powers that be should be less sanguine about another world war.
Cheers
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Thursday August 25 2016, @03:23PM
I’m sorry if it was not clear that I do agree with your comments.
I took the following line from your original reply to be a lead-in to partial disagreement, which led to my confusion when it didn't seem to (emphasis added):
Good point but not the whole thing.
In hindsight, it seems obvious that you were getting ready to expand on my statements rather than contradict them. I was pretty tired when I first read it.
Cheers
Indeed, have a nice day!