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Questions & Help Mar 14, 2026 at 7:03 AM

North Korea fires projectile towards sea amid US-South Korea military drills

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/north-korea-fires-projectile-towards-sea-amid-us-south-korea-military-drills

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EmergencyAudience581 Mar 14, 2026 +37
Who has ordered more violence against the ocean? Caligula or Kim Jung Un?
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hoppertn Mar 14, 2026 +3
The empire of Poseidon has again been struck down before launching their dastardly attack against Best Korea.
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IAMAHigherConductor Mar 14, 2026 +3
He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.
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Burnbrook Mar 16, 2026 +1
Can't forget Xerxes.
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D2dj Mar 14, 2026 +186
I wonder if North Korea knows that the US has moved defensive equipment from South Korea to the middle east.
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problyurdad_ Mar 14, 2026 +38
If you know, they know. Sounds silly but I would imagine that just about every espionage/intelligence agency in the world starts their day by simply scouring the headlines.
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raresanevoice Mar 14, 2026 +41
Yeah, all American enemies are aware the the US is being weakened internally and just waiting for the right time when this failed administration has us weaker than we've been in decades.
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[deleted] Mar 14, 2026 +8
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noiwillnothaveit Mar 15, 2026 -2
Yea all South Korea needs to do is wait for famine to kill North Korea off
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asuleiman Mar 14, 2026 +24
They know. They’re just waiting for the right time. Us has so many enemies. NK wants South Korea, China wants Taiwan, and Russia wants NATO out of Ukraine. The US made a huge mistake. All their focus is Israel leaving South Korea defenseless
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gizmosticles Mar 14, 2026 +36
South Korea still defending South Korea
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Naphier Mar 14, 2026 +8
I do think they're much more capable than many expect.
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CyberNinja23 Mar 14, 2026 +5
Especially when you can afford and build working equipment that’s not 30+ years old
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FirTree_r Mar 14, 2026 +33
How did this comment get so many upvotes? Lmao
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juanmlm Mar 14, 2026 +49
There's no NATO in Ukraine. Never been. Ukraine was never on the path of joining NATO. That's just one of the many lies russia keeps telling because they know there's always someone who will believe it. And at any rate, if they were so worried about NATO on their border (which was already the case: Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Norway), when Finland joined NATO they would have moved troops there, instead they moved entire units *away* and sent them to Ukraine. Russia didn't invade Ukraine because of NATO, russia invaded Ukraine because it was *not* in NATO, so they saw an opportunity.
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No_Stay_4583 Mar 14, 2026 +10
Didnt the guy word it wrongly? Not Nato literally. But resources like money and equipment to Ukraine. Of Nato gets distracted that means Ukraine will receive less.
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African_Herbsman Mar 14, 2026 +6
>Ukraine was never on the path of joining NATO [https://ua.usembassy.gov/u-s-ukraine-charter-on-strategic-partnership/](https://ua.usembassy.gov/u-s-ukraine-charter-on-strategic-partnership/) # Section II: Defense and Security Cooperation The United States and Ukraine share a vital interest in a strong, independent, and democratic Ukraine. Deepening Ukraine’s integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions is a mutual priority. We plan to undertake a program of enhanced security cooperation intended to increase Ukrainian capabilities and to strengthen Ukraine’s candidacy for NATO membership. 1. Guided by the April 3, 2008 Bucharest Summit Declaration of the NATO North Atlantic Council and the April 4, 2008 Joint Statement of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, **which affirmed that Ukraine will become a member of NATO**. [https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-ukraine-charter-on-strategic-partnership/](https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-ukraine-charter-on-strategic-partnership/) \- There was also this one in Nov 2021. December 2021 Russia issued an ultimatum to NATO regarding Ukraine which was rebuked then in Feb 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine. You can disagree with Russia without rewriting history to fit your narrative. The war in Ukraine is almost entirely to do with Ukraine's aspirations to join NATO.
