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Post by SA Hunter on Oct 13, 2020 21:43:04 GMT 10
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Post by spinifex on Oct 14, 2020 7:32:22 GMT 10
Headlines we'll never see: "Australia shows off its scary new weapon"
Unless, of course, the article is about a new spin bowler with madder skills than Warnie.
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Post by Morgo on Oct 16, 2020 15:23:06 GMT 10
Probably a safe bet it doesn't actually work.
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Post by kelabar on Oct 16, 2020 17:16:06 GMT 10
Probably a safe bet it doesn't actually work. The NK missiles themselves are fairly good based on the little info I have found. They have used existing tech from other countries and have successfully altered and combined it. I guess they maybe had foreign advisers helping to some degree but missile tech is very unforgiving. Get it even slighty wrong and BOOM. Their nukes seem to be a bit unreliable but this is to be expected. Very precise timings are needed to get a good explosive yield. And making them smaller and lighter to go on top of missiles while still tough enough to survive the launch sequence is also difficult.
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Post by Morgo on Oct 16, 2020 18:23:45 GMT 10
The first line in the story pretty much casts doubt on their reliability IMO. "and possibly the world’s – largest mobile nuclear weapon. "
Whats more realistic, that NK has built the worlds largest mobile nuclear weapon that actually works or that NK has built a cool looking toy to wheel around at parades and take photos of for the world to see.
I could be wrong of course but until there are confirmed tests I'd bet money its more posturing than anything else
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Post by bug on Oct 17, 2020 8:04:43 GMT 10
It's NK's version of the arquebus. Can kill if it works, but very inaccurate and just as likely to kill the user as the target.
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