[NEWS] Kim Jong-un vows nuclear restraint; seeks normalization with USA, China

[sir dooble]

Bear in mind NK probably aren't firing these rockets with any sort of warhead.
And I don't know how fuel works for missiles, as in is it variable, but if it is then these long range missiles aren't likely at full capacity and only have fuel enough to hit the sea.

So, while there is a cost to firing rockets without purpose, NK are cutting costs wherever they can.

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[Agent Legit 22]

They're just wasting their arsenal and time, it won't matter how many times that they fire rockets into the sea, they'll still be annexed.

[Filipe]

North Korea sure hates water isn't it?

[Frankie²]

I tought ICBM's are just long range missles regardless of their size.

icbn is a general term for anything that can reach a far distance and has a nuclear warhead attached

[Kochieboy]

icbn is a general term for anything that can reach a far distance and has a nuclear warhead attached

It basically means Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, so technically it doesn't require a nuclear warhead to be classified as such.

[seargant2]

It basically means Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, so technically it doesn't require a nuclear warhead to be classified as such.

But launching a warhead to the other side of the planet is a HUGE waste of money unless you are doing a lot of damage,
so if you create an ICBM without a nuclear payload you're pretty much wasting money.

[PhantOS]

But launching a warhead to the other side of the planet is a HUGE waste of money unless you are doing a lot of damage,
so if you create an ICBM without a nuclear payload you're pretty much wasting money.

communist countries have a lot of money at their disposal

[Kochieboy]

But launching a warhead to the other side of the planet is a HUGE waste of money unless you are doing a lot of damage,
so if you create an ICBM without a nuclear payload you're pretty much wasting money.

That was gonna be my next point, but I wanted to get the main one out there

[tails]

They're saving us from the kraken, We should be thanking them.

[sir dooble]

They're saving us from the kraken, We should be thanking them.

Uh look, if that documentary series I watched told me anything, it's that the Kraken lived in the Caribbean, and it was already defeated by the British.

[Kochieboy]

Uh look, if that documentary series I watched told me anything, it's that the Kraken lived in the Caribbean, and it was already defeated by the British.

That's a lie, it was in the Americas, therefore it was an American win. USA! USA! USA!

[sir dooble]

That's a lie, it was in the Americas, therefore it was an American win. USA! USA! USA!

B-but, it took place before America even existed as a seperate nation...

[Lego lad]

B-but, it took place before America even existed as a seperate nation...

NO

[Zloff]

B-but, it took place before America even existed as a seperate nation...

what kind of sick freedom-hater revised history books have you been reading?

[Gojira]

well they kind of have to be large to actually have enough fuel and carry the warheads

not literally saturn v sized though, but definitely big and they're also oldish technology

suborbital rockets are tiny compared to the saturn v
for example the minuteman is 39 tons while the saturn v was 300+ tons
korea's missile weighs an estimated 80 tons