Are Some of North Korea's Long-Range Missiles Fakes? 322
gbrumfiel writes "North Korea has not been shy in announcing plans to destroy the United States, but questions remain over whether it has the nukes or the missiles to do so. Now NPR reports on open-source intelligence showing that one of the North's most 'advanced' weapons might actually be a decoy. Six KN-08 missiles were paraded last year, but each showed differences in the way they were assembled. Is it all a bluff? Or are the missiles part of a real program?"
The bright side of North Korea (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Speed ridges (Score:4, Funny)
Close inspection of the nose of the missile shows the warhead's surface is undulated. Some analysts suggest the wrinkles mean the material is a thin metal sheet, unable to withstand flight pressures.
Maybe they're speed ridges, you know, to make them go faster. Sort of like speed holes on a sports car, but different...
Or maybe they're just ribbed for her pleasure?
But why the paint job? (Score:2, Funny)
What I want to know is why they have the terrible camoflauge paint job. Wouldn't they look better and more awsome if they were all high-techy coloured and stuff?
When they move these things around the Americans watch them every step of the way, they can't hide them with cammo paint, its not like they are wheeling these things through the jungle or anything either, at any great speed. You can't hide these things, seriously, and so you are parading them around, make them flashy, give them some style! Paint the image of a few great Kims on the side, make them something that really pops, stands out...
don't these dictators know how to do propoganda anymore?
Re:Let's nuke them to be sure (Score:2, Funny)
I had a girlfriend like that once.