China's reaction to the Hyunmoo-5 missile, combined with the missile's impressive (and slightly terrifying) specs, has sparked a wave of nationalistic pride and dark humor online in Korea. The speculation around its immense destructive power and the 'not a nuke' wink-wink-nudge-nudge vibe is what's really sending Koreans.
Okay, so China's out here losing their minds over the Hyunmoo-5 missile, which lowkey means Korea did something right, lmaooo. This thing is dubbed Korea's 'strongest missile,' but get this: while they're calling it a 'short-range' missile here, if you just dial down the warhead to a mere 1 ton, its range hits over 5,000km. But wait, what's the actual warhead weight for the Hyunmoo-5? EIGHT TONS. Bro, EIGHT TONS! Even 3 tons would be absolutely terrifying, so what in the actual heck are they planning that they need a full 8 tons? Are they seriously not satisfied with just 3? I asked some people in the know, and they straight up told me: an 8-ton warhead? Yeah, that's gonna make a mushroom cloud when it explodes. No cap. 💀
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Whyyyy 💀 as long as it's not a nuke, we're good, right? 🤣🤣🤣
It's just for launching small satellites clumsily made by college students into orbit, but even then it can only launch like 8 at a time. Barely helps students from Seoul universities, so gotta keep increasing it for the regional ones, obvi. ✨
Not enough. We need MORE firepower. 😤
Can the Three Gorges Dam even handle that? Better behave, fr fr 💀
How many tons do modern miniaturized nuclear warheads weigh again...? 👀
Mushroom cloud (but like, totally not nuclear) 😉
Fr fr, it's NOT a nuke~ 🤫
Now if only they change the contents... 😈
Okay, so a Bunker Buster MOP is 13.6 tons with a 2.4-ton warhead, and MOAB is 9.5 tons with an 8.4-ton warhead. But Hyunmoo-5's launch weight is 36 tons, and the warhead alone is estimated at 8-9 tons. NO WAY anything can withstand that. 🤯
Even 500kg is a huge deal, fr. Tactical nukes are decided based on 0.5 tons. So... 8 tons? 😳