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[Boem]

Do you see me calling this a game?! It's deadly serious but people here need to stop loosing their minds over every NK missile launch. We had the same mass hysteria over on the India/China thread when both countries started sabre rattling. That has now been defused.

,,,this thread was started by someone who actually in Japan who got an emergency alert about this on their phone. Other people in Japan have also visited this thread to talk about it. It's an intense situation for them. And this is the best you can do?

Jesus Christ. Stop trying to be the smartest person in the room. Not the time and place.

 

[KHarvey16]

Because a military weapon of mass destruction (potentially) invaded the airspace of another country? It isn't rocket science! (groan)

I asked how though. How do you hit them and not have it kill a million innocent people?

 

[JBourne]

This is terrifying.

 

[Netherscourge]

The red pin is Hokkaido.

I wonder if they clipped the edge of the island or went right over the middle?

Either way - that's an act of war.

 

[Syrus]

Can we kill Kim now?

 

[Jezbollah]

Is the missile in the water now or is it still going?

No one knows except for what the various tracking facilities tell the government, who then decide to tell the media.

 

[ponpo]

Everything NK does will get hand-waved away.

They'll have to literally nuke tokyo and then people will still be like "let's calm down, this is just some dick waving"

 

[Meadows]

Not to perpetuate the idea that Guam is their intended target but yes Guam IS south of Japan. However, NK is north of Japan so it isn't impossible that the missile would fly OVER the North part of Japan, as it did, in route to Guam.

Northern Japan is to the direct East of NK. Guam is to the South and just a little east. There is no way that if they were targeting Guam it would fly over N Japan, it would go over Okinawa.

 

[MKIL65]

Fuck, that's horrifying.

 

[_woLf]

Y'all,

NK's launches fail. Often.

North Korea launched this missile knowing full well that it could fail at any moment, including over Japan, which could have caused it to hit the country.

This is not "dick waving". This was Kim Jong Un knowing full well that he could have started World War 3 and not giving a damn.

 

[dallow_bg]

Sigh. I'm not dismissing this as a thing of nothing. But NK has been doing this for a while now. Kim has everything to lose by attacking a major US ally. These launches always seem to make GAF go into panic mode. Chill out.

They've NEVER done this before.
What the hell are you talking about?

 

[Tom Nook]

 

[MrPressStart]

It's clearly an act of war. It was intentionally flown over the country. If it failed it could have easily killed hundreds maybe thousands of people.

 

[Ravensmash]

No one knows except for what the various tracking facilities tell the government, who then decide to tell the media.

That's not fucking terrifying at all...

 

[Stinkles]

We still have the same tools available as yesterday:

Diplomacy
Sanctions
Chinese pressure
Catastrophic military and humanitarian disaster

 

[TemplaerDude]

Everything NK does will get hand-waved away.

They'll have to literally nuke tokyo and then people will still be like "let's calm down, this is just some dick waving"

What would you rather happen?

 

[bananafactory]

Second missile?

https://twitter.com/willripleyCNN/status/902279995455918081

Edit: Seems like poor wording, no evidence of a second launch.

 

[Oriel]

How come I'm not seeing this in the news anywhere?

Because NK has done precisely the same thing back in 2009 and WWIII never broke out. So, yeah.

 

[Syf]

Testing, dick waving, saber rattling, show of force etc.

If these reports are true they just fired a missile over a major population area (Hokkaido). That's no longer fucking dick waving.

 

[finley83]

It flew over another country.
Unless Japan wants to start nuclear armageddon over a missile that lands in the water east of them your post is nonsense

There's nothing about my statement that isn't reasonably and factually correct.

I wouldn't be surprised if SK or Japan decide a line has to be drawn somewhere, and this is a definite escalation over previous threats to the region.

 

[DrSlek]

Sigh. I'm not dismissing this as a thing of nothing. But NK has been doing this for a while now. Kim has everything to lose by attacking a major US ally. These launches always seem to make GAF go into panic mode. Chill out.

