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Doesn't North Korea has ICBM missiles capable of reaching Italy or Washington DC? A missile full of VX agent is scary to me. The most North KOrea can fit on a

by mtw 10y ago

Doesn't North Korea has ICBM missiles capable of reaching Italy or Washington DC? A missile full of VX agent is scary to me. The most North KOrea can fit on a missile is a warhead as powerful as Hiroshima's but a missile full of VX could potentially kill everyone in Washington DC Plus think of all the implications of transporting VX through international borders. Did China accept having North Korean agents transporting VX in China? Did they smuggle it through fish boats?

coldcode 10y ago
Not yet. Also given the unreliability of their missiles I doubt they could hit the ocean with any reasonable chance.
overcast 10y ago
North Korea launching a weapon of mass destruction on anyone on this planet, would ensure North Korea ceases to exist. They are just nonsense posturing, and empty threats. In the end we say yes, yes, grand wizard of NK, you are the best. Then we give them some money, and wait for their next silly display.
- baybal2 10y ago
  >North Korea launching a weapon of mass destruction on anyone on this planet This will mean that China has ordered them to do that. It will not happen in any other way.
arprocter 10y ago
>Doesn't North Korea has ICBM missiles capable of reaching Italy or Washington DC? No[0]. The missile Iran recently tested was thought to be a Musudan[1] [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Operational_delivery_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mas... [1]https://warisboring.com/was-irans-new-missile-born-in-north-korea-8ae19827885d#.24rrzxs0w https://warisboring.com/was-irans-new-missile-born-in-north-...
smacktoward 10y ago
> Doesn't North Korea has ICBM missiles capable of reaching Italy or Washington DC? Not quite. The longest-range operational missiles they have are intermediate-range only, capable at best of reaching targets in Guam and Siberia. They've test-launched a few longer-ranged missiles as technology demonstrators, but even the best of these (the Taepodong-2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taepodong-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taepodong-2) only had enough range to reach India or Alaska.

by mtw 10y ago

coldcode 10y ago

Not yet. Also given the unreliability of their missiles I doubt they could hit the ocean with any reasonable chance.

overcast 10y ago

North Korea launching a weapon of mass destruction on anyone on this planet, would ensure North Korea ceases to exist. They are just nonsense posturing, and empty threats. In the end we say yes, yes, grand wizard of NK, you are the best. Then we give them some money, and wait for their next silly display.

baybal2 10y ago
>North Korea launching a weapon of mass destruction on anyone on this planet This will mean that China has ordered them to do that. It will not happen in any other way.

arprocter 10y ago

>Doesn't North Korea has ICBM missiles capable of reaching Italy or Washington DC? No[0]. The missile Iran recently tested was thought to be a Musudan[1] [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Operational_delivery_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mas... [1]https://warisboring.com/was-irans-new-missile-born-in-north-korea-8ae19827885d#.24rrzxs0w https://warisboring.com/was-irans-new-missile-born-in-north-...

smacktoward 10y ago

> Doesn't North Korea has ICBM missiles capable of reaching Italy or Washington DC? Not quite. The longest-range operational missiles they have are intermediate-range only, capable at best of reaching targets in Guam and Siberia. They've test-launched a few longer-ranged missiles as technology demonstrators, but even the best of these (the Taepodong-2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taepodong-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taepodong-2) only had enough range to reach India or Alaska.