05-12-2017, 11:02 AM
Here's a report from the Star Bulletin one day after the Starfish Prime EMP test (link below). Although the test dramatically turned night into day on Oahu for several minutes, the overall effects were minor. Of course, the detonation was 800 miles away, and electrical circuits were simpler in 1962.
The main questions of concern are:
1) Can North Korea get a missile off the ground without it exploding or going off course?
2) If they can, do they have the ability to keep it on course for thousands of miles?
3) How quickly can Barking Sands on Kauai respond and deploy their anti-missile defense system?
Right now, I'd bet on the current ability of US technology over North Korea's. Also, the new administration in South Korea is entering office with a more conversational approach toward North Korea, as a counterpoint to the boisterous commotion we've heard over the last few months. Perhaps they will help tone down the rhetoric.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/honolulu...2721284030
If I know what I shall find, I do not want to find it. Uncertainty is the salt of life. - biochemist Erwin Chargaff
The main questions of concern are:
1) Can North Korea get a missile off the ground without it exploding or going off course?
2) If they can, do they have the ability to keep it on course for thousands of miles?
3) How quickly can Barking Sands on Kauai respond and deploy their anti-missile defense system?
Right now, I'd bet on the current ability of US technology over North Korea's. Also, the new administration in South Korea is entering office with a more conversational approach toward North Korea, as a counterpoint to the boisterous commotion we've heard over the last few months. Perhaps they will help tone down the rhetoric.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/honolulu...2721284030
If I know what I shall find, I do not want to find it. Uncertainty is the salt of life. - biochemist Erwin Chargaff
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”