"Artificial Earthquake" Detected in North Korea

[Hyfling]

Underground nuclear tests are what you do when you don't want to damage (in NK's case) the little land you still have. There's no real risk of radiation spreading as far as China or Russia.

Though I hear China's getting fed up with it's little allies shit.

That's true, China and Russia are both unhappy, just to be clear, when I said nuclear radiation, I meant the spread of nuclear radiation by accident, not by detonation.

Fair enough, the NK government isn't known for it's stringent safety measures.

[Ancient Republics]

The force is strong within Kim Jong Un and it is coming out.

[Autumn Wind]

You seem to assume the ROK doesn't have a functioning air-defence system, or an air force.

You seem to think North Korea is a military force that won't just overload Anti-air defences.

Probably not. They only have about 40 TELs for TBMs, and the majority of their airforce isn't capable of getting off the ground. They have a lot of work to do if they want to be a credible air threat to South Korea.

[The Greater Aryan Race]

You seem to assume the ROK doesn't have a functioning air-defence system, or an air force.

You seem to think North Korea is a military force that won't just overload Anti-air defences.

All of South Korea's air-defences? The DPRK can field a somewhat credible Air Force capable of inflicting casualties but is it capable of overwhelming and swamping the ROK, much less even deliver a nuclear bomb to Seoul? I highly doubt that.

[Washington Resistance Army]

You seem to think North Korea is a military force that won't just overload Anti-air defences.

Probably not. They only have about 40 TELs for TBMs, and the majority of their airforce isn't capable of getting off the ground. They have a lot of work to do if they want to be a credible air threat to South Korea.

Their training hours for the air force has sky (heh) rocketed in the past few years. It's still not at US or South Korean flight hours but it's gone up a lot since the 90's.

Plus they have a stupidly dense AAA system.

[United Marxist Nations]

Kim Jong-Un tired of being pushed around. Beta Uprising.

[Pimps Inc]

Probably not. They only have about 40 TELs for TBMs, and the majority of their airforce isn't capable of getting off the ground. They have a lot of work to do if they want to be a credible air threat to South Korea.

Their training hours for the air force has sky (heh) rocketed in the past few years. It's still not at US or South Korean flight hours but it's gone up a lot since the 90's.

Plus they have a stupidly dense AAA system.

In the first few hours of a possible Second Korean War, the DPRK has enough artillery pieces situated close enough to the border to level Seoul in hours. That would be the only thing, apart from nuclear weaponry, that can pose a serious threat to South Korea. After those hours, the US forces arrive.

[The Forsworn Knights]

North Korea is now isolated. You see, all super power nations have told them to stop further research in weapons of mass destruction. China and Russia for example, they're afraid that, the radiation would affect China and Russia, consider diagram 1.1, the star shows the detonation site, which is not far from Russia and China, thus, in their point of view, they will for sure condemn North Korea, which will leave N. Korea vulnerable to the UN's condemnation.

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Cause all Kim needs is the Dictator's Badge of Badassery.

[North America Inc]

Am I the only who read the title thought that Best Korea was blaming the evil Capitalist United States for engineering an earthquake?

[Washington Resistance Army]

Their training hours for the air force has sky (heh) rocketed in the past few years. It's still not at US or South Korean flight hours but it's gone up a lot since the 90's.

Plus they have a stupidly dense AAA system.

In the first few hours of a possible Second Korean War, the DPRK has enough artillery pieces situated close enough to the border to level Seoul in hours. That would be the only thing, apart from nuclear weaponry, that can pose a serious threat to South Korea. After those hours, the US forces arrive.

The more modern units of the KPAGF are a very serious threat to Worst Korea, needless to say nobody wants a ground war in Korea.

Am I the only who read the title thought that Best Korea was blaming the evil Capitalist United States for engineering an earthquake?

Sadly the US has yet to weaponize earthquakes

[Pimps Inc]

In the first few hours of a possible Second Korean War, the DPRK has enough artillery pieces situated close enough to the border to level Seoul in hours. That would be the only thing, apart from nuclear weaponry, that can pose a serious threat to South Korea. After those hours, the US forces arrive.

The more modern units of the KPAGF are a very serious threat to Worst Korea, needless to say nobody wants a ground war in Korea.

Am I the only who read the title thought that Best Korea was blaming the evil Capitalist United States for engineering an earthquake?

Sadly the US has yet to weaponize earthquakes

Well, yea. The bombardment of Seoul would be if South Korea didn't react.
But still, the DPRK has a very large ground force which should be enough to keep the South Koreans at bay for some time, if not push into South Korea. A half hour would be enough to inflict some potentially serious damage to one of the most population dense cities in the world. The Souh Korean's Air Force would probably be unable to take out the thousands of hidden pieces in time, especially if a part of that Air Force is used to aid the air ground troops in pushing back the North Koreans.
The point is no one wants a ground war in Korea, you're right.

