North Korea, Sanctions, and Kim Jong-un

[Robin]

"OK, so I want all the baubles to look like this for next years Christmas Tree"

 

[Furinkazen]

Following on from my above comment it reminds me of this from said film.

 

[ukfan758]

Here's the nuke....

It looks like a giant Christmas ornament.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Any nuclear bomb experts here who can say for sure if this vaguely resembles what a real nuke might look like?

Experts elsewhere are saying that the three components (heat shield, cylinder and sphere) look legit. That's not to say they work, of course.

 

[FoRiZon]

Poor North Korea. In their mind is war, war, war, war, and war. Others move on, they just living in the cold war shadow.

Its just sad, really. Especially when you realized the other half of Korea is a 180 degree of difference.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Here's the nuke....

Looks like Our Man In Havana's hard work paid off.

Spoiler

If you haven't read it, it's about a British intelligence agent who sells designs for vacuum cleaners to London as intelligence reports.

 

[JKgo]

Here's the nuke....

...It's a bit bigger than the prop used in The Peacemaker, but looks legit.



...As legit as in, "Oi, who took the disco ball off the ceiling??"

 

[Omnis]

It is indeed! In fact it is one of the closest restaurants to my flat...

I've never been but I've heard it's the dog's bollocks.

Careful. It might actually be the dog's bollocks.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Careful. It might actually be the dog's bollocks.

How big is this dog, exactly?

 

[G.T.Ace]

Any nuclear bomb experts here who can say for sure if this vaguely resembles what a real nuke might look like?

It looks like a nuke could look, but... it's impossible to say if it's real or not, because you can't see what's inside.
It could be an empty shell...

 

[Fryto]

The first picture looks like his birthday cake wrapped in metal for its own protection.

 

[Touring Mars]

Here's the nuke....

"Does my bomb look big in this?"

 

[FoRiZon]

The first picture looks like his birthday cake wrapped in metal for its own protection.

Err. How did you quote an image, not from mine, but named to me? XD

 

[Fryto]

Err. How did you quote an image, not from mine, but named to me? XD

Ah, so that's why the image didn't show up at first
I must have clicked the 'Reply' under the wrong post.

 

[Omnis]

Why is it that North Korea has suddenly decided to go into nuclear bomb mode only after The Interview came out?

 

[Blitz24]

Why is it that North Korea has suddenly decided to go into nuclear bomb mode only after The Interview came out?

It's the response to show their strength and that they won't be mocked. It's a dangerous joke we are playing by insulting them to the point that they have to do this, but these people can only see what's wrong with everyone else, not what's wrong with them.

 

[FoRiZon]

It's the response to show their strength and that they won't be mocked. It's a dangerous joke we are playing by insulting them to the point that they have to do this, but these people can only see what's wrong with everyone else, not what's wrong with them.

Its a self fulfilling prophecy. The moment they show their "strength" is the moment they show whats wrong with their country.

 

[Blitz24]

Its a self fulfilling prophecy. The moment they show their "strength" is the moment they show whats wrong with their country.

They show what's wrong with their country to us. They don't see that. They are as blind as bats. This is also a fitting description of the guidance system on their missiles.

 

[Robin]

Why is it that North Korea has suddenly decided to go into nuclear bomb mode only after The Interview came out?

Hollywood caused World War 3, you heard it here first.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Hollywood caused World War 3, you heard it here first.

Paris, Team America. I'm saying nothing more.

 

[Blitz24]

The Evil Sea has once again caused a loss in the North Korean Navy.

 

[TenEightyOne]

The Evil Sea has once again caused a loss in the North Korean Navy.

I'm not a natural conspiracist but with NK's current sabre-rattling the Tom Clancy fan in me can't help but wonder if they practised lighting up the wrong target...

 

[Grayfox]

From what I understand.
Nukes require a specific chain of events happen in order for the nuke to explode

You could drop a nuke into a fire and it wont detonate

 

[Grayfox]

"These are my photos from my trip to North Korea, quite possibly the most mysterious country on the planet. The photos focus on what it was like getting into the country and then exploring Pyongyang, North Korea's capital and the largest city. My trip began in China, where I would eventually board a train into North Korea, a method of entry that isn't available to American tourists, who are required to fly in."

Article here:

http://www.businessinsider.de/photos-from-inside-north-korea-2016-3?r=US&IR=T

Your photos made the news here, I would ask them to take it down as they have not even provided credit to you
http://www.news.com.au/travel/world...a/news-story/cc4261eeb1ce936c801226ced6f76994

 

[Dan]

From what I understand.
Nukes require a specific chain of events happen in order for the nuke to explode

You could drop a nuke into a fire and it wont detonate

"On the left, a “gun-type” device like the one dropped on Hiroshima. On the right, an implosion device, like the one dropped on Nagasaki."

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/is-this-north-koreas-nuclear-bomb-1763803839

 

[TenEightyOne]

Your photos made the news here, I would ask them to take it down as they have not even provided credit to you
http://www.news.com.au/travel/world...a/news-story/cc4261eeb1ce936c801226ced6f76994

He put the text in quotes, I'm not sure they're actually @zzz_pt's photos.

From what I understand.
Nukes require a specific chain of events happen in order for the nuke to explode

To be brutally simple; you need to mash enough of your material (stored as separate lumps in the warhead) into one lump and exceed its critical mass. The design is very simple in theory.

 

[Denur]

He put the text in quotes, I'm not sure they're actually @zzz_pt's photos.

Some of them are

 

[TenEightyOne]

Some of them are

I stand corrected, I didn't realise he was Huniewicz - his location puts him outside Britain

In that case he seems to have retweeted many of the articles that used his pictures anyway so he's probably aware.

 

[Johnnypenso]

"These are my photos from my trip to North Korea, quite possibly the most mysterious country on the planet. The photos focus on what it was like getting into the country and then exploring Pyongyang, North Korea's capital and the largest city. My trip began in China, where I would eventually board a train into North Korea, a method of entry that isn't available to American tourists, who are required to fly in."

Article here:

http://www.businessinsider.de/photos-from-inside-north-korea-2016-3?r=US&IR=T

Fascinating and excellent work. I will go through this more thoroughly in the next couple of days but thanks for letting us know about it. 👍

 

[zzz_pt]

Wow! Just to clear things up, I'm not the author of the article. That's why I used quotes.

I wouldn't mind tho. I'm deeply intrigued by NK.