Toroid
Founding Member
Really want everyone to make peace with NK, but that feels far away...
Umm it's probably fake news or someone's trolling, but typing "north korea" in Twitter's search bar and then going to 'Latest' brings up tweets telling that Hawaii citizens just received a message on their phones about an imminent missile attack.
Edit: people are saying this could be a hack by Russia or NK.
Edit 2: many people are tweeting the phone message, seen below:
Edit 3: it was false, don't know who sent this message to everyone yet.
Edit: people are saying this could be a hack by Russia or NK.
Edit 2: many people are tweeting the phone message, seen below:
Edit 3: it was false, don't know who sent this message to everyone yet.
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3FEL9
Islander
It was sent out as SMS or text, not via twitter as I first thought.. Boy, the operator who f-up must have sh**t his pants when realising
And to be politically correct,, " or her "
nivek
As Above So Below
DARPA Project Reveals US May Be Planning North Korea Invasion
The political situation in North Korea is growing more complex, as the United States government is set to begin training for fighting within the country's many secret underground tunnels.
While far from confirmed by official sources, it's possible that an ongoing contest from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) may secretly be intended to equip troops with Batman-type gear to fight in unfamiliar cave-like environments.
Defectors from North Korea have been warning for decades that the dictatorship is riddled with holes and tunnels that have been dug in order to aid a literal underground invasion of South Korea. Named "The Tunnels of Aggression" (way cooler than the names of the tunnels in The Great Escape), this endless maze of underground passageways is almost a complete mystery to those outside of the North Korean military.
Claims suggest that one tunnel to the south is large enough to transport thirty thousand North Korean troops per hour, although it's hard to be certain just how reliable these claims might be.
One thing is certain: if the United States were to ever go to war with North Korea, it wouldn't be an easy process for US troops. North Korean forces will likely have received tunnel warfare training, as well as possessing detailed maps of the area, and where it's possible to hide or lay traps for unwitting US soldiers.
Thus, in an effort to be prepared (and we can all merely hope and pray that this preparation is never actually proved useful), the US government has sanctioned specific training to help get troops up to speed on the challenges of fighting in low-light underground environments.
All of this makes sense, but what else might the government be working on behind closed doors? Tunnel training may be useful, but US troops would still be at a disadvantage due to a lack of knowledge about tunnel geography in North Korea.
This could potentially tie in with DARPA's contest, which ostensibly is intended to help develop technology to help life underground go more smoothly.
According to DARPA's program manager, Timothy Chung:
So, on the one hand, the US military is beginning to train in tunnel environments for the express purpose of being able to fight North Korean troops on their home turf. Meanwhile, the government is also looking to independent contractors to create a system that would allow the military to scan the ground and learn the layout of tunnels and caves that might exist deep below.
The evidence all seems to line up: it's entirely possible that the government is looking to find ways to beat North Korea at its own game by uncovering their entire series of tunnels in advance of an invasion.
Of course, there's no definitive proof here. This is purely circumstantial, and even if these two ongoing projects are related, one would hope that this is merely intended to help prepare for an avoidable scenario, rather than the first hints of an intended attack. No matter how fast US troops might be able to learn the tunnel layout beneath North Korea, they'd struggle to take out all opponents before a retaliatory attack is put into action.
Let's hope that cooler heads prevail as the conflict between the United States and North Korea continues to produce awkward tweets and showboating from political leaders. If all does go south, though, this research contest could well be the way that the US military intends to prepare for what would under even the best of circumstances prove to be an incredibly difficult away mission.
The political situation in North Korea is growing more complex, as the United States government is set to begin training for fighting within the country's many secret underground tunnels.
While far from confirmed by official sources, it's possible that an ongoing contest from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) may secretly be intended to equip troops with Batman-type gear to fight in unfamiliar cave-like environments.
Defectors from North Korea have been warning for decades that the dictatorship is riddled with holes and tunnels that have been dug in order to aid a literal underground invasion of South Korea. Named "The Tunnels of Aggression" (way cooler than the names of the tunnels in The Great Escape), this endless maze of underground passageways is almost a complete mystery to those outside of the North Korean military.
