North Korea May Fire A Missile Toward Hawaii

[AsahinaKimi]

North Korea May Fire A Missile Toward Hawaii



SEOUL, South Korea — The United States has deployed anti-missile defenses around Hawaii amid reports that North Korea may fire its most advanced ballistic missile toward the U.S. islands early next month, adding to already high tensions in the region.

A report in a Japanese newspaper said Pyongyang might test-fire its Taepodong-2 toward Hawaii around the U.S. holiday of Independence Day. North Korea test-fired a similar long-range missile on July 4 three years ago, but it failed seconds after liftoff.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the additional defenses around Hawaii consist of a ground-based mobile missile system and a radar system nearby. Together they could shoot an incoming missile in mid air.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/18/north-korea-may-fire-a-mi_n_217293.html

[Captain Hilts]

1. I double dog dare them. nt

[Arctic Dave]

2. Over hype much. Might as well say they're shooting it towards the moon.

The Pacific Ocean is quite large.

[rug]

3. Remember Pearl Harbor!

[me b zola]

4. Do you seriously believe that?

[WonderGrunion]

5. And we might vaporize them in response

Just saying.

[kestrel91316]

6. They might want to rethink this, lol. If they attack American soil

(and it's more than a disastrous joke on their poor quality work), they will be bombed to glass.

[IDFbunny]

7. Problem is the interceptors are in Alaska.

There was a plan to put them on destroyers. If they fail to intercept it will be a deathblow to NMD.

[AsahinaKimi]

8. What about subs?

American Submarines can go nearly anywhere there is an Ocean.

[Davis_X_Machina]

9. Aegis surface units, not subs.

Details here

[IDFbunny]

10. Aegis destroyers have big radar and are networked unlike subs.

[Kaleva]

11. Sounds like a job for 5-0

That silly looking geek in charge of North Korea has replaced Wo Fat as Steve McGarret's arch-enemy

[Pool Hall Ace]

12. At least President Obama's birth certificate will be safe in the vault.

[Karmadillo]

13. Threat level red! Get out that duct tape! Be distracted! Be very distracted!

nt

[votingupstart]

14. they huff and they puff but if they do go after hawaii

i think we will be the ones blowing houses down. to threaten South Korea or Japan is one thing, to actively launch an attack is quite another.

my opinion - huff and puff on a house of bricks