You guys can stand down. If Kim Jung Looney wanted to make a first strike --- it wouldn't be on the Yukon. Because about 20 minutes later -- his whole Looney bin would be fused and molten basic chemistry. .
Meh depends which way idiot boy wants to go, he /could/ decide to take out the US's Space Missile Defense (Up here primarily) first, although if he's going to go that far, I imagine EMP is the least of the lower 48s problems cause I bet a nuke follow shortly heh
Also: Alaska will /never/ stand down Sir.
Well good. Because we need you guys to watch them come in, track them and watch them land. Any INTERCEPTION capability that we're left with since the Reagan SDI concept was gutted --- is just sketchy. We were told you couldn't detonate ANYTHING in space -- the point at which the nuclear payload is at its' slowest. So we were relegated to trying to shoot a bullet with bullet type of defensive missile system. One that works less than 50% of the time on SIMPLE tests.
Here's the sorry conquences of Congress NOT PLANNING 20 years out for partisan political reasons.. They've just been dicking around rather than working on TRUE continental defense system..
US missile defense: Getting to 'ready' on North Korea threat
Since 2004, the US has deployed rocket interceptors at Ft. Greeley, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Currently there are 36; that number is scheduled to rise to 44 by the end of 2017.
The three-stage interceptors are intended to target missile warheads in the middle of their ballistic course from launch to target. They carry “kill vehicle” warheads of their own, which separate from the launcher and maneuver towards the coasting nuclear warheads. An upgraded Redesigned Kill Vehicle is in the works. Testing won’t begin for a few years; deployment is currently scheduled for 2020.
Testing record: 9 of 17 attempts successful
Are you trying to say NORAD wouldn't be able to track missiles from North Korea? Do you think an EMP would really disrupt NORAD's abilities? It is so well protected and I'm sure it has it's own power source...
Yeah but it seems there is always a counter defense to take anything out. Meaning when we make something to beat everyone else's bs, they up us one and build something to then take that out. Them meaning whatever the hell Country is out to Trump our defense systems .
Ok let's go over a few things first. It is already pretty well known despite the U.S. trying to hide it, we can hack North Korean missiles and make them explode or crash. Secondly, despite you thinking it is funny, North Korea's fleet of subs are almost entirely old Russian and Chinese subs that would be retired from the the United States Navy. Thirdly, once again something you thought was funny, North Korea has had ONE successful "water" launch of a missile. Lastly, let's go over a series of events that would have to happen:
1. North Korea would have to send out their subs without the U.S. satellite systems noticing it.
2. The U.S. Navy would have to lose track of those subs.
3. North Korea would have to have a successful "water" launch.
4. The U.S. would have to fail to hack the missile.
5. The U.S. missile defense system which is a little different than how FlaCalTenn has mentioned... in which a missile tracks the other missile and then explodes in front of it sending out multiple projectiles in order to damage/destroy the other missile. It is not quite the same as "shooting a bullet with another bullet."
So ALL that would have to happen in order for North Korea to detonate a nuclear missile over the U.S. main land in order to create an EMP.
