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to wonder why apocalypse now doesn't happen when nuclear missiles are tested?

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myoriginal3 · 15/05/2017 17:36

Surely it means that they're activated in the normal way? Why is the world not ending when they're activated?

Or is a test phase different to normal activation?

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HIG70 · 15/05/2017 17:43

It's only North Korea that test them now isn't it?

They are underground too.

myoriginal3 · 15/05/2017 17:45

It leads me to believe that if you live far away from them, then you're safe enough? Am I misunderstanding?

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HIG70 · 15/05/2017 17:46

I think unless you are a rat living underground in North Korea then you are safe enough.

myoriginal3 · 15/05/2017 18:12

Happier now knowing Trump is at the helm of the red button.

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Annahibiscuits · 15/05/2017 18:19

I think they will be testing the launch/flight/operation of the missile, rather than the nuclear reaction?

user1471596238 · 15/05/2017 18:19

Nuclear devices tend to be detonated underground when being tested and ICBMs when test launched don't carry real warheads. Russia, China, US etc. inform each other when they are test launching missiles as far as I am aware.

Annahibiscuits · 15/05/2017 18:24

I THINK NK are struggling to make a nuclear warhead small enough to be carried on a long range missile?

So they will be testing the launch and range without the warhead/lethal package...using a blank of the same mass/dimensions (which is normal practice)

TheFifthKey · 15/05/2017 18:25

A nuclear warhead is just a big bomb though...one won't cause the end of the world. It's the culmative effect of worldwide nuclear war that would prove deadly.

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