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|    eripe to trident    |
|    Re: How many mobile icbm's on TEL's can     |
|    01 Nov 17 04:36:55    |
      From: eripe.dk@gmail.com              On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 4:51:33 PM UTC+7, trident wrote:       > AS Above.       >        > I know my question is strnge (as most of my question actually).. but I am       pondering this issue with respect to North Korea's threat. Jow many long range       missiles can they possibly field and how many of them can they keep on       constant patrol?       >        > Back in two previous decades Russia deployed up to 360 SS-25 Icbm's in ca       10 deployment zones each having 100 000 square kilometers.        >        > So they had ca 36 missiles per 100 000 kilometers, of these however no more       than 2 were on constant patrol. I read somewhere that 4 is a possible option.       >        >        > Now North Korea has 120 000 square kilometers of total area, but is much       more populated than Russia. The most bold estimates give them up to 30 mobile       ICBM's and up to 30 IRBM's in 2020's. Could they too deploy 4-5 missiles on       continous patrol? Or        could the deploy more? Or, if their strategy is just "disperse on warning"       what's the fuss about them having second strike capability?              It is doubtfull they could field anough to overcome us anti missile defence.       I would actually be more concerned about a freighter sailing into Seattle or LA              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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