N Korea slams US move to deploy nuclear submarines to peninsula - Pyongyang also accused US spy planes of violating its airspace and warns such aircraft may be shot down
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/10/n-korea-slams-us-move-to-deploy-nuclear-submarines-to-peninsula
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Sylver@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
What does he really expect? If he wants to play with nukes and threaten ultimate destruction every other week, this is what happens. A local deterrence force ready to retaliate.
transmatrix@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
These forces are more about containing/controlling China. NK just doesn’t want to be left out of the news.
gaun@kbin.social · 0 pts · 3y
Violating a country's airspace seems to be unnecessarily provoking.
Not sure what the best way to handle North Korea is but this does seem like a questionable decision.
takeda@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Given the relationships between NK and US they could just shoot it down without any warning. So either they couldn't shoot it, or this is just made up.
Hairypooper@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
Don't threaten the US with a good time.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
We haven't been in a good war for like 2 years and this ukraine thing ain't scratching the itch.
dashlander@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 9 pts · 3y
I mean... For that threat to be taken seriously, NK would be to be able to shoot those drones down in the first place....
Jumpinship@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Slingshots can be surprisingly precise
Jaysyn@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y
Fuck around & find out, fat boy.
tal@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
He isn't going to win a war with the US.
North Korea has something like 3% the PPP-adjusted per-capita GDP that South Korea does and speaks the same language. If the North-South situation ever normalizes, he is going to be out of a job, because North Korea's population is going to be in South Korea in short order.
He starts a war, he's worse off. He lets tensions go to zero, he's worse off. I expect that his best route is to keep things about as they are.
Which is more or less what the Kim dynasty has been doing for a long time.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Or y'know improve living conditions in the country and actually become a dear leader who lifted up the country