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Here's the kind of damage North Korea could do if it went to war
Jeremy Bender Jan 8, 2016, 3:15 AM
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/what-north-korea-could-do-if-it-went-to-war-2015-8?r=US&IR=T

You said it first, SoxFan:

"Hey idiot one would have to be rock stupid (which I guess you are) to not know that as it's public knowledge."

There are chemical, biological, missile, and even flood, which i remember reading of years ago, yet opening dams isn't mentioned in either of these two.

What Would Happen in the Minutes and Hours After North Korea Nuked the United States?

Mike Pearl
Dec 21 2016, 6:15am



Not that they would, but it's good to game these things out.

[...]

To that end, Baker helped me game out what would happen the day of a first strike from North Korea—from the immediate lead-up, to the outbreak of war. Some parts of his forecast surprised me. For one thing, Baker said if you think the US would just push all the big red buttons at its disposal, and turn North Korea into a crater, you're probably not a very good military strategist.

Step 1: The US probably notices well before the launch

[...]

Step 2: The US and Japan weigh a possible pre-emptive strike

But of course, the best defense is a good offense. According to foreign policy analysts at George Washington University Law School, if spies were sure North Korea was arming a missile with a nuclear warhead and aiming it at the US, the US could launch a preemptive strike, and be confident that it could justify the strike later to the UN as a response to an "imminent armed attack."

That decision might not even involve a phone call from President Trump, according to Baker.

"I think it's going to come down to a decision by the military," he told me. He also explained that the military likes preemptive action.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/korea-bomba

OK, one on the N Korean flood threat.

South Korea Fears Flooding From North Discharging Dam Water
by Shinhye Kang

5 July 2016, 12:43 pm AEST

* Govt monitoring water level of North Korea dam near border
* 6 South Koreans killed in 2009 after North opened floodgates

South Korea’s defense ministry says it is closely monitoring the water level at a North Korean dam near the border as heavy rainfall in the peninsula is raising fears that Pyongyang could discharge water and cause flooding in the South.

Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang Gyun said in a briefing Tuesday that the water level in the Hwanggang Dam just north of the border was near capacity. While it doesn’t believe North Korea would engage in a “flooding attack,” the ministry has previously said the military would be ready to provide emergency assistance if North Korea suddenly opened the floodgates.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-05/south-korea-fears-flooding-from-north-discharging-dam-water

Trump has brought little if anything to the table to change the big picture. Nothing except pain for the American middle class, and the poor.