North Korea fires intercontinental ballistic missile after threatening US : worldnews

[–] eyy@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago

Just North Korean doing North Korean things.

[–] exohuman@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago

One of these days he is going to hit something during one of his little tirades. Reminds me of a kid who needs attention every few months.

[+] Potatofish@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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[–] McBinary@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That was my first thought too. Must be time for more food drops.

[–] born2rune@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Must be running out of cheese.

[–] McBinary@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

I'd fire rockets if cheese were extinct too.

[–] dudebro@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He is getting porky.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Aww, Porky and Pooh are next-door neighbors. Wait, maybe Kim should be Piglet?

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hang on, who's porky?

Pooh was easy to guess, but I just woke up

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kim Jong-Un. Porky or Piglet.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago

Thanks, not sure how I missed the obvious there...

[–] Reiea@lemmy.fmhy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

I don't understand his thinking. The US and other major countries fire off missiles just to shoot them down as target practice all the time. Not to mention that attacking a UN country would be suicide.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Pyongyang's launch comes after it threatened retaliation against what it said were recent US spy plane incursions over its territory

It also tried to launch a spy satellite in May which failed.

This is why I can't take them seriously 🙄

[–] Chipthemonk@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I don’t really understand how North Korea continues to exist. I guess they aren’t sanctioned hard enough? I guess it’s hard to get in spies? I guess it’s hard to remove Kim? They seem so weak, but they keep slowly developing into some weird sort of threat.

[–] fist_of_fartitude@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

They’re kept afloat by China, basically. Chaos in NK has the potential to spill over the Yalu and cause problems in China.Plus, Seoul is within artillery range of the DMZ, so any “kinetic” end to the regime is quite risky.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

It's just not worth it for anyone to do anything.

[–] luffyuk@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

N.Korea is essentially used as slave labour by China, and is propped up by them in return.

[–] sinkingship@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Look up "bureau 39". They have installed a nice cash flow institute, that goes around the sanctions.

[–] m532@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

People want to live, they will live.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Heh

I am never being let into North Korea

[+] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] MaShinKotoKai@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don't understand what his endgame is. If one of these remarkably hits US territory, how does he hope to win?

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