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juanmlm Mar 14, 2026 +3
Ask anyone who was aware of the process: they were as much on the way of joining NATO as of joining the EU: it was pie in the sky and wishful thinking from the Ukrainians. Then in 2010 Yanukovich was elected, and it was a dead end, and after the 2014 invasion started, it was completely off the table.
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African_Herbsman Mar 14, 2026 -1
I'd agree that there's a good chance it would never have happened but there was no guarantee they wouldn't, it's why Russia issued their ultimatum in December 2021 wanting guarantees that it would never happen. The second link I shared was from November 2021 and still made mention of Ukraine's NATO ambitions. >Guided by the April 3, 2008 Bucharest Summit Declaration of the NATO North Atlantic Council and as reaffirmed in the June 14, 2021 Brussels Summit Communique of the NATO North Atlantic Council, the United States supports Ukraine’s right to decide its own future foreign policy course free from outside interference, including with respect to Ukraine’s aspirations to join NATO. ...5. The United States remains committed to assisting Ukraine with ongoing defense and security reforms and to continuing its robust training and exercises. The United States supports Ukraine’s efforts to maximize its status as a NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partner to promote interoperability. The NATO website states the following "Under NATO's partnership policies, the strategic objectives of NATO's partner relations are to: * Prepare interested, eligible countries for NATO membership" It does all give the impression that Ukraine joining NATO was still an ongoing process even if it was unlikely. Russia simply wasn't taking chances.
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juanmlm Mar 14, 2026 +3
That kind of excuse is like a burglar saying “I heard the owner mention that they wanted to get an intruder alarm so I had to go in and steal while I still could. If they didn’t want me to steal, they shouldn’t have wanted an intruder alarm” Like I said earlier: russia lies so much and so often, that there’s always someone who starts believing and repeating their lies, talking about NATO this and NATO that, and inevitably moving the conversation away from where it should be: human safaris in kherson, tortures, abductions of children, rapes, etc. 
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Sad-Excitement9295 Mar 14, 2026 +7
North Korea still has to deal with South Korean military though, while drills make sense, North Korea would be foolish to engage South Korea, but not saying KJU wouldn't make that mistake at the whim of China's influence.
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GenitalPatton Mar 14, 2026 +7
Israel is leaving South Korea defenseless?
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Fochlucan Mar 14, 2026 +6
another example of how punctuation changes a sentence's meaning :)
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khinzaw Mar 14, 2026 +1
Indirectly, I guess.
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astralchanterelle Mar 14, 2026 +1
Mutually assured destruction. If they press the button it would be suicide.
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x_mutt_x Mar 14, 2026 -23
The worlds biggest, highest funded army, didn't leave anytime defenseless, they're not short on weapons, and haven't even deployed but one finger of a small attack group.
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ArugulaElectronic478 Mar 14, 2026 +9
This is a lot more than a small finger of an attack group, this is the largest gathering of forces the US has deployed to the ME since 2003.
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UlsterManInScotland Mar 14, 2026 +7
The same worlds biggest highest funded army that pulled out of Afghanistan so fast they left billions in equipment behind? The same world’s highest funded army that got their ass kicked by VC on bicycles in Vietnam?
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x_mutt_x Mar 14, 2026 -8
If that's how you remember history you need to stop reading one side of stories and educate yourself on real life. 
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cogman10 Mar 14, 2026 +4
Yes, in real life the US dumped a huge amount of napalm and soldier's lives over decades in Vietnam. It was a decades long war with the final result being the US pulling out and Vietnam's communist government taking full control. We lost that war. That's real life history. A lesson that should be making anyone nervous about Iran. Home turf advantage in difficult terrain is huge. No amount of bombing civilians will make you win a war.
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UlsterManInScotland Mar 14, 2026
It’s what happened
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D2dj Mar 14, 2026 +3
The US is very short on weapons. And you can bet N. Korea and China and Russia are fully aware. The US is stretched thin and defensives are already being redistributed to make up for losses. https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/breaking-forces-moving-patriot-missile-1728521?6=
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anythingall Mar 14, 2026
Good time to take Taiwan?
