Post by Tim on Apr 23, 2017 12:08:23 GMT -5
There's been much talk about North Korea lately including the possibility (however slim) of nuclear weapons being used. This post is to bring attention (in case it's not already on your minds) to the importance of weather in such a situation.
It's nigh impossible to find real-time positions of our carrier strike groups but I've read that at some point, within a week or two, we may have three of them near Korea. These strike forces are useful for both conventional and nuclear attack but are not necessary for the latter because our submarines can do that at a moment's notice.
God forbid anyone detonate a nuclear weapon (and I'd wager no one will), but if they do, radioactive fallout will of course be a monumental concern for everyone in the region. Should we launch a conventional strike on N.K. the door is open for any possibility so it must be done when wind conditions are in everyone's best interest.
If tensions reach extreme levels I'd look at the GFS Asia charts to see the winds, concentrating on the surface to 500mb which must not carry the fallout to neutral/allied population centers. Radioactive dust above 500mb would be of lesser concern as it would be finer material more widely dispersed and carried out by the westerlies. Bank it, a U.S. first strike would only occur when weather conditions are optimum.
It's nigh impossible to find real-time positions of our carrier strike groups but I've read that at some point, within a week or two, we may have three of them near Korea. These strike forces are useful for both conventional and nuclear attack but are not necessary for the latter because our submarines can do that at a moment's notice.
God forbid anyone detonate a nuclear weapon (and I'd wager no one will), but if they do, radioactive fallout will of course be a monumental concern for everyone in the region. Should we launch a conventional strike on N.K. the door is open for any possibility so it must be done when wind conditions are in everyone's best interest.
If tensions reach extreme levels I'd look at the GFS Asia charts to see the winds, concentrating on the surface to 500mb which must not carry the fallout to neutral/allied population centers. Radioactive dust above 500mb would be of lesser concern as it would be finer material more widely dispersed and carried out by the westerlies. Bank it, a U.S. first strike would only occur when weather conditions are optimum.
