Show me in history where another president tuants a crazy man who could bring on a possible catastrophic event like Trump is doing to N. Korea?
Roosevelt held back almost too long , Wilson , Lincoln all kept their cool.
Trump is trying to keep the word Russia off the headlines..he is manipulating you righties as usual..
Bull shit. NK is not a threat to the US. I don't know why Trump is doing that but he's much smarter than you or I so I trust him, and it's funny as hell.
Can you back u your statement of N. Korea not being a threat? I have heard differently.
Short video
Chilling pictures of North Korea's missile show Kim IS close to firing nuclear warhead
Do you really believe playing king of the hill with nuclear weapons is partisan? I'm willing to think of all kinds of crazy things Trump does as galvanizing your base. The potential too kill the world ,something a nuclear attack with N Korea could easily escalate into. Is one of. You do NOT play games with nukes. That isn't partisan just common sense.
/——/Or as JFK taunted Khrushchev “Then we shall have War.”
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Yes, I can back it up. I was alive and cognizant when we were under threat from the USSR's Nuclear ICBMs. Back in the 60s-70s the Soviets had 100 times more missiles capable of hitting the US than NK does now. This is not our first nuclear rodeo.
You do realize that when NK launces a missile that that missile doesn't hit the US in an instant right? Not only can we detect every launch that they conduct, but we can detect almost immediately where that missile is headed. Id it is headed toward us, there is plenty of time for us to defend ourselves in any number of ways, including scrambling fighters to intercept and destroy them, or firing our own missiles to take them out. We have the satellites, they do not.
NK isn't a threat.
You don't intercept an ICBM using fighters. It's claiming an slug is capable of stopping a cheetah. The relative velocities are not comparable. The current intercept system is called GMD and it isn't completely out of its testing phase. Knowing this, trying to make the treat of an ICBM attack on the US as no big deal seriously premature. And Trump's constant trolling of Kim ( a word I would never thought I'd use describing the President of the United States), insane. He's playing Russian roulette with the lives of millions of his citizens.
Yes you do. Using fighters armed with missiles. Fact. It's been a strategy since the cold war. Your hatred of the President and your insufficient education has you saying shit you know nothing about.
There is no way in hell that a fighter jet can catch an ICBM, nor will the missile they fire from it.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-speed-of-an-intercontinental-ballistic-missile
The Federation of American Scientists states that the
LGM 30 Minuteman III has a Speed of 15,000 mph at burnout
And, the speed of our fighter jets usually tops out at around Mach 1.5 or Mach 2, which is less than 1/10th the speed of an ICBM.
If you say we can shoot it down with a missile, what missile do you suggest? A Phoenix is one of the best missiles we have mounted on jets, and they only go around 3,000 mph, which is only 1/5th of the speed of an ICBM.
The US Navy -- Fact File: AIM-54 Phoenix Missile
General Characteristics
Primary Function: Long-range air-launched air intercept missile.
Contractor: Hughes Aircraft Co. and Raytheon Co.
Date Deployed: 1974.
Unit Cost: $477,131.
Propulsion: Solid propellant rocket motor built by Hercules.
Length: 13 feet (3.9 meters).
Diameter: 15 inches (38.1 cm).
Wingspan: 3 feet (.9 meters).
Weight: 1,024 pounds (460.8 kg).
Speed: In excess of 3,000 mph (4,800 kmph).
Range: In excess of 100 nautical miles (115 statute miles, 184 km).
Guidance System: Semi-active and active radar homing.
Warhead: Proximity fuse, high explosive. Warhead Weight: 135 pounds (60.75 kg).
Last Update: 10 March 2017
So............................what aircraft platform, and which missile do you think we can fire from said aircraft would be able to catch an ICBM?