Friday Fiver gets kind of random

[gridlore]

1. Have you ever had an addiction? Yes. That's all I'm going to say on the matter.

2. Are you afraid of the dark? Hell no! I love the night.

3. What's your favorite flavor of ice cream? Chocolate fudge

4. Have you ever been to the circus? Not since I was about 5.

5. What do you think of North Korea testing nuclear weapons? They aren't testing nuclear weapons, they are testing long-range missiles. As long as the tests are announced, and fall in international waters, they are following the established protocols. However, the DPRK is run by nutcases. So I think after they test a missile, we should test the 7th Fleet's ability to launch an Alpha Strike on the launch complex.

Comments

[murbin.livejournal.com]

Have you heard what the DPRK is doing to the Chinese?

They are stealing trains. (http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/korea/articles/20060705.aspx)

The Chinese are sending aid, fuel and food mostly, by train.
Lately, the North Koreans have been keeping the trains and sending the crews back.

The Chinese want their trains back.
The North Koreans are claiming they are part of the aid program.
The Chinese have stopped sending trains.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

That's life in KimWorld. They say it, therefore it is true.

I recall a few years back during the whole circus regarding the Japanese who had been kidnapped by DPRK agents decades before. In an attempt to humanize Kim Jong Il, North Korea let slip that he enjoyed golf.. and had scored nine holes-in-one the first time he played. They said this with a straight face.

[silverstorm2013.livejournal.com]

#5. Don’t you think that might be a little, I don’t know, Provocative?

[kengr]

As someone sitting on top of a prime target that's in range if they get the missiles working right, I have to say that #5 is tempting.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Not at all. #5 isn't provocative.. it's an all-out act of war.

We invaded Iraq with less evidence, and the leadership of the DPRK are completely nuts. I fully believe that Kim Jong Il would launch a nuke at Seattle on a whim.

[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

That's the problem with destructive testing . . . once you destroy the launch complex, you've established your ability to destroy it at any time -- but the target (who is nuts) will not believe it until you actually do it, by which time one is already at war.

I personally think that the art of destroying hardened underground bunker complexes and killing everyone inside deserves a great deal of thought and study.

[kengr]

Y'know, it occurs to me to wonder if the failures of these missiles (at least what I gathered from the news is that they all failed in flight) is poor design, or the US testing something.

Mind you, my money is om poor design, especially since the shrub and company couldn't keep their mouths shuts if it *was* us doing it.

But it's still an interesting thought.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Meson guns on attack subs?

[kengr]

The airborne laser we've been testing for years could probably do it. And be hard to tell from an AWACS.

[10binary-cats.livejournal.com]

Damn...she knows too much, fire up the black helicopter.

[kengr]

Before doing anything embarassing, allow me to point out several items of interest:

1. Open literarture (hell *news* broadcasts) make that capability quite obvious.

2. "She" doesn't exist.

3. what makes you think I don't have failsafe plans in place in case something unfortunate was to happen?