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Experts are suggesting the in-flight failure and crash of the missile launched by North Korea on Wednesday could have been the result of a "left-of-launch" attack by the United States. While these failures may have been the result of poor engineering on the part of the North Koreans, they may also have been deliberately brought down by the US.
[...] In 2014, then-President Barack Obama authorized additional research into "left-of-launch" efforts to neutralize North Korean missiles, as opposed to the more traditional deployment of anti-missile systems to destroy inbound weapons. "Left-of-launch" strategies involve electromagnetic propagation or cyber attacks against missiles immediately after launch, including through infected electronics aboard the weapon that confuse its command and control or targeting systems.
[...] Part of the beauty of a "left-of-launch" attack, said Lance Gatling, a defence analyst and president of Tokyo-based Nexial Research Inc, is that the North Koreans cannot be sure that any imported electronics have not been deliberately permitted to evade sanctions because they are infected with malware. Similarly, when a launch fails they are also unable to determine what brought the missile down.
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(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday April 07 2017, @02:15AM (4 children)
Fine by me. I'd do the exact same to them actually; layer on layer on layer of deception and frustration. We cannot let that fat sack of shit succeed in a launch, and this is both the gentlest and most deniable way to stop it from happening.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2017, @02:25AM (2 children)
He looks like the North Korean version of Colonel Sanders, waiting to see him in an ad for Korean Fried Chicken.
(Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Friday April 07 2017, @02:31AM (1 child)
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday April 07 2017, @08:29AM
free tour of the factory if you do ask (hey, maybe that's where Saddam's 'losing soccer team shredder ended up...)
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2017, @02:38AM
Well, rather than subterfuge relating to the electronics NK buys for their weapons programs, we could go direct to the problem and somehow infect the luxury comestibles and spirits that their leadership imports...use something that takes awhile to work in case there are food testers that eat everything first.
Even spreading this rumor might cause some mischief?