Could anyone actually Nuke the United States ?

[Godyssey]

to think our national defense would never let something through like that. But these North Koream muhfukkas seem pretty confident.

how could they get through? attack us electronically then bomb us while we are defenseless?? fuarkkk

In spite of all the sanctions, the DPRK sees no option but to pursue its nuclear weapons program. Park maintained that his country does indeed have the missile capability to strike mainland United States and would do so if the U.S. "forced their hand."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/07/asia/n...iew/index.html

srs though. could anyone get through? how!

[ChiBearsfan]

Naw bro, Ronald Reagan installed star wars defense in the 80's

lasers and chit

[Gett1nSw0le]

how could the US be nuked if nukes dont exist?

[TheUniBrah]

North Korea couldnt even hit Japan

[PwnedTheism]

the US has a laser defense system, patriot missiles all sorts of sht. Nukes can be shot down in the sky and won't detonate.
Basically right before they land is when the uranium bullet gets shot which causes the chemical reaction of the nuclear explosion.

Not to mention N. Korea is under 24/7 surveillance. The only reason why the US hasn't completely fukked up N.Korea is because China is their personal bodyguard.

[Brawndo89]

Just lol at NK

[Dan_S]

Short answer: No.

Long answer: MDA - The Ballistic Missile Defense System

[TXBuddy]

NK does not have a reliable delivery source yet. Other countries do though.

An EMP also needs a delivery system, which has to get through our defenses. The same defenses that will protect against the nukes. They are all over the continent and even beyond, so it is highly unlikely that anything could get through based on a technology standpoint. The real risk for the US is the human in the loop. Somone has to authorize launches. The US would be so hesitant to launch, it could jeopardize the defense system.

[Godyssey]

Short answer: No.

Long answer: MDA - The Ballistic Missile Defense System

Says "page not found" when I click the link

its happening already!!!!!!!!!


but srs we thought we were pretty invincible before pearl harbor, 9/11, etc. I couldn't see them successfully getting a missle or bomb here though. unless they build it here under our noses

[notmultitasker]

Who say's were defenseless? You ever hear of the PRP? Look up what its for. I held one in the military.

[mwithm]

I bet it would be seriously easy. The country is too big for them to constantly monitor. Shipping containers go largely unchecked. Put a bunch of them on some semi's with remote drivers. Boom. Not much to defend against that.

[Ronnie87]

****ing lmao, do you guys think Russia can't nuke the US? But who was MIRVs combined with SLBMs?

[Ace Thedics]

A study was released early last year stating that our missile defense systems are absolute sh!t.

[Sakeoe]

North Korea? Probably not. Russia, probably China and various US allies however could.

The problem with North Korea is that they could easily nuke South Korea and Japan which isn't something we want either.

[Nebor]

North Korea lacks the ballistic technology to deliver a missile to the mainland US, or even Hawaii. A Russian nuclear attack would just overwhelm our defenses with hundreds of warheads simultaneously. A Chinese attack would come from a submarine, close to our coast, and fly under the missile defense system.

So yes, lots of people could nuke the US. North Korea or Iran or Pakistan could easily sneak a nuke in a shipping container and boom, New York, Houston, Seattle or San Francisco is fuarked.

[Applepieisgoat]

[rjw99]

Short answer: No.

Long answer: MDA - The Ballistic Missile Defense System

but...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...ssia/suitcase/

[Godyssey]

****ing lmao, do you guys think Russia can't nuke the US? But who was MIRVs combined with SLBMs?

explain this for us non military folk

A study was released early last year stating that our missile defense systems are absolute sh!t.

cliff me plz

[VabaX]

the war would last mere minutes. from the time it takes between the US noticing there was an ICBM on it's way over, to when the missiles sent from Alaska go off in the air above Pyonyang is the sum total of time that the two nations will be at war....

[1quick1]

Could many countries? Without doubt. Would they? I'll just leave this here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction

I heard a quote something a long the lines of "It's not the country with 10,000 I fear, it's the country/person with 1 I fear"

[VabaX]

explain this for us non military folk

missiles that split and turn into 10 little missiles + missile launched from a submarine

[Ace Thedics]

explain this for us non military folk



cliff me plz

1. Stuff is poorly maintained
2. Stuff is out of date
3. In some cases, tools to fix certain things have to be shipped all over the US (basically multiple sites are dependent on ONE tool)
4. etc

[thc sargon]

well seeing how fast those fighter jets intercepted the commercial planes on 9/11, i guess anything is possible.





semi srs.

[Godyssey]

missiles that split and turn into 10 little missiles + missile launched from a submarine

1. Stuff is poorly maintained
2. Stuff is out of date
3. In some cases, tools to fix certain things have to be shipped all over the US (basically multiple sites are dependent on ONE tool)
4. etc

makes me semi happy I don't live in any of the major coastal cities or in a place with high population.

makes me semi nervous to move to Miami in the future

well seeing how fast those fighter jets intercepted the commercial planes on 9/11, i guess anything is possible.





semi srs.

inb4 you turn my thread into a 9/11 conspiracy debate

[VabaX]

makes me semi happy I don't live in any of the major coastal cities or in a place with high population.

makes me semi nervous to move to Miami in the future

huh? for which country is miami the closest point of land? and dont say cuba, they definitely dont have nukes...

and if the russians had a submarine off the east coast, they wouldn't target Miami, that's for sure...

[BullStampede]

Many countries would be able to launch one here. Whether one would get through our defenses is unlikely I would think. Not worth the risk imo when you consider what would follow from the US.

[SirWoodbury]

Actually I think we could, just put one of our trident subs off your coastline and fire from really close range, US would never expect it

Not that that would happen but ya know

[ralphlaurenbrah]

Typical low IQ phucks in this thread know nothing and think America is invincible LMAO (srs). Yes they could easily. It's called nearly undetectable electric subs...


"75 dB QUIETER THAN A HUMPBACK WHALE
Too Quiet to Detect

Picking up the quiet hum of a battery-powered, diesel-electric submarine in busy coastal waters is “like trying to identify the sound of a single car engine in the din of a major city,” says Rear Admiral Frank Drennan, commander of the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command."

Price tags ranging from $200-$300 million put diesel-electric subs within reach of smaller, volatile countries. In fact, Russia has been selling diesel-electric subs to buoy its shipyards, triggering what some are calling an undersea arms race. Reportedly, Algeria has ordered two, Venezuela is expecting five, and Indonesia will have six subs by 2020. Iran claims to have a fleet of 17 diesel-electric subs.

[Godyssey]

huh? for which country is miami the closest point of land? and dont say cuba, they definitely dont have nukes...

and if the russians had a submarine off the east coast, they wouldn't target Miami, that's for sure...

I guess im not an expert on which are the top cities for nukes outside of DC, NYC, LA, and Chicago. but I figured Florida would be somewhere up there. maybe im wrong I was just saying lol

[Ronnie87]

explain this for us non military folk

MIRV = Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle. Nukes that split into more Nukes, yeah the US would maybe be able to intercept a few Nukes, but when there's dozens and dozens of them coming in they just overwhelm any defences, and its only 1 that needs to get through.

SLBM = Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile. They could in theory park a couple of miles off the coast of any major city and do a hit and run, which would be very hard to do anything about

I guess im not an expert on which are the top cities for nukes outside of DC, NYC, LA, and Chicago. but I figured Florida would be somewhere up there. maybe im wrong I was just saying lol

Russia probably would target every major US city, I don't think after the fallout the US would have much of a population