You remember back in 2011, I think, when NK shelled a SK island randomly and killed 4 people?

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

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.

I don't see how that would change anything; as is, today's missile wasn't intercepted either, which sends the exact same message

 

[entremet]

Second missile?

https://twitter.com/willripleyCNN/status/902279995455918081

Wow if true.

I guess Kim has a death wish.

 

[VeeP]

China needs to shut up North Korea. Seriously. They can put a puppet or some shit in charge, or do something else, but this is nonsense.

No country should be firing missiles over other countries.

 

[Tacitus_]

Calm your tits gaf, this isn't the first time they've shot a missile over Japan. https://www.theguardian.com/world/1998/sep/01/northkorea

 

[Sephzilla]

Second missile?

https://twitter.com/willripleyCNN/status/902279995455918081

oh no..

 

[Hidden One]

Kinda wish someone would fuck North Koreas shit up..

 

[Plum]

Second missile?

https://twitter.com/willripleyCNN/status/902279995455918081

Fuck this better not be true. Jesus fucking Christ.

 

[Caj814]

Second missile?

https://twitter.com/willripleyCNN/status/902279995455918081

Now where are those people saying to stay calm again?

 

[BitStyle]

Second missile?

https://twitter.com/willripleyCNN/status/902279995455918081

Hopefully this isn't true

 

[Oriel]

They've NEVER done this before.
What the hell are you talking about?

Yes they have, eight years ago in fact.

 

[Ravensmash]

How come I'm not seeing this in the news anywhere?

Because its just breaking now.

AFP only posted it on Twitter a minute ago.

 

[yanipheonu]

Is there a specific reason they'd target Japan?

 

[PopeReal]

We still have the same tools available as yesterday:

Diplomacy
Sanctions
Chinese pressure
Catastrophic military and humanitarian disaster

Which of these does Trump gravitate towards?

We need Trump out, ASAP.

 

[bootsthecat]

Yeah, flying a missile over a landmass is WELL beyond mere dickwaving.

Are there any more details as to where over Japan the missile flew? I see northern Japan mentioned in this thread, but no confirmation via usual news sources.

 

[metalslimer]

We can't lose our minds but this could have failed and killed people. This is no longer saber rattling

If this flew over the US it would be an immediate war. You can't have missles over your country and be like that's no big deal

 

[LiK]

Everyone is reporting it right now.

 

[KHarvey16]

Not to downplay this necessarily but there's no reason whatsoever to assume there were any explosives at all on this missile.

 

[Jezbollah]

Second missile?

https://twitter.com/willripleyCNN/status/902279995455918081

Thats a retweet of the original launch.

 

[CronoShot]

Do NK leaders have a death wish? I mean, really?

I don't know what they could possibly hope to achieve with this.

 

[Apharmd]

Wait what the FUCK

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

It's deadly serious...

Chill out.

.

 

[Wag]

Nevermind on CNN.

 

[Sumio Mondo]

Second missile?

https://twitter.com/willripleyCNN/status/902279995455918081

Fuck's sake. I have friends in Japan, I hope they'll be okay. Fuck.

 

[bananafactory]

Hopefully this isn't true

His wording is weird, saying Japan launched. The quoted tweet is regarding the first missile so hopefully what he meant is that NK is launching 'another missile' in addition to the recent ones. Not a second one today

 

[Aikidoka]

Holy shit. Can the OP be updated with where it landed and if anything was damaged when reliable reports are released?

 

[BitStyle]

Thats a retweet of the original launch.

Ok good

 

[entremet]

Not being reported on TV at all. Unbelievable.

The thread starter is a primary source.

Reporting takes time for accuracy’s sake.

 

[Knoxcore]

People need to chill out!!

 

[Meadows]

Once again, a NK thread where everyone is losing it. NK has fired over Japan a number of times before. Whenever they do a missile test, they do a few at a time, not one.

It is unusual for them to fire over Japan, but not during times of tense relations with the US and during the exercises that happen every August in SK.