NKorea declares it conducted nuclear test

[the image reaper]

" you be nice to us, or I'm gonna go tell the United Nations, on ya ! " :beatdeadhorse:

[Delta9 UK]

oh and heres the shittin kaboodle of it all they are now out of the truce so to say, perfect timing on n. koreas part. can we really fight a war on 3 fronts. if they attack across the border into s. korea say is the US in any way ready to fight a war in the middle east and in korea? with barama in charge?
and lets face it all those pansys at the UN are goin to look to us to do somthing about it. so kudos to kim for timing on this one.

On force number etc.

U.S Forces in theatre 28,000 (I think that's all types mixed)

South Korean forces:
560,000 Army
68,000 Navy
64,000 Air Force
2,330 tanks | 12 subs | 400 combat aircraft

North Korean forces:
950,000 Army
46,000 Navy
110,000 Air Force
3,500 tanks | 63 subs | 620 combat aircraft

No matter who is in charge it would be a nightmare.

Don't forget Seoul is only 30 miles south of the border - that's Artillery range to me and you.

[tuscani]

you think operation black jack is just media fear mongering, or illuminati foreshadowing... we will see, but this fits in with the telegraphs lame symbol ridden cartoonsss...the apocalypse is uponn uss :jointsmile::jointsmile:

[the image reaper]

the troop numbers pale in the presence of ONE bomb, though ... I just feel so sorry for the people over there ... millions starving to death, while that twisted runt spends billions on his war machine :wtf:

[Mr. Clandestine]

N.Korea will soon test launch even more missiles, at least one of which is reported to be an ICBM: Reuters.

What in the hell is Kim Jong-il thinking? :wtf: Makes you wonder if he's just doing this to bolster the image of his youngest son, who's just become the heir of the N.Korea dynasty, or if he truly is crazy enough to start launching random attacks on their enemies. Whatever the UN is doing to resolve this, it isn't working...

[overgrowthegovt]

the troop numbers pale in the presence of ONE bomb, though ... I just feel so sorry for the people over there ... millions starving to death, while that twisted runt spends billions on his war machine :wtf:

Billions on the war machine, despite dire poverty that needs to be fixed? You just described every U.S. president since Truman.

So the world has another nuclear power...doesn't scare me anymore than the idea of Israel or the U.S. being armed, despite the moral-superiority rhetoric. It's not like North Korea can do anything with its weapon...in today's age, no one can use a nuke and hope to survive the counter-attack. That's the only reason the Cold War stayed cold. They're just security blankets, really, and considering North Korea isn't a protected member of the international community, this just serves to make them a little less vulnerable to what we can throw at them. Despite all the sensationalism, all that will happen now is that N. Korea and the Western world will both sit on their nukes quietly and grit their teeth at each other. They may very well invade South Korea at any time, but with smaller weapons...to nuke their neighbour to the south would be suicide, considering the reaction it would get internationally. The world has stayed nuke-strike-free since 1945 and will for the foreseeable future.

If there's one country that I fear might go absolutely insane with their power, it's Israel. That tyranny has been known to strike at whomever they please, with U.S. backing (something the Koreans don't have). The genocide of the Palestinians or the annihilation of Lebanon or Iran wouldn't surprise me all that much.