It's funny because up until recently there was a slight doubt behind there nuclear missiles.
Them N. Koreans and there secrecy
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oh and anyone know the game Homefront, it's predicting the future.
The game's backstory begins during the early
21st century, with
tensions between North Korea and global powers running high due to North Korea's military aggression, including its
successful testing of nuclear weapons (coincidentally taking place in 2013 within the game's timeline, the same year in which
a real nuclear test was enacted by North Korea) and the
sinking of a South Korean ship.
In 2013, two years after the death of North Korean Supreme Leader
Kim Jong-il (which, incidentally, came in December 2011, several months after the game's release, and the same year that it happened in-game), his son and successor,
Kim Jong-un,
reunites North and South Korea to form the Greater Korean Republic (GKR), a
technological and
economic global power. By 2015, a war between
Iran and Saudi Arabia, both now
nuclear-armed states, has devastated the global oil supply, causing
prices to skyrocket. This precipitates extreme economic turmoil and massive social unrest in the U.S. Subsequently, in 2017, the
U.S. military recalls much of its
overseas presence, particularly
in the Pacific. A year later,
Japan, significantly weakened due to the diminishment of the
US defence treaty for Japan is easily conquered by the GKR and joins the Greater Korean Republic.
In 2022, conditions in the U.S. worsen with the
collapse of the financial system and an
Asian bird flu epidemic that claims 6 million lives, forcing the
Mexican Government to close its northern borders leading into the USA as fear of the Avian flu epidemic continues throughout North America. By 2024, Korea's annexation has continued throughout
Southeast Asia, including its
emerging economic powers, giving the GKR an empire reminiscent of
Imperial Japan. A year later, the Korean
superstate launches a supposed
GPS satellite that is actually an
orbital weapon. It detonates a
high-altitude nuclear device over the U.S., creating an
EMP burst that wipes out much of the nation's
electrical infrastructure. In the ensuing chaos, the
KPA launches an
amphibious invasion that seizes control of
Hawaii and much of the
U.S. Pacific Coast. KPA
paratroopers are deployed over the
Midwest and, with the U.S. military severely crippled and scattered, launch the final offensive to take control of the remaining states. The U.S. military, however, was able to counterattack, leaving the
Eastern States free, and effectively dividing the nation at the irradiated
Mississippi River, with the
Western states under GKR occupation.
Straight from the wiki.
Last edited by FYR; Apr 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM.
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