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x_mutt_x Mar 14, 2026 -2
So the trump administration is absolutely full of shit on all facts except for the ones that make themselves look bad... Like God, simultaneously the savor of all things while also being responsible for the worst atrocities the universe can muster, whichever gets more headlines. 
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MeasurementEasy9884 Mar 14, 2026 +1
Great now they do
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D2dj Mar 14, 2026 +12
We are currently diverting military resources from allocated defensive positions. That is reality. That is happening. https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/breaking-forces-moving-patriot-missile-1728521?6=
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faceisamapoftheworld Mar 14, 2026
That’s actually what’s happening.
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EnvironmentMuch2022 Mar 14, 2026 +30
Nicki Minaj is the new MAGA diplomatic envoy to North Korea. We should be good. It's Merica after all.
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Greencreamery Mar 14, 2026 +7
I hate that I can't tell if this is a joke or not.
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skywalkerRCP Mar 14, 2026 +9
Been hearing this shit for decades.
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random_agency Mar 14, 2026 +10
Good thing South Korea has a THAAD system.....oh I see.
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Vivid_Vanilla9327 Mar 14, 2026 +38
North Korea’s ocean to fish ratio must be getting concerning at this point. The sea is the only enemy they’ve consistently fought for 30 years
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pickles_and_mustard Mar 14, 2026 +5
Still fighting the sea monsters, huh
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joestaff Mar 14, 2026 +3
Like a child trying to get attention.
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SkunkMonkey Mar 14, 2026 +5
One day, Lil' Kim will win his war with the sea.
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Yui_Hirasawalex_Lora Mar 14, 2026 +2
Well at least there's the defense missile sys- wait, what? They moved it?
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slowdaygames Mar 14, 2026 +2
Doing their part to keep Cthulhu at bay.
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Ksh_667 Mar 14, 2026 +2
Just what the world was lacking. More bombs & more aggression.
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joeDUBstep Mar 14, 2026 +3
Meh, nothing special, NK does this all the time. It's their annual d*** measuring contest.
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Ok_Pollution7093 Mar 14, 2026 +2
Another week, another missile. At this point they're just testing to see if anyone's still paying attention.
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008Zulu Mar 14, 2026 +2
When isn't North Korea attacking the ocean?
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P2Pdancer Mar 14, 2026 +2
Humans are so destructive. With little to no regard for the environment :(
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Acrobatic_Club2382 Mar 14, 2026 +2
They ain’t about shit
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ContessaChaos Mar 14, 2026 +2
Godzilla is not there, for the umpteenth time, Lil Kim.
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Fochlucan Mar 14, 2026 +5
How do you know that for sure, though? Maybe the missiles are the only thing keeping Godzilla away? Is it worth the risk of stopping, just to find out which it is? /s
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lmaotank Mar 14, 2026 +1
I would be concerned if they didn’t shoot
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Darkstar197 Mar 14, 2026
Did the sea f*** his wife or something? Why does he keep throwing missles at it ?
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blankvoidoid Mar 14, 2026 +1
NK giving the tangerine tyrant an excuse to drag out his "rocket man" insults again to try and start more shit
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Stuf404 Mar 14, 2026 -3
Guys, pay attention to ***mmeeeeeee***... I'm so ronery...
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Jae_Rides_Apes Mar 14, 2026 -1
Downvoted for a South Park reference, bummer
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Bods666 Mar 14, 2026 +1
I guess fat boy is getting antsy his slaves might revolt.
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FirefighterLeft5425 Mar 14, 2026 +5
Bet people say the same thing about us around the world.
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Avantasian538 Mar 14, 2026 +1
Second best.
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PMMeYourFutureGoals Mar 14, 2026 -3
Kim Jung Un: Notice me, Trump senpai!! (Baka-gaijin, it’s not like I miss you or anything…)
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CantAffordzUsername Mar 14, 2026 -8
CIA has so many agents in NK who sabotage every aspect of their military operations, from Missiles that fly off into the ocean to a brand new destroyer just sinking on launch, all classified or corse
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