SO I am the one twisting words when: A) you started the thread about said words B) when confronted with the definition of said words you backtrack But you conflate the point of what Trump did. NATO can be both obsolete while Poland and the US do their part for the Global force needed to prevent transgressions. Us "intellectual pussies" can see that. You cannot. Mostly because you are a dumbass. Read above.
They wont have the tech to get to Alaska likely ever. They would have to send a massive amount to get past our defense system. I dont think they have the material to waste on Alaska. They do have the capability to inflict serious harm to Japan and South Korea now. Which should be the real threat. Not a US attack.
They have to continue development work on the missile & guidance systems. More importantly as I wrote earlier they have to build the reentry vehicles and nuke war heads. If they have to do all of that effort on their own then my guess would be they might have a credible threat in 5 - 10 years. If they get outside help then that time frame would be lessened considerably.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/north-korea-icbm-missile-explainer_us_595d1a63e4b02734df3591e0 .....“This missile probably can reach Hawaii, probably not the continental United States, but we expect they’ll be working to improve the range,” he explained. .....Schilling said it could take a couple years to develop the missile’s technology to reach the U.S. mainland, and added that “there’s almost no possibility of this missile reaching the U.S. East Coast.” An undated photo of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14, released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on July 4, 2017. .....According to Schilling, Pyongyang can probably fit a nuclear warhead on an ICBM “pretty much immediately,” but he noted that the North Korean government will likely spend a few weeks or months deciphering the results of Monday’s test before working to arm the missile. .....“They could test something capable of [reaching the continental U.S.] anytime in the next six to 12 months ― you know, do an initial test. It may succeed, it may not succeed,” he said. .....From a strictly deterrent standpoint, it doesn’t have to be certain to work. Just a possibility that it works is going to change the U.S. political calculus. North Korea analyst John Schilling .....“If North Korea was to launch this missile under combat conditions tomorrow, with 15 minutes of warning and maybe American or South Korean missiles already en route, it would not succeed,” Schilling predicted. “But, given a few more tests and another year or so to train their launch crews, the system is going to become substantially more reliable.” .....Wit suggested that on a scale of 1 to 10, the level of concern has likely reached a 7 or 8. Because the ICBM launched this week is capable of reaching Alaska, “It’s obviously more of a threat than the other missiles that cannot reach the United States ― so that’s the point, it’s a direct threat,”
I see a whole bunch written on the missile. Not so much on the guidance systems, the war heads, and the reentry vehicle.
I think you're only semi-literate. I have not backtracked one iota. NATO is not and never has been obsolete. By YOUR definition: - Your car is obsolete when you need to change to a lower-priced gasoline. - Your family is obsolete if your kids don't earn their allowances, or if your husband wants a higher-priced pedicurist. - Your house is obsolete if you want to remortgage it. - Your Daughters of the Confederacy chapter is obsolete if somebody is not paying her dues. Now, this is not a mere quibble but yet one more example of a know-nothing blowhard using ready-to-wear slogans that work on the stupid, no matter how empty or unpragmatic the content of its promises, and no matter how much he contradicts himself later.
