Whatever you linked to isnt showing up at work. I will have to read it later.
My point is that in theory they can launch a missile that could hit us and that I dont believe we should rely on "we will see it coming". Also not confident we could shoot it down - I know there have been tests but just how accurate are those tests? I haven't seen what I would consider "real world" tests of equivalent missiles coming in at speeds to an undetermined target. I have seen tests for shooting down within X seconds of launch. I will caveat that with I expect some tests to be classified and for me to not be privy to them. But even given all that I am still worried...it really does look like they have an unstable regime and that leads to unpredictability. I am much less concerned about China suddenly attacking than I am NK.
Sure? I wasnt speaking to its implementation but rather that if you have that kind of system, no matter what it is, you keep two people on it at all times.
I'm not so sure. It's just part of the normal emergency alert system like every state has. Most major alerts are weather based and split second response times aren't that critical. In fact, about the only thing that is, would be a nuclear attack and frankly, 5 minutes wouldn't save anyone's ass, not from the warning system. It's critical for the defenders, but to warn the population ... so what, dead people all get a chance to say goodby to whoever they happen to be with at the time? Maybe a few people would make it to some shelter, avoid looking at the flash, and be just as horribly fucked anyway. I wish I could say that it would give me a chance to go out fucking, but that's probably not very real.