by Sandy » Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:01 pm
I'm not sure that the Aussies (the ABC cited in Jim's reference) are up to date, or completely informed about the capabilities of US detection and interception of ICBM's, especially those produced by North Korea that have, in the data that has been gathered from their testing, not performed at a high level as the distance increases. I'm more inclined to take the word of someone like Keith, who had far more experience in this business than the Australian journalist who was just writing information he was told. I'd say the odds of Jim being right on this are less than the value of warm spit, which actually does have a very slight, and probably not measurable, value.
But of course, at least according to the alternate universe where Jim's thinking is coming from, this problem is resolved because Trump is now buddies with Kim Jong-Un, who "loves his people" and of course, looking ahead to Trump investments in a beach resort in North Korea (and probably a hefty personal bribe to get it going) isn't going to launch ICMB's at the US for fear of angering his cash cow. After all this was one of those "deals" that Trump bragged about being able to do, giving away all of the advantages and getting nothing in return. He just did it in China a week before. So we are safe.
Hey, Jim. How about letting me be your broker for your investments in Trump's North Korea resort? Just send me your check today and I'll see that he gets it.