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Fatty Kim da T\u2019ird, aka NDtBF, still has some submarines. According to this article from CNBC, 50 of them seem to have just gone \u2018poof\u2019 \u2013 vanished like snow in the July sun back in 2015.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/04\/12\/north-korea-submarine-threat-is-another-worry.html<\/a><\/p>\n The author of the article\u00a0makes several good points, e.g., the Nork subs are diesels which should make them easier to track (shouldn\u2019t it?), and also, he includes the fact that the Norks can elude land radar and launch ballistic missiles without detection.\u00a0 Why on earth Emmentaler Boy wants to pester Japan is beyond me, unless he\u2019s looking for target practice.<\/p>\n There is good reason to be concerned: March was \u201cthe seventh anniversary of the sinking of\u00a0South Korea<\/a>‘s Cheonan navy ship by a North Korean submarine torpedo attack. That aggression killed 46 sailors and wasn’t the first time the reclusive North had made incursions into South Korean waters.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition. the solid fuel used for underwater launches is now being used for the land-based missiles. It\u2019s less time-consuming to set up a land-based missile launch using the solid fuel than it is when liquid fuel is used. That makes land missiles harder to find and much more mobile.<\/p>\n Some critics dismiss the diesel subs because they are \u2018old and noisy\u2019, but in 2015, 50 of them simply disappeared\u2026 or did they? \u00a0Have any have been spotted off the California coast? Or do they ever stray that far from home?<\/p>\n I know we have plenty of DEW in Alaska and California, so I\u2019m less concerned than I would be if I were in South Korea or China, but it does not mean that NDtBF can\u2019t order a launch from a position standing off the US west coast, does it?<\/p>\n The Chinese regard Norkiland as a buffer between them and the South, but as we all know, Fatty Kim da T\u2019ird likes to pick enemies out of thin air. In my view, it means that Xi JinPing should be somewhat concerned about his antics, and I believe he is. The US is a major trading partner with China. But you know that already.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a reason I say this: while the US Navy\u2019s strike force is paying a visit to South Korea, it\u2019s mostly for show. \u00a0I don’t know how much of this posturing on Fatty Kim’s\u00a0part is meant as a way to distract the US from his butt-buddy Syria. However, if the Cheeseslaying Chickengazer decides he wants to launch against the South, regardless of any actual aggression by anyone at all, he will do so. Remember, his daddy fired on an island for no reason during a military exercise that South Korea and the US held, a few years back.<\/p>\n NDtBF\u00a0really is that driven. He has to prove himself, you know. He\u2019s got stuff in his head that says \u2018Do what Daddy Kim and Grandpa Kim did\u2019.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, despite his exposure to the outside world, I don\u2019t think he understands that the Chinese are unlikely to back him this time around, the way they backed his granddaddy. He should not piss them off or make them nervous. Things have changed considerably since 1953.<\/p>\n Pres. Xi has already told Pres. Trump that the Korean problem should be resolved peacefully.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/04\/12\/chinas-xi-tells-trump-situation-on-korean-peninsula-should-be-resolved-by-peaceful-means-reuters-citing-state-media.html<\/a><\/p>\n China\u00a0can shut off trade with him in a heartbeat. They\u2019ve already turned away his coal transport ships and are accepting coal from the US instead. \u00a0Now I wonder who made that deal\u2026?<\/p>\n Basically, Fatty Kim da T\u2019ird is spoiling for a fight. Fine. I know that. It is my considered opinion that if he brings one, it will not work out in his favor.<\/p>\n He may have a lot of SLBMs now, but he may end up with No-Dong at all.<\/p>\n (Puns are allowed in comments. You should go for it like gangbusters. It’s Wednesday.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"