Will North Korea launch nuclear missiles towards the U.S.A

@Brain:

So basically what you are saying is ……Peace through superior firepower.

I also think I picked up on:

Threatening Canada.
Needing nukes in case of a homeland invasion…to possibly nuke our own soil in that event?
That the military needs to be armed to the teeth in case of invasion, but then civilians also need to be armed in such a manner to protect themselves from that same military or the enemy (in case the best, most equipped military in the world can’t stop them).

Okay I left out:

Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight.

If we’re not careful we are going to feel like a one legged man in a butt-kicking contest.

There are very few humans who disagree with that; if someone is attacked, we/they have a “right” to defend/retaliate,
but these questions and matters are very complex and difficult, there are no simple answers.

It’s very unlikely (imo) that North Korea will attack South Korea, and/or Japan or USA or any US allies with nukes.

North Korea probably has only a few nukes (if that). They are still in their nuclear infancy. They do not have an Intercontinental Balistic Missile to deliver the nuke, so they are limited to Japan or South Korea as targets. Would you bomb your cousins right next door to you and radiate your own soil because they have a different political view? I do not think so. I know they despise Japan, but they would be no match against Japan and it’s allies. Therefore, if they decided in their grand wisdom to drop a nuke on anyone, they better do it as terrorist strike without taking responsibility, or they will be blasted back to the stone age by the rest of the world.
If I was in charge and that happened, I would not hesitate to retaliate, an eye for an eye. :x

I agree with an eye for an eye. However it only takes one crazy person to launch a nuke. When you retaliate you will kill more than the person that you are targeting.

I think anyone launching a nuke should ride it in, Slim Pickens style.

@Jermofoot:

I think anyone launching a nuke should ride it in, Slim Pickens style.

Was that in the movie 1941

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Slim Pickens as Major King Kong  :lol:

“Gentlemen!  There is no fighting in the war room!”

@Brain:

I agree with an eye for an eye.

An eye for an eye makes the world blind.

Of course, the man who turns the other cheek gets bruises on both sides of his face.

@frimmel:

@Brain:

I agree with an eye for an eye.

An eye for an eye makes the world blind.

Of course, the man who turns the other cheek gets bruises on both sides of his face.

Of course I would select military and control targets if possible and not nuke innocent civilians. But there are always innocent casulties in any war.
Either that or I would send in elite forces to “cut off the head”, at the same time blanket bomb a path right throught the minefields and right into the Capital and then send in overwhelming troops to conquer once and for all and squash any chance of further transgressions.

And you would be right there with them(the elite forces) of course. You can’t lead from the rear.

@Brain:

You can’t lead from the rear.

My girlfriend would beg to differ.

Edited. Sorry, it must remain a shade of “PG”.

GG

uhh? how did the original question lead to this?

Reason why Canada needs no bigger military power :
USA

USA being our ally would not let any country invade us (Why would a country invade Canada in the first place?)

If Canada is going to be invaded, only one person can do it, and its the USA. And some more billions$ into conventional weapons are not going to prevent an US invention

Your logic that we need weapon to defend ourselves is flawed. If someone barge in your house and want to kill you, I doubt you will have the time to wake up from your surprise, go grab your gun (that is well hidden in a safety spot, away from children) and kill the murderer that is sitting in your sofa, eating your pizza.

You don’t make peace through superior weapons. You make it by discussing with others. Hopefully, Obama sees this. Bush didn’t.

You know, eventually, if we continue going the weapon route, some countries like China, India will get superior military power. They are over 1 billion. Their economy is going up daily. They will surpass USA economically. They will, if they want (and I hope not) surpass USA militarily eventually. Not today, not tomorrow. In years maybe. You guys are way ahead of them right now. Although I hope they do not chosoe that path for the sake of our world

It would be china not india. China took much of north india. and they had the bomb then! Chinas WOMENS division in their military is over 300 million and thats just the women. They have the largest military in the world. and in little over 25 years they will have the most technologically advanced one as well. Diplomacy would be the best way to deal with a problem that size.

At the start of WWII, France had the largest military, and a lot of good it did them.

good example, however they have many differences France surrendurd because they THOUGHT they were beaten, not because they were actually beaten. And many french managed to escape, those that fought with the germens idealized and agreed with some of them. China is a lot more unified, has more people. and better technology. At least they have military units that can communicate with one another. France invested much of their infantry in the line. and germans circumvented it. They didnt fight most of them in combat.