The military leaders are probaly more sane than their leader Kim II (please correct me if I am wrong on the North
Korea's leader's name !) Because of the leader, he is playing a most dangerous game of
"Brinkmanship", testing the patience of the U.S military and of the White House. Launching seven missiles
if you include the one "long range ICBM" missile over the last 24 hours is a "cry for attention" .
How the U.S. military ( moreover for the President (George W. Bush), Vice President Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, how
they respond is anyone's guess.
So far, the U.S. military has been patient. Yes, there are "Intercepter" missiles along w/ the personnel on
"High Alert", both in Alaska and in California. Even if North Korea were successful in launching a missile
that actually did not explode while in "transit" and if they were capable of carry a conventional or nuclear
weapon. What the U.S Govt. may not tell you, the Canadian/ Amerikan or even Mexican person is this: The chances of a
missile may be slight or better, "NIL". What the average person may or may not know of the power of the
nuclear explosion and one of the byproducts it creates. During the atomic bomb testings of the 1950's-1980's,
the byproduct (other than radiation being released and mass destruction ensues.
The byproduct I am talking is the EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse). A foreign nation or a "terrorist group" that
got ahold of a nuclear device, "lob" it from one part of the world to the other, (or anywhere else, even
"stateside" to the intended target. Detonate the payload say over Los Angeles, San Francisco (California),
further up the U.S.A western coast toward Seattle (Washington). The missile does not need to hit it's target. Al it
needs to do is "explode" the energy coming from the nuclear weapon is the EMP. Basically, ionized particles of
electrons are generated by the explosion, which is harmless to organic flesh. (Provided one is far enough away from the
explosion !).
For all electronic equipment, this would be a "Death sentence" to them. The sudden surge of EMP would
destroy (better, than that, "fry the unit into nothing). "Blackberry s (ies), Palm Pilots, PC's , other
electronic devices and cell fones. The effects of this, IS THAT ALL CIRCUITS WOULD BE FRIED ! Making them totally
Worthless !
Heck, it wouldn't need to be a nuclear weapon of massive porportions, just a kiloton to 100 kiloton range could do
the damage. Just think of the "inconvenience" of the explosion. Now that's what I called
"Getting's the U.S.A. 's attention !" Just exploding over the U.S.A's air space (say 500 miles
up in space can do alot of damage, both economically, socially speaking. The effects would far more damaging than one
could expect. The only ones not affected would be the U.S. military, for their electronic devices would withstand the
EMP onslaught quite well.
It would do well if the U.S. military shoot the ICBM down ( Inter Continental Ballistic Missile ) before it reaches
maximum altitude (apogee), becoming "armed". Once the ICBM starts it's descent downward, the rate
increases FAST ! Once it comes down, depending where you are at, you might least do a "DUCK AND COVER" number.
It will be pretty damned hard for any defensive (interceptor) missile to shoot down an incoming missile (ICBM) that is
armed. There is a "Above ground atomic testing treaty" in force as well as a "below atomic testing
ban." To bad both India and Pakistan did not adhere to that when they exploded their atomic bombs underground !
(That is a whole another "critter" to deal with.)
At least for the time being, North Korea is backing itself into a "proverbial corner". When a person, an
animal or a leader of a starving nation that is "The Pariah State", that leader will do something pretty damn
crazy/ stupid and yep, we'll all go down in a "broken handbasket"
Cooler heads are required, no jackets are required for this event.
