Comment by matthewdgreen
5 days ago
Jesus, I hadn't realized they had come so far. Apparently NK gained the ability to hit the entire continental US with Hwasong 15. The latest iterations are suspected of being designed to contain MRVs or MIRVs, which would completely overwhelm US missile defenses. It is insane that we let them go down this road.
Even they know that if one launched from their end they would all cease to exist within minutes.
This is a deterrent until Kim Jong Un loses his marbles or receives a terminal diagnosis, or until some military commander makes a serious mistake. Now multiply this same risk times fifty or sixty and you’ll see why the major project of the 20th century was limiting the number of countries with nukes.
There’s a good chance they fail since our intelligence services are essentially watching everything they do internally in real time.
And a proper failure gives an opportunity to disappear them.