The more this happens the more people become desensitized to it. Not sure what the correct solution is
Stop it North Korea!
Honestly, where would you run if you’re at a place that doesn’t have underground shelter? Doesn’t seem like there’s much a lot of people can do…
Good thing those test missiles carry a payload, otherwise telling people to get to shelter would be completely ridiculous. /s
Goddamn Oceania ruining things for us in Eastasia!
Oh, no… yawn.
Is there a way to enable the J-Alert? Or is there a conflict with my unlocked iPhone 13 from the US? (under LINEMO)
The nationalists in Japan never fail to work up as much hysteria as possible.
There should be a missile on the reverse course of this one, leading specifically to the launch site.
Somebody, bloody the school yard bully’s nose.
Skip the news histerics.
いないいないばあっ! was canceled today so I had to take my three-year-old son to kindergarten without letting him watch his favorite show.
Thanks, North Korea.
Just one time, I want Japan to unveil a Scud missile they’ve been keeping in storage since 1986 and shoot it back across North Korea to land in the Yellow Sea. I’d pay good money to see Kim’s face.
It’s a dilemma because they can’t ignore it but there isn’t much that can be done about it. The problem is that even though they’ve all dropped into the ocean so far if one malfunctions and goes off course it could hit land, so people along the trajectory need to be alerted.
The missile could land in downtown Sapporo and all that the spineless Japanese politicians would do is “send a message of disapproval” to North Korea.
They can’t/won’t do shit without big brother America’s approval.
*jamiroquai-ing intensifies*
There is absolutely no way North Korea is actually gonna fire a missile at Japan and start a war, and even if they messed up and it accidentally landed on land the chances of it hitting a residential area is absolutely tiny.
The disruption caused by these alarms is infinitely worse than any benefit they might have from people sheltering (not that anyone bothers to shelter now).
One of these days those morons are going to screw up and actually hit Japan.
What people don’t understand about the J-Alert system is that unlike earthquakes or tsunami which move in a predictable pattern a missile launch is not predictable at all.
Essentially all the government is aware of is:
1. A missile was launched 2. Its heading towards Japan 3. Its relative trajectory means that it could land anywhere with X radius
The problem with missiles is that, by design, they can be redirected somewhere else (of course depending on type). The only people who know where they were targeted to hit are the people launching them.
So, whats a government to do? Err on the side of caution and issue a J-Alert
Wait how do i get those messages. I had no clue this happened
There is an old saying, something to the effect that “fences make good neighbors.” Don’t recall one about what happens when a neighbor throws a rock across the wall. There is another, about “how to walk” and “what to carry.”
Rest easy in your god-like wisdom. The world has a lot to teach you, yet.
The more I hear about this Kim Jong Un character, the less I care for him.
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The more this happens the more people become desensitized to it. Not sure what the correct solution is
Stop it North Korea!
Honestly, where would you run if you’re at a place that doesn’t have underground shelter? Doesn’t seem like there’s much a lot of people can do…
Good thing those test missiles carry a payload, otherwise telling people to get to shelter would be completely ridiculous. /s
Goddamn Oceania ruining things for us in Eastasia!
Oh, no… yawn.
Is there a way to enable the J-Alert? Or is there a conflict with my unlocked iPhone 13 from the US? (under LINEMO)
The nationalists in Japan never fail to work up as much hysteria as possible.
There should be a missile on the reverse course of this one, leading specifically to the launch site.
Somebody, bloody the school yard bully’s nose.
Skip the news histerics.
いないいないばあっ! was canceled today so I had to take my three-year-old son to kindergarten without letting him watch his favorite show.
Thanks, North Korea.
Just one time, I want Japan to unveil a Scud missile they’ve been keeping in storage since 1986 and shoot it back across North Korea to land in the Yellow Sea. I’d pay good money to see Kim’s face.
It’s a dilemma because they can’t ignore it but there isn’t much that can be done about it. The problem is that even though they’ve all dropped into the ocean so far if one malfunctions and goes off course it could hit land, so people along the trajectory need to be alerted.
The missile could land in downtown Sapporo and all that the spineless Japanese politicians would do is “send a message of disapproval” to North Korea.
They can’t/won’t do shit without big brother America’s approval.
*jamiroquai-ing intensifies*
There is absolutely no way North Korea is actually gonna fire a missile at Japan and start a war, and even if they messed up and it accidentally landed on land the chances of it hitting a residential area is absolutely tiny.
The disruption caused by these alarms is infinitely worse than any benefit they might have from people sheltering (not that anyone bothers to shelter now).
One of these days those morons are going to screw up and actually hit Japan.
What people don’t understand about the J-Alert system is that unlike earthquakes or tsunami which move in a predictable pattern a missile launch is not predictable at all.
Essentially all the government is aware of is:
1. A missile was launched
2. Its heading towards Japan
3. Its relative trajectory means that it could land anywhere with X radius
The problem with missiles is that, by design, they can be redirected somewhere else (of course depending on type). The only people who know where they were targeted to hit are the people launching them.
So, whats a government to do? Err on the side of caution and issue a J-Alert
Wait how do i get those messages. I had no clue this happened
There is an old saying, something to the effect that “fences make good neighbors.” Don’t recall one about what happens when a neighbor throws a rock across the wall. There is another, about “how to walk” and “what to carry.”
Rest easy in your god-like wisdom.
The world has a lot to teach you, yet.
The more I hear about this Kim Jong Un character, the less I care for him.
yeah amusing 😒