tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post5577119120475701379..comments2023-12-25T12:36:39.860-08:00Comments on The Clue Meter: KoreaDranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post-80669577917838324802013-04-13T07:07:29.142-07:002013-04-13T07:07:29.142-07:00Anonymous @04/12/13, 1:17: As I said, it's be...Anonymous @04/12/13, 1:17: As I said, it's been a few years since I saw the full catalog, but when I last looked, they still had anti-tank stuff in the 40 mm range. (45mm, IIRC.) <br />When you're a poor country with little too offer your sponsor except the opportunity to see his rivals troubles, you take, and keep, what you can get. I didn't say the popguns were front-line use, although the north Koreans do still use MiG 19s for interceptor duty. <br />OTOH, in another forum, and I forget which one or I'd comment there, someone was attempting to ridicule the north Koreans for using AN2 Colts as the aircraft of choice for delivering paratroops. <br />Yes, the An2 Colt is a single-engine, canvas and plywood biplane.<br />It also flies low and slow, and has a very low radar signature due to the construction. If you're primary mission for paratroops is infiltration and sabotage, it's an ideal platform, especially if the only thing keeping your enemy from complete control of the air is self-restraint.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post-37552870545571039652013-04-12T19:54:53.540-07:002013-04-12T19:54:53.540-07:00"WWIII? You mean the whole world against Nort..."WWIII? You mean the whole world against North Korea?"<br /><br />No, he didn't mean that any more than WWI was Yugoslavia against the whole world after the assassination of the Arch-Duke. Think "trigger," not "primary combatant."<br /><br />And a nuclear armed whackjob situated between China, SouK and Japan has the potential to be a hell of a trigger.Bill Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263963769882810238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post-23351155828087879132013-04-12T13:17:22.685-07:002013-04-12T13:17:22.685-07:00direct-fire anti-tank pieces that Hitlers Panzers ...<b><br />direct-fire anti-tank pieces that Hitlers Panzers laughed at<br /></b><br /><br />a) they don't use those anymore<br />b) 85mm and 100mm AT guns were deadly dangerous back in the day. Long-barreled 76's not so much to heavy tanks, but could easily take out medium tanks.<br /><br />These days, not so much. I doubt they could take out a Bradley IFV. <br /><br /><b><br />The leaders of north Korea are not sane, and may very well be insane enough to start WWIII just to prove a point. As for the people, well, Reid again:<br /></b><br /><br />WWIII? You mean the whole world against North Korea? That could last a couple of months..<br /><br />As to insane, I doubt that. Kim Jong Il was nasty and eccentric, but the consensus is rational, and this saber-rattling is just the last in a series of such over the years. <br /><br />About Un.. who knows.<br /><br />One can only hope the Norks piss off the Chinese seriously and then perhaps a coup-de-etat by some saner heads in the military would end the last Stalinist regime in the world.. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post-12205847069553806162013-04-11T11:15:06.184-07:002013-04-11T11:15:06.184-07:00Nice post. I like sanity.
If that satellite is su...Nice post. I like sanity.<br /><br />If that satellite is such a wildcard, which I'm hearing everywhere, what's preventing us from surreptitiously knocking it out before waiting until it is a threat? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post-72060491172841281142013-04-11T09:53:13.668-07:002013-04-11T09:53:13.668-07:00Quite frankly I see the designs of Narrative Contr...Quite frankly I see the designs of Narrative Control in action, and a Left that has near mind-control. And what California will be like after 70-years of One-Party rule...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post-79863579172742329212013-04-11T07:40:33.393-07:002013-04-11T07:40:33.393-07:00Excellent semi-Uberpost! :-) There's a lot of...Excellent semi-Uberpost! :-) There's a lot of weirdness growing out there and the NORKs have a plantation of it all their own.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13460199597231661863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post-10691345972131389442013-04-10T18:16:58.141-07:002013-04-10T18:16:58.141-07:00Good post. Kicked me down the wikihole! :)Good post. Kicked me down the wikihole! :)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.com