What is Reddit's opinion of The 2020 Commission Report On The North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The U.s.: A Speculative Novel?

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The nuclear nonproliferation expert who wrote The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States, which among other things is about how Trump's belligerent off the cuff tweets could have contributed to a nuclear disaster, said he had to dial back the tweets he sampled for his book to make them more believable.

All good except for one thing - North Korea can definitely hit most of the US with their ICBMs. The Hwasong-15 has a 8000+ mile range. That puts Washington DC within hitting distance, even if with uncertain accuracy.

Sidenote: Jeffrey Lewis of the Arms Control Wonk website wrote a great contemporary-fiction book called, “THE 2020 COMMISSION REPORT ON THE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES - A SPECULATIVE NOVEL” which describes a hypothetical NoKo first strike on US soil based on their contemporary arsenal which includes the eastern seaboard. It’s a “fun” read.

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I started reading this yesterday and that was really bad timing because now I get existential dread for Christmas. Fantastic book from one of the leading authorities on the subject though even though it's a hypothetical fictional story.

To add to what ljheidel is saying: Start with actual experts, especially academics and policy wonks. Read up a bit on how the CnC structure is set up.

Suggestions:

• Alex Wellerstein's President and the Bomb series (along with anything else you can find by him). He's also the guy who built Nukemap.
• Jeffrey Lewis and Ankit Panda - Nuclear policy wonks to follow on Twitter. They're particularly good at using open source intelligence to nail down what's happening with nukes (mostly in Asia), but the insight is useful in other ways. Also, Lewis' 2020 Commission novel is an easy, very interesting read about how things might have unraveled with DPRK in 2020.
• NWSS is a couple decades old now, but also lays some solid groundwork/busts some basic myths about how nukes work.
• U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense still doesn't work

Maybe read the “2020 commissioners report”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1328573915

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1328573915/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1