Claims suggest that one tunnel to the south is large enough to transport thirty thousand North Korean troops per hour, although it's hard to be certain just how reliable these claims might be.
One thing is certain: if the United States were to ever go to war with North Korea, it wouldn't be an easy process for US troops. North Korean forces will likely have received tunnel warfare training, as well as possessing detailed maps of the area, and where it's possible to hide or lay traps for unwitting US soldiers.
Thus, in an effort to be prepared (and we can all merely hope and pray that this preparation is never actually proved useful), the US government has sanctioned specific training to help get troops up to speed on the challenges of fighting in low-light underground environments.
All of this makes sense, but what else might the government be working on behind closed doors? Tunnel training may be useful, but US troops would still be at a disadvantage due to a lack of knowledge about tunnel geography in North Korea.
This could potentially tie in with DARPA's contest, which ostensibly is intended to help develop technology to help life underground go more smoothly.
According to DARPA's program manager, Timothy Chung:
So, on the one hand, the US military is beginning to train in tunnel environments for the express purpose of being able to fight North Korean troops on their home turf. Meanwhile, the government is also looking to independent contractors to create a system that would allow the military to scan the ground and learn the layout of tunnels and caves that might exist deep below.
The evidence all seems to line up: it's entirely possible that the government is looking to find ways to beat North Korea at its own game by uncovering their entire series of tunnels in advance of an invasion.
Of course, there's no definitive proof here. This is purely circumstantial, and even if these two ongoing projects are related, one would hope that this is merely intended to help prepare for an avoidable scenario, rather than the first hints of an intended attack. No matter how fast US troops might be able to learn the tunnel layout beneath North Korea, they'd struggle to take out all opponents before a retaliatory attack is put into action.
Let's hope that cooler heads prevail as the conflict between the United States and North Korea continues to produce awkward tweets and showboating from political leaders. If all does go south, though, this research contest could well be the way that the US military intends to prepare for what would under even the best of circumstances prove to be an incredibly difficult away mission.
Toroid
Founding Member
The Pyongyang subway is over 360 feet deep and doubles as a bomb shelter.
Pyongyang Metro - Wikipedia
Pyongyang Metro - Wikipedia
3FEL9
Islander
Or just by 50 50 chance.. Next one is real..
Toroid
Founding Member
Employee who caused the false alarm will be retrained.
Hawaii sends out 'false alarm' missile threat | Daily Mail Online
Hawaii sends out 'false alarm' missile threat | Daily Mail Online
A Civil Defense employee is set to be retrained after a shocking blunder on Saturday morning, when a mistaken alert warning of an inbound ballistic missile sent thousands fleeing for shelter.
The false alarm was caused by a Hawaii Emergency Management Agency employee who 'pushed the wrong buttons' during an internal drill timed to coincide with a shift handover at 8.07am. The all-clear phone alert was not sent until 38 minutes later.
Incredibly, officials said the employee who made the mistake wasn't aware of it until mobile phones in the command center began displaying the alert.
'This guy feels bad, right. He's not doing this on purpose - it was a mistake on his part and he feels terrible about it,' said EMA Administrator Vern Miyagi in a press conference Saturday afternoon.
Miyagi, a retired Army major general, said the employee had been with the agency for 'a while' and that he would be 'counseled and drilled so this never happens again' - but stopped short of saying whether there would be disciplinary measures.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5266357/Hawaii-receives-ballistic-missile-threat-warning.html#ixz4BLpxn5a
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August
Metanoia
Why don't they just sack them and get someone who knows what they are doing. Lives are at stake here. Can't afford to have some defence Goof pushing the wrong button at the right time.
Japan broadcaster sends false North Korea missile alert
Another false North Korean missile yesterday in Japan. Two false alerts in two days. There were no mistakes here, it wasn't "an employee messed up".
Another false North Korean missile yesterday in Japan. Two false alerts in two days. There were no mistakes here, it wasn't "an employee messed up".