Who will be the next Space Power?

Everyone assumes america is going to be the first to hit. I just don't see why everyone assumes that.

well in a war with the DPRK were to happen right now most of the boarder has a network of early to late stage Anti-ballistic missiles, these would be more then enough to hit DPRK nukes in flight, not even counting the AA ,and new airborn tactical laser that will be deployed within the next 2 years. thats even if the nukes could get off the ground.

Valad point. Though do you think that N Korea will ever launch? Or anybody else? The U.S. is incompetant, not stupid. Just to clarify there IS a difference. In the U.S.'s special case that is. And keep in mind that China was and is still a much more reliable insurence than launching a nuclear missle foolishly. Remember that China thinks in the long run, how they will look on the international stage. They will probably be skiddish to support an aggresor N Korea, though they will slug it out if the U.S. invades N Korea. But if its just the South invading... that might prompt a different Chinese responce...

DPRK nuclear capabilities are to be taken seriously. Just because they have so few doesn't mean that they aren't a threat. They are like China in their nuclear policy. "I don't have to overkill like the U.S. or the U.S.S.R., I just have to hit the IMPORTANT stuff." Their missles would never hit further than Hawii, but they don't have to. The U.S. is not their target. Their enemies in the Asian Theater are. Japan [Tokyo, Koyoto, etc.], and South Korea [just Seoul].

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned this but... current military anti-missle tech is a joke. The U.S. and China are neck and neck in this and still it is a joke. Both take 3-5 missles to intercept not a missle, but a slow moving orbital satillite. In this current day and age, if a nuclear war broke out, both of them will still be ***ed, along with the rest of the world who have lesser anti-missle tech.

Things get bad just sell a nuclear bomb on the black market. Let a terrorrist take it to New York or Washington.

how would they sneak a nuke into the US?

How do literal tons of cocaine? How do black market weapons? Why are there still Russian spys being found in America? If theres a will theres a way. And I am not talking about smuggeling an ICBM into America by the way...

tactical nukes are still pretty big, someone would see one getting brought in through a briefcase or whatever your thinking.

Che, I have to admit after reading your posts... your real problem with you plans is that you just think TOO big. Dragging a nuclear bomb to the U.S. is a pain. You have to think smaller and slightly within the loose U.S. parameters. Example: It is perfectly legal to make homemade thermite in the U.S. to a certain extent.
There are plenty of perfectly legal and lethal materials to be obtained in the U.S. without the stress of being tried if you are caught. Just remember where the line is and toe it carefully.

*I am not advocating illegal actions and am not responcible for any actions take due to this post. This is purely imformational.*

Generic white construction van, drive into times square, set it off. My mouth is already salavating.

You just waver between extremes, don't you? That is too small and too simple.

*Again I claim no responcibility for illicit acts that are consequences of this post.*

So you're not only a Chinese nationalist, you're an anti-American on the scale of Che himself? Disturbing.

In a perfect world a nuclear bomb would go off in every State Capital.

but how would you get it in the country?

Same scale, different methodology. Che wants a violent end. I am not so violent. I prefer a slow death that I get to watch as the light leaves their eyes... hmm... maybe a little too sadistic. Like I said in my disclaimers, I don't want responciblity for violent acts. Economic and political manuvers that bring a perfectly legal, slow and painful death are my preferences. Much more time to enjoy. I'm a patient man. And the best part is that once it is over, I get to hover over the shell as it gasps for life. I'll keep it alive for my entertainment and I think that Che would thank me... if he hasn't already died from preforming a martyrdom.
Actually, possibly different scale; different dimension.

So, when do they let you out of the psychiatric ward? Your obviously making progress.

Well, I can honestly say you're a thoroughly disturbing individual, much more so than Che.

A. Don't know how that is possible.
B. Thanks for the compliment.
I'm less a disturbing individual and more an unnerving one because I think things out. And I enjoy the success of the kill as much as the process to get it.
And besides, Che proves that the 'violent anti-American' spot is taken.
The U.S. is my psychotic ward. Che can attest to that I think.

good thing you put those smilies in I was getting worried about you.

Have you ever actually killed a person? I have. And trust me, for every second you watch the life fade from their eyes, a little piece of you dies.

I like this guy.