Dear Leader Makes More Mischief Before US/China Summit

[Skeptic Ginger]

Possibly the worst thing has happened -- the missile test after the parade and buildup has failed. Now he will figure he has to do something to save face.

What's even more disconcerting, MSNBC coverage of this was in the style like they cover those 24/hr/day events, showing video loops of the NK parade and stock footage of missile launches while newscasters ramble on with nothing to say.

 

[alfaniner]

What's even more disconcerting, MSNBC coverage of this was in the style like they cover those 24/hr/day events, showing video loops of the NK parade and stock footage of missile launches while newscasters ramble on with nothing to say.

CNN too. What I don't get is, for any news story with onsite video, they always repeat the same 11 second edited clip ad infinitum no matter how much earlier the news was "broken".

 

[Mycroft]

Possibly the worst thing has happened -- the missile test after the parade and buildup has failed. Now he will figure he has to do something to save face.

I think there is a strong possibility that whatever he tries to do to save face will also fail. He very likely led with his best effort.

 

[Ziggurat]

What's even more disconcerting, MSNBC coverage of this was in the style like they cover those 24/hr/day events, showing video loops of the NK parade and stock footage of missile launches while newscasters ramble on with nothing to say.

What's disconcerting is that you actually expected anything better out of MSNBC.

 

[Darth Rotor]

People are paying attention to him. That's what he wants. Mission accomplished, for JungPhatWun.

 

[Dabop]

What's disconcerting is that you actually expected anything better out of MSNBC.

from the UK version of cnnnnn

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3342396/north-korea-missile-launch-failure-us-cyber-attack-sabotage/

NORTH Korea’s latest nuclear test missile exploded five seconds after launch yesterday because of an American cyber attack, experts believe.

They say US agents may have infected the hi-tech electronics in tyrant Kim Jong-un’s rocket

I dont believe this story, but I also dont disbelieve it either
It would be interesting to find the truth....

and to add

Did US hackers sabotage North Korea missile test? | World | News ...
www.express.co.uk › News › World
3 days ago - COMPUTER hackers working for the US security services could have been behind Kim Jong-un’s disastrous missile test failure, according to a former British foreign secretary.

North Korean missile test 'could have been sabotaged by a US cyber ...
www.mirror.co.uk › News › Politics › North Korea
3 days ago - North Korea's latest missile test could have been sabotaged by a US cyber attack, a former British Foreign Secretary said today. Sir Malcolm

North Korea crisis: US cyberwarfare could sabotage missile tests
www.theaustralian.com.au/.../north-korea...us...sabotage-missile-tests/.../e84157ce480...
3 days ago - North Korea crisis: US cyberwarfare could sabotage missile tests ... Responding to speculation that the North Korean ballistic missile launch failed as a result of a US cyberwarfare attack,

North Korea war: US warns rogue nation not to test Trump's resolve
www.news.com.au/...us...north-koreas.../67aa894d792279a8113995f6d8826fd5
It comes as reports emerged that US cyber intervention could have caused North Korea’s attempted ballistic missile test on Sunday to fail.

 

[Ziggurat]

from the UK version of cnnnnn

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3342396/north-korea-missile-launch-failure-us-cyber-attack-sabotage/


I dont believe this story, but I also dont disbelieve it either
It would be interesting to find the truth....

and to add

I don't believe it's true. But assuming that it's not, we should make the North Koreans think it's true.

 

[dudalb]

People are paying attention to him. That's what he wants. Mission accomplished, for JungPhatWun.

So there is common ground between Dear Leader and Trump....

 

[Ziggurat]

North Korea has two satellites orbiting over the United States as well that possibly contain EMP weaponry that will put us into the stone age.

This never sounded right to me (Neither North Korea nor the US were acting like North Korea could do that to us), but I hadn't looked into the technical details to find out why. Now I have, and my instincts were correct. Yes, North Korea could produce an EMP with a nuclear weapon (though they have not done the testing necessary to optimize such a weapon). But here's the thing: the area of damage is related to the size of the blast. Even a small nuke can produce an EMP that can knock out electronics, but it can only do so over a relatively small area. IIRC, ballpark estimates for a 20 kT nuke would be a 20 mile radius. North Korea only has small nukes. An EMP attack from North Korea would do considerable economic damage in the affected area, but it wouldn't do anything even remotely like putting us, or anyone else, into the stone age.