**** just got real, North Korea deploys missiles at South Korean ship

Your such a failure.

Should not or should? If you mean should, have you heard the story? It wasn't a sea (like one mile off the North Sea coast). It was the South Pacific.

Yes but is has no relevance, no importance.

Don't ********* chat as if you know me c***!

Latest news for those who are interested:

- President of S.Korea has not demanded an apology which is quite strange.
- Plans to fire artillery at the same place as last Tuesday have been put on hold, but are still expected to occur in the next couple of days (probably Wednesday which is when the exercises end with the US).
- US has gone back on their statement of not including live-fire in the drills. Today they were seen shooting mock targets in the water and firing shells.
- N.Korea is pissed. Surprise surprise.
- N.Korea have said if the artillery fire goes ahead as planned then they will attack back as the shells are 'bound to touch their waters'.

The BBC and basically all other western sources are utter crap for this. I strongly recommend this site for fast updates: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/11/29/26/0301000000AEN20101129010200315F.HTML

Question:
If Seoul is so close to NK and SK have known for decades that NK may attack, why has the capital not changed to somewhere less vulnerable?

And you guys didn't want Trident

I don't really know too much about what exactly the consequences could be if something did break out?
Anyone care to give me a quick and simple overview of the situation? ha

Basically just explaining,
is this a very serious situation? pretty serious? a regular thing that doesn't mean too much?
Is it the kind of thing that the whole world is worried about? who will it affect?
Would we (UK) stay well clear? How much damage could NK do if they chose to launch a full scale attack?
For that last one using the senario of them attacking us would maybe be a good way of explaining it, ha.

The UK is safe and I can't see how it would ever come under threat from this. The only thing people are worried about is if China get involved and protect N. Korea which could result in a massive war. If nukes are used then things could get dangerous but none of this is likely to happen. Even if China get involved and ally with N. Korea (which they won't) it'll simply mean there's a big chance US/South Korea lose and nothing changes apart from Korea being destroyed and millions dead + strained diplomatic relations.

What good would Trident do? N. Korea can be obliterated quite easily using conventional missiles and weaponry. Not to mention that the UK is one of the furthest countries away from N. Korea and well out of their nuclear range (if they have one).

What's with all the support for North Korea on here? :/

Analysts say incidents such as the sinking of the Cheonan warship in March and the recent artillery firing are unlikely to be rogue actions by the North Korean military. Rather, they are aimed at bolstering Kim Jong-un's standing.

"It seems inevitable that it is related to North Korea's succession," said Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "(Kim Jong-un) has no accomplishments to his record. But if he can appear to be in charge of a military that is achieving some kind of military success, it would probably aid his succession."

What does this mean for our war in the middle east? Are we capable of supporting two wars at the same time?