What to do about the existing inventories in order to get them "modernised"?
North Korea nuclear weapons: Is THAAD enough to protect the world?
IT’S the missile defence system designed to help South Korea and US military forces stationed on the Korean peninsula. But is it enough?
Debra Killaleanews.com.au@DebKillalea
news.com.au
April 27, 2017
http://www.news.com.au/technology/i...d/news-story/fc35f24ecda160c465a60014393b1436
IT’S the controversial missile defence system designed to help South Korea and US military forces stationed on the Korean peninsula.
But while the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence system (THAAD) can potentially shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile, it may not be enough protection against the military might North Korea showed off this week.
According to Brendan Thomas-Noone, a research fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, the THAAD is unlikely to defend Seoul against dozens of missiles fired from the sea which Pyongyang has been working on.
Mr Noone, an expert in nuclear deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, told news.com.au the THAAD adds a level of uncertainty for the North Korean regime.
It also deters North Korea from firing one or two missiles from a certain direction towards South Korea.
What if North Korea used some Fake missiles first in order to consume as many THAAD as possible, before actually using Real ones? How has the US prepared for this possibility? I am just wondering/worrying!
This 2015 photo shows a terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor being launched from a THAAD battery located on Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. Picture: AFP/DOD
What if North Korea used some Fake missiles first in order to consume as many THAAD as possible, before actually using Real ones? How has the US prepared for this possibility? I am just wondering/worrying!
This 2015 photo shows a terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor being launched from a THAAD battery located on Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. Picture: AFP/DOD![]()
BTW, did the US win last war?
I don't agree. They have ballistic missiles. They have fairly advanced subs. They have nuclear weapons. They probably get sat intell from china or are able to hack it.
They could plant sleeping mines that are acoustically triggered. For all we know they have long range acoustic tracking torpedoes and sub-launched cruise missiles.
I know a carrier group will be protected by cruisers with sophisticated missile defense systems but they are not foolproof and can be overwhelmed by a volley of missiles. If they managed to somehow lob a nuke in the vicinity of the carrier task force, you can wipe them all off the board.
I don't know how to measure the threat, but it is not insignificant.
McCain: Attack North Korea once it points nukes at US
by Pete Kasperowicz | Apr 27, 2017,
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/m...ea-once-it-points-nukes-at-us/article/2621431
"When I say last option, that is when we are convinced that North Korea has that capability to launch a missile that could strike, with a nuclear weapon, the West Coast of the United States," he added.
When pressed, McCain said he would recommend that the U.S. attack North Korea once it is sure that country had a nuclear-armed missile pointed at the U.S.
"If it were up to me ... I would probably say a missile on the launch pad that we knew for sure had a nuclear weapon on it," he said.
"I don't think we could wait til launch," he added. "We do have defensive capabilities that can intercept missiles, but to count on that alone I think would be very risky business."