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What would a nuclear war between North Korea and the United States look like? (part FIVE)
In this fifth and final part, I’m going to discuss the nuclear capabilities of North Korea, and dispel some of the myths behind their nuclear program, as well as the myths surrounding their leader, Kim Jong-un. On April 5th, 2009, North Korea launched a satellite known as Bright Star-2 into space. Their only previous attempt……
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What would a nuclear war between North Korea and the United States look like? (part FOUR)
In part three, I talked about just how inefficient the early nuclear weapons were, and how the discovery of adding fusionable hydrogen isotopes to the equation resulted in boosted fission weapons that were many times more powerful than the fission weapons alone. Well, scientists weren’t finished improving on the destructive power contained in those little……
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What would a nuclear war between North Korea and the United States look like? (part THREE)
Just to recap, in part one, I discussed the premise for this series of posts: that most Americans have an unmerited fear of nuclear weapons, in particular the type being developed by North Korea. I also stated that I felt that fear was grounded in two things, the first being the unknown — most Americans……
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What would a nuclear war between North Korea and the United States look like? (part TWO)
Before I begin this discussion, I’m going to start with a statement that I should have made in part one. That is, I’m not a nuclear engineer. I’m not a scientist, or a national security expert, and I have no security clearance or access to top-secret information. What I do have is a very special……