N/Korea...over reaction

[scottish-guy]

ASSERTION WARNING for Frequent:

Despite recent US propaganda, it's still highly doubtful that North Korea has capability to hit the US with a strike.

Far more likely they'd hit some US ally nearer to home (but not near enough to contaminate themselves presumably?).

Based on past performance that would mean the US would then take 2 or 3 years to enter any war.

[Moses]

ASSERTION WARNING for Frequent:

Despite recent US propaganda, it's still highly doubtful that North Korea has capability to hit the US with a strike.

Far more likely they'd hit some US ally nearer to home (but not near enough to contaminate themselves presumably?).

Based on past performance that would mean the US would then take 2 or 3 years to enter any war.

Hawaii are perfect target - sill USA but far from everything

[frequent]

Despite recent US propaganda, it's still highly doubtful that North Korea has capability to hit the US with a strike.

A far more interesting question is whether the US has something like the Stuxnet computer virus that they can deploy. I've seen it suggested that some of the recent test failures could have been as a result of the US trying out their cyber warfare capabilities

[goji]

Based on past performance that would mean the US would then take 2 or 3 years to enter any war.

Don't you mean past experience shows the US enters about 2 years later & only after the US is directly attacked ?

Anyway, whilst the US kindly prop up NATO at present (much appreciated), the major Western European countries need to make sure they can fend off prospective aggressors without external support. Just in case the external support backs out. We are a very long way from having sufficient military strength to do that at present.