Dude, I’ve been through the Javelin Gunners course. Yes, they can be used for direct attack (opposed to top attack). No, the FLIR lock system is not good enough to lock on a single human being. You need to bracket something at least three meters in width.

Japan? The nation’s that’s not allowed to have an offensive army?Not expeditionary. South Korea, same. Both of these nations have significant defense forces because they are the beneficiary of US training and equipment.

Those states do no to attempt to field expeditionary militaries. There isn’t a huge difference in concept between the US Military and the British, Australian, Canadian ornate Chinese.

A javelin is an anti armor weapon. What tank is crewed by a single person?

It doesn’t matter if it’s discretionary or not. It’s all taxpayer dollars and our biggest use of them is social programs. The military is 3rd.

Dude. AppleCare covers you against damage. Apple will warranty against hardware faults up to 5 years without AppleCare. I’ve done it.

Could be refurb. Unlikely used because they don’t stock used iPads in thier stores. Apple usually will replace your item with whatever they have on hand that’s reasonable equivalent. They turned my wife’s 4 year old iPhone 5c into an SE because of a booting issue.

Have you actually worked with Apple customer service? Ive always been impressed with how quickly they will offer a free replacement product off the shelf in substitution of a jon-working one.

If there is an internal hardware fault, Apple will usually replace/repair up to 5 years after original purchase date—no warranty necessary.

It’s not really the US that needs to be concerned—however, many US allies are particularly vulnerable. It all depends if we consider Un a rational actor. If so, then he’d be a fool to attack. If not, then the situation is bad. There’s also the chance that as the regime decays towards collapse, he would launch as a…

They sunk a S. Korean navy destroyer in 2010 killing 109 sailors.

Which is only 75% effective and incapable of covering an area the size of S. Korea. Also consider the prospect of submarine based delivery.

It’s already in thier economic interest. The US is China’s largest economic partner. This is a de-facto alliance that is quickly moving towards formal alliance. China also bears the brunt of millions of N. Korean refugees—a problem they would love to solve long term. Also consider the expansion of Chinese industry to…

The have a significant submarine fleet. At least 3 of which are missile capable.

Devistating economic impacts? Unifying Korea with Chinese and US support would only have long term economic benefits.

Because this test is speculated to be a thermonuclear weapon or hydrogen bomb with 25-200x yield (depending on design) of an atom bomb.

Really? I’ve had great customer service experiences with Microsoft. Prompt RMAs, comp’d Gold months, real people if you call.

Ehhhh. I believe treaty makes them property of the Kuwaiti government assuming that’s their origin. Even if you unknowingly bought stolen goods, the government will make you return them to the legal owner... often without compensation.

Yet they reboarded the passenger and allowed him to fly.

No no. It’s not a safety reason because United has other resources to get their personnel to the desired location or alternate personnel already at the desired location. Every flight has a standby pilot in the event of illness or injury.