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[Lissa]

Um, no. I do not think so. All it would take for NK to drop a bomb in our laps is to stick it on to a cargo crate. Ship several. Odds are that one or two would make it, maybe all, since nobody can search through every single cargo crate, because every day a million or two new crates arrive from South East Asia.

Remote detonate. Maybe in LA's harbour or Seattle.

No offense, but you are thinking in the box, while they are actually thinking in the box. Conventional warfare does not apply here. As I seem to recall, Kim has a doctorate in civil engineering, he knows a great deal about infrastructure and how to bring it down.

The other scenario is also nightmarish, and entirely possible. Strike the Chinese. By hitting them, Kim could bring the US, and a big part of the world's economy, to its knees. Our manufacturing base is in China. All those goods in our stores, in Mao-Mart, most of the cars made by Ford and Chevy, all made in China. Along with most of our textiles and dry goods. China knows this as well, and realise he is fully capable of this kind of action, and they are even voicing concern that it may be time for a change in leadership in NK.

And I honestly mean no offense. Lissa, you have a good mind with strong logic and critical thinking. But you don't think "crazy." Please don't take that the wrong way. :D

Doc, read the last line in my post, I stated this exact thing. Missile, no way in hell, using subterfuge on ship, possibly.