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[mike6467]

Um, so do they know where these landed? They have come down...right?

 

[Meadows]

Discussing breaking news = we need to calm down?

I am so over the "smarter than you" GAF lecture circuit. We can talk about it.

There's discussion and then there's:

THREE MISSILES!!?!?!?!

Bye Bye NK

 

[paperboywriter]

What actually is the strategy here? Seems risky

 

[Lombax]

Wonder if China will finally nut up and do something. I sincerely hope they do, as I really don't want the U.S to do anything.

I'm thinking at this point China has a real "OH COME THE FUCK ON!" attitude towards North Korea.

 

[LQX]

How can anyone downplay another country firing missile over another? Would it upset you if your neighbor did target practice in your backyard? Ridiculous.

 

[StarCreator]

My Twitter timeline has people claiming that people could hear the missile passing over their bedrooms (as it's still very early morning in Japan, most people would still be home at this hour).

This is fucking scary.

 

[8-Bit Sunset]

It is not another launch.
The original missile broke up into three pieces.
CNN got it wrong

 

[Setzer]

People need to chill out!!

Not gonna happen on GAF.

 

[DeathyBoy]

No one is going to start a fucking war over this. People saying that are stupid. People love thier comfortable life no one is going to rush and do shit to escalate anything.

Uh... wars have started over less.

And please don't patronise people and start spouting "clever" posts like you're in an Aaron Sorkin show. You're posting on a video game forum.

 

[MadeULook]

The panic crew in in full force I see.

I'm not holding my breath but maybe this'll finally get China to step the fuck up an do something about this. Last thing they want is for the regime to fall and get a bunch of refugees pouring into other country.

 

[KingSnake]

3 missiles? I guess this is the launch threatened for Guam but instead Kim picked another destination. I wonder how far will these fly. He wants to hit close to what?

 

[PopeReal]

Those saying it's not on TV, it's on CNN.

It was for the last 5 minutes or so before commercial. I have my tv on, they broke away from Texas coverage.

 

[Surfinn]

So.. none of these are gunna hit land right? Or anything at all?

Either way.. scary news

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Will Ripley deleted the first tweet.

 

[studyguy]

Again this is all very likely in response to the drills they've been conducting in Hokkaido with the US. They launched at the start of the drills and apparently saw fit to launch again at the end of the drills.

https://twitter.com/ajmount/status/902280711461363712

Adam Mount (@ajmount)
DPRK missile reportedly overflew North Japan. Today is the final day of US-Japan Northern Viper drills on Hokkaido.
https://t.co/1aInfnZMfp

 

[ElTorro]

The latest sanctions put them under existential pressure. The only response these lunatics know is to escalate even more.

 

[streetsahead123]

NK fires multiple missiles at once all the time, idk why that part in particular is catching people's attention

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Um, so do they know where these landed? They have come down...right?

BBC says in the sea.

 

[WarLox]

It's problematic. It's not easy to intercept an ICBM. Missile defense systems like the ones required to kill a North Korean ICBM are not battle tested and even scheduled, official tests have failed before.

If Japan or South Korea try to destroy an ICBM and fail, it'd tell Lil Kim that they can strike any of those countries right away. Which he probably won't, because he's not a suicidal maniac, but it would only embolden him from then on.

I watch too many movies because i was fully expecting it to be shot out of the sky by some mds or some kind of military jet fighter.

 

[Apath]

Can someone cite where this clearly constitutes an act of war?

 

[Kaako]

Any clarification on the number of missiles launched?
3 is the latest number being thrown around it seems.

 

[Aaronrules380]

This is fucking scary. Though at least it seems the initial danger is gone. And also at the very least it wasn't flying over Tokyo, since the as bad as any nuke is, that would be one of the most damaging areas in the world to hit given how populated the Tokyo metro area is and how critical it is to the world economy

 

[Netherscourge]

EDIT - sounds like a single missile broke into pieces?

 

[Guevara]

Bloomberg TV:

One missile, flew over Hokkaido, broke into 3 parts, landed in the sea east of Japan.

 

[Oriel]

Is there something NK and GAF that just brings out the most ridiculously uninformed opinions? You can't even google has a missile flown over Japan by NK before for 30 seconds?

IKR. I asked that people here calmed down a bit and got dogpiled. It's worth remembering this the next time NK test fires one of its missiles.

 

[BitStyle]

It is not another launch.
The original missile broke up into three pieces.
CNN got it wrong

That makes more sense. I'd figure there would have been more notifications if 3 missiles were launched at once.

