# Is North Korea telling its citizens that its test rockets are actually striking USA targets ?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-north-korea-telling-its-citizens-that-its-test-rockets-are-actually-striking-usa-targets/793319 "2017-08-11T07:16:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![simple\_homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-north-korea-telling-its-citizens-that-its-test-rockets-are-actually-striking-usa-targets/793319/1 "2017-08-11T07:16:34Z")

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Is North Korea telling its citizens that its test rockets are actually striking USA targets ?  
My guess is that they are.

North Koreans only know what they are being told, and I think it would fit in with NK’s propaganda for the people to be told that NK is bombing the USA, and that the USA is not able to strike back.

Thoughts or info ?

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**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-north-korea-telling-its-citizens-that-its-test-rockets-are-actually-striking-usa-targets/793319/2 "2017-08-11T08:09:34Z")

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> [@simple\_homer](#):
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> North Koreans only know what they are being told,

As distinct from the wise and omniscient Western citizen who gets the truth from a variety of dispassionate sources.

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**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-north-korea-telling-its-citizens-that-its-test-rockets-are-actually-striking-usa-targets/793319/3 "2017-08-11T08:54:24Z")

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Since the NK media is monitored from outside, if the NK were saying this to its citizens, we would know about it.