[Talvezout]

In the first few hours of a possible Second Korean War, the DPRK has enough artillery pieces situated close enough to the border to level Seoul in hours. That would be the only thing, apart from nuclear weaponry, that can pose a serious threat to South Korea. After those hours, the US forces arrive.

The more modern units of the KPAGF are a very serious threat to Worst Korea, needless to say nobody wants a ground war in Korea.

Am I the only who read the title thought that Best Korea was blaming the evil Capitalist United States for engineering an earthquake?

Sadly the US has yet to weaponize earthquakes

According to some people, that has happened already...

[Saiwania]

How do you think a preemptive strike by South Korea's air force would play out? If the artillery aimed at Seoul was all blown to pieces, would North Korea be able to counter attack conventionally, or would they be as helpless as Egypt was after Israel took out 18 of their air fields in 1967?

[New Axiom]

Prepare your gas masks and blast shelters, folks.

[Pimps Inc]

How do you think a preemptive strike by South Korea's air force would play out? If the artillery aimed at Seoul was all blown to pieces, would North Korea be able to counter attack conventionally, or would they be as helpless as Egypt was after Israel took out 18 of their air fields in 1967?

It's around 13,000 hidden pieces of artillery. And I believe that's without including the 300 or so rocket artillery pieces. Itd be hard to find them all in time before they could be manned and firing, especially with the DPRK's paranoia on the DMZ.

[Washington Resistance Army]

How do you think a preemptive strike by South Korea's air force would play out? If the artillery aimed at Seoul was all blown to pieces, would North Korea be able to counter attack conventionally, or would they be as helpless as Egypt was after Israel took out 18 of their air fields in 1967?

Given NK has a stupidly dense triple A network with some pretty modern systems it probably wouldn't go that well.

[Empire of Narnia]

It was hydrogen bomb test. I congratulate the many talented men and women that made this outstanding achievement possible. This technology will prove highly useful to deter imperialist aggression.

[The Greater Aryan Race]

It was hydrogen bomb test. I congratulate the many talented men and women that made this outstanding achievement possible. This technology will prove highly useful to deter imperialist aggression.

Yes because clearly the ebul imperializt Great Satan is plotting to take over and conquer Kimmyland.

[Empire of Narnia]

It was hydrogen bomb test. I congratulate the many talented men and women that made this outstanding achievement possible. This technology will prove highly useful to deter imperialist aggression.

Yes because clearly the ebul imperializt Great Satan is plotting to take over and conquer Kimmyland.

The neo-imperialist government in the USA has long made it a goal to conquer North Korea.

[Pimps Inc]

Yes because clearly the ebul imperializt Great Satan is plotting to take over and conquer Kimmyland.

The neo-imperialist government in the USA has long made it a goal to conquer North Korea.

Reunification?

[The Greater Aryan Race]

The neo-imperialist government in the USA has long made it a goal to conquer North Korea.

The claim you have made is so stupendously ludicrous and silly in it's sublime stupidity that while normally meriting a rebuttal, is so laughably conceived as to nullify any need to even compose such a rebuttal.


Anyhow, Russian and Chinese media have remained sceptical towards North Korean claims that it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb.

[Kazarogkai]

The bombers don't have far to get to Seoul

You seem to assume the ROK doesn't have a functioning air-defence system, or an air force.

They just need to get one through to bring about mass destruction. No air-defense is 100% perfect, even Israel's iron dome last I checked can only stop about 90% of threats. 10 out of 100 or so bombs launched would be more than effective to do the job.

[Risottia]

You seem to assume the ROK doesn't have a functioning air-defence system, or an air force.

They just need to get one through to bring about mass destruction. No air-defense is 100% perfect, even Israel's iron dome last I checked can only stop about 90% of threats. 10 out of 100 or so bombs launched would be more than effective to do the job.

I don't think NK would launch an airstrike against Seoul. Land-based artillery and low-flying missiles are much more suited for a surprise assault, while Incheon could also be attacked by naval artillery.

Anyway, NK knows perfectly well that such an attack would spell disaster for themselves, as Russia and China would greenlight an American and Japanese counterstrike. Of course, things would be different if SK went crazy and attacked NK - an event which is even less likely, though.

[Zurkerx]

It was likely a nuclear test. I wouldn't be surprise really but a Hydrogen Bomb? That I have to question.

[The Qeiiam Star Cluster]

They build an earthquake machine! We're doomed!