This is just something that has been floating in my mind for a while and I think has been discussed at some length in the mainstream media. Does anyone agree that Kim Jong Il, after suffering a stroke (supposedly anyway, who really knows what goes on in that country anyway, besides starvation and oppressive brainwashing) is simply trying to show power to his own regime by reacting so violently to the recent things said about North Korea in the international community? Any thoughts?
On MAD: What if country A fires nukes at country B? Country B could easily fire nukes back before A's nukes hit, but why should they? They are still doomed. If country A survives the brief nuclear war, survivors in country B have somewhere to go. If Country B is destroyed (as in MAD) country A is certainly doomed.
ground to air ballistic missiles will effectively take out the nuke in mid air, and the radiation will disperse in the atmosphere rendering it harmless.
I don't know that much about North Korea and its history, but in my World History class we've been studying China, and I think it's kind of similar to what you're talking about in North Korea. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
China is a very repressive government, but I'd rather spend 1,000 lifetimes in China than one day in North Korea. NK is known for human experimentation, extreme famine, a dead economy, and absolutely no rights. The situation in NK is devastating.
ground to air ballistic missiles will effectively take out the nuke in mid air, and the radiation will disperse in the atmosphere rendering it harmless.
Well, I think it would still cause a problem. The radiation would most likely not disperse as quickly as you would imagine.
