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Old 01-14-2018, 10:32 AM   #16
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How accurate is NK's targeting? .
From I understand, they use Google Maps.

(Perky female voice) "You have arrived at your destination"

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Old 01-14-2018, 10:39 AM   #17
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It only affected a few million people so what's the big deal as Hillary would say.
At this point, what does it matter!
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Old 01-14-2018, 10:42 AM   #18
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From I understand, they use Google Maps.

(Perky female voice) "You have arrived at your destination"

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RECALCULATING!

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Old 01-14-2018, 10:59 AM   #19
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The worker feels terrible and will be re-trained.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/13...s-mistake.html
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Old 01-14-2018, 11:42 AM   #20
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How accurate is NK's targeting? Of course the pentagon is not going to tell us how accurate our systems are but I would hazard a guess that a U.S. missile launched from Wyoming could hit a small car. But then NK is not trying for military effectiveness but terrorism and for that a miss of ten miles is good enough.

If they have thermonuclear then their yield is probably 100 or more times that of the Hiroshima device.
I think most are pegging their tests in the 20-100 kiloton range.

As far as targeting... the North Koreans need a missile first. Then they need a warhead. And then. And then... my buddy in who works in Naval Intel (I honestly don't know what he does) is stationed at Pearl is infinitely more worried about Tsunamis than the North Koreans.

Surviving an exchange though is certainly possible. Where I grew up there were three targets in my city and we would likely have taken 2 hits on ground and on air burst. Both, assuming the Russians can reliably hit what they aim at, would have been to the North of where I usually was. The North Koreans would be trickier because I have little faith in anything related to their program. A miss by a few miles to the North or South would result in pretty light damage all things considered.
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Old 01-14-2018, 12:02 PM   #21
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This is some pretty messed up stuff.

And really, what's the point of sending out the message? What are people supposed to do to mitigate against a nuclear ICBM?

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Can't we all agree that nuclear alerts should not be put into the hands of state govt, but should be in the hands of the Feds and central command. There were so many things that went wrong yesterday that Hawaii should be embarrassed. One guy could send this out. Improper training. No "all clear" protocol in place. People went into the sewers to escape the holocaust. What a cluster.
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You would think for something like this they would have a "double positive" procedure, meaning two people would have to both hit the button on separate computers.

When you have a system where one person's human error can cause this type of panic, you need a better fail safe.
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When you have a system where one person's human error can cause this type of panic, you need a better fail safe.
"If he fires one then we'll fire one"
"FIRE ONE!"

Great movie.

Is Trump getting criticized for not firing back?
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"If he fires one then we'll fire one"
"FIRE ONE!"

Great movie.

Is Trump getting criticized for not firing back?
Isn't that line from "The Bedford Incident", instead of "Fail Safe"?Mebbe I is wrong... or maybe you were quoting "Bedford". Fail Safe, btw, had the dumbest most unrealistic ending in film history.

SPOILER ALERT!! (only 53 years later)

In 'Fail Safe", due to a series of unfortunate circumstanses, a American nuclear bomber drops the big one on Moscow.After that the President (played by Henry Fonda) orders the Air Force to nuke New York City as some sort of apology to the Russkies..

Bet he didn't get re-elected.
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This was no accident. Trump bait all it was.
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This was no accident. Trump bait all it was.
Agree!
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I'm afraid to ask, but what about it was "Trump bait"?
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I'm afraid to ask, but what about it was "Trump bait"?
Not my day to educate you.
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