 

[carlsojo]

NK fires multiple missiles at once all the time, idk why that part in particular is catching people's attention

IKR. I asked that people here calmed down a bit and got dogpiled. It's worth remembering this the next time NK test fires one of its missiles.

My Twitter timeline has people claiming that people could hear the missile passing over their bedrooms (as it's still very early morning in Japan, most people would still be home at this hour).

This is fucking scary.

.

 

[ponpo]

Missile warnings on the highway signs, that's new.

 

[Stop It]

We still have the same tools available as yesterday:

Diplomacy
Sanctions
Chinese pressure
Catastrophic military and humanitarian disaster

What if NK chooses option 4 for us though?

Because this is getting closer to that than I ever wanted to see. Kim is veering towards lunacy here. China needs to step in right now or options 1-3 are going to lose viability very quickly.

 

[SDCowboy]

edit: nvm

 

[Lombax]

Its been on CNN for a bit now.

FFS. I'm sure it will be well thought out and rational reporting.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Trying to learn more about this on BBC news here in England and they're just going through the fucking newspapers.

 

[8-Bit Sunset]

NK fires multiple missiles at once all the time, idk why that part in particular is catching people's attention

If you were woke up next to your wife, with your kids in the other room to a loud alarm (overrides default alarm volume) and all tv stations are displaying the emergency broadcasting warning, how the fuck would you feel.

 

[FTF]

It is not another launch.
The original missile broke up into three pieces.
CNN got it wrong

Bloomberg TV:

One missile, flew over Hokkaido, broke into 3 parts, landed in the sea east of Japan.

Ah ok.

 

[consoul]

Man, NK really took that Kiwami 2 event badly, huh?

 

[Lace]

Would it be asinine to ask a medical question on GAF? You're right, I'm sorry. All of GAF are just a bunch of 7-11 clerks who play video games -- there's no one here who knows jack shit about anything outside of gaming.

C'mon bruh. No need to be so reductionist. And really, your post wasn't helpful in any way.

This is the silliest argument. Yes, asking for medical advice on a gaming forum is ridiculous. You can get general speculation what the issue may be, but you'll need to get professional advice.

 

[SolarPowered]

What could bring China to collapse NK?

What if the US financed the costs on China?

Trump declaring war on live television would probably do it. China would probably begin the process of wiping the head of the NK government clean.

 

[Surfinn]

Honest question: Is this an act of war if it flew over populated land?

 

[BoboBrazil]

Blame Trump for rattling the cage.

 

[KHarvey16]

No good ones is correct. I am not super happy with waiting to get bombed, though.

It beats definitely killing a million+ innocent people though. It sucks and it's not a fun situation but that's what it is.

 

[StarCreator]

Bloomberg TV:

One missile, flew over Hokkaido, broke into 3 parts, landed in the sea east of Japan.

So North Korea has developed the missile from Iron Man 1?

 

[smokeymicpot]

.

At that point I would just stay home.

Honest question: Is this an act of war if it flew over populated land?

I would assume so yes.

 

[KingSnake]

Bloomberg TV:

One missile, flew over Hokkaido, broke into 3 parts, landed in the sea east of Japan.

Ah, OK. So just one missile. Still I wonder what's the purpose here? Just testing?

 

[Morat]

I asked earlier an didn't get an answer: is this a pre announced NK missile test, or did it come completely without warning?

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Again this is all very likely in response to the drills they've been conducting in Hokkaido with the US. They launched at the start of the drills and apparently saw fit to launch again at the end of the drills.

https://twitter.com/ajmount/status/902280711461363712

They were doing this during the SK-US drills too.

 

[PopeReal]

FFS. I'm sure it will be well thought out and rational reporting.

Already back to Texas.

 

[Meadows]

So it failed and broke into 3 bits of debris? Oof, embarrassing for NK.

 

[Majine]

Should we be surprised that they had the balls to go over Japan. I mean, their missiles have failed before, what if it hit Japanese ground?

Wouldn’t that cross the line towards the end of their regime?

 

[Tacitus_]

Uh... wars have started over less.

And please don't patronise people and start spouting "clever" posts like you're in an Aaron Sorkin show. You're posting on a video game forum.

And haven't started over NK doing the same stunt previously.

 

[Despera]

It's problematic. It's not easy to intercept an ICBM. Missile defense systems like the ones required to kill a North Korean ICBM are not battle tested and even scheduled, official tests have failed before.

If Japan or South Korea try to destroy an ICBM and fail, it'd tell Lil Kim that they can strike any of those countries right away. Which he probably won't, because he's not a suicidal maniac, but it would only embolden him from then on.

Interesting insight, but also worrying.