North Korea - U.S - War ?

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  • snare&racket
  • Finkelstein
    Finkelstein

    I am the most powerful baby Emperor in the world see..... and right after I take a nap, I'm going to attack someone so just watch out.

  • bohm
    bohm

    The us has shown again and again it can destroy any conventional force no problem - nk cant win a war and wont start one. And its hard to see what purpose they serve for china anymore.

  • bohm
    bohm

    China love nk like they love the idea of a japanese nuke or us missile shield.

    i bet they are pleased..

  • Finkelstein
    Finkelstein

    Ohhh goody, I love playing video games, anybody want to play me, is this like Space Invaders ?

    ahh ... sir its not actually a video game, its military Rocket tracking devise to home in on in coming attacks by foreign forces !

    A what devise for what ?

    .... ah Ya, Its a video game sir, we just haven't finished it yet, but soon !

    OK .....you tell me when its finished, I want to kick some Martian butt !

    Yes sir we'll let you know !

  • snare&racket
    snare&racket

    Paxman?

    He has MACs on his desk..... But MICROSOFT mice for the war room !

  • Balaamsass
    Balaamsass

    I was talking to a retired Marine officer with a law degree last night about this. He reminded me of the difficulty the USA had using airpower in Vietnam. The north Vietnamese taught soldiers to stay hidden and get in CLOSE to US forces so airpower would be difficult to use.

    Last night CNN story-in part: "

    Read more: South Koreans mull nuclear weapons

    North Korea's 1.1 million strong Korean People's Army, or KPA, is nearly double the size of the 640,000-person South Korean military and the 28,000 U.S. troops stationed in Korea.

    Much of North Korea's military is believed to be decrepit: It lacks fuel, fields outdated equipment, and some troops are undernourished, but it wields two niche threats: special forces and artillery.

    In a report in March last year, the commander of U.S. and U.N. forces in South Korea, General James Thurman, warned that North Korea has continued to improve the capabilities of the world's largest special operations force -- highly trained specialists in unconventional, high-risk missions.

    Pyongyang fields 60,000 special forces, according to Gen. Thurman -- and more than 13,000 artillery pieces, most of it deeply dug in along the DMZ, and ranged on Seoul; the dense capital sprawls just 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of the border.

    If North Korea employs biological weapons, it could use highly pathogenic agents such as anthrax or plague
    Gen. Thurman, March 2012

    Moreover, with its main-force numbers and weight of firepower, the KPA might be able to concentrate offensive units with enough mass to punch across the fortified DMZ, through South Korean second echelon defenses, and barrel toward the Seoul region, an area with 24 million people.

    Still, given the KPA's logistic weakness and inability to sustain battlefield operations, analysts expect an offensive lasting only three days to one week, after which Pyongyang could negotiate from a position of strength.

    Commando force

    Meanwhile, could South Korean forces hold long enough for U.S. troops to massively reinforce? Could U.S. forces operate effectively with their bases in Korea -- and possibly Japan, Okinawa and Guam-- under attack by KPA commandos and missiles? These are the imponderables.

    Commandos would provide the KPA's spearhead, infiltrating by air, sea and probably under civilian cover to assault South Korean infrastructure and U.S. bases, degrading Seoul's command and communications capabilities and stemming U.S. reinforcements, said Kim of Korea University. Chaos would likely be increased by electronic jamming measures and cyber attacks. Meanwhile, KPA artillery could fire thousands of shells in their opening barrage, Kim estimated.

    Still, questions hang over the KPA's war-worthiness. During Pyongyang parades, goose-stepping battalions display the world's finest close-order drill, but under U.S. aerial bombardment, might Kim's legions -- like Saddam Hussein's -- crack?

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    It seems unlikely. When North Korean troops have engaged -- notably in Yellow Sea clashes in 1999, 2002 and 2010, and in commando raids in 1968 and 1996 -- they have proven skilled and motivated.

    But neither special forces nor artillery are war winners alone: They cannot seize and hold ground. The KPA's biggest weakness is the vulnerability of its main force units once they begin to maneuver.

    Aerial bombardment

    The U.S. and South Korea could fight a three-dimensional battle: KPA infantry and armored units would be pummeled by 24-7 U.S. aerial bombardment; its forces would also be vulnerable to heli-borne envelopment; and, because Korea is a peninsula, the North could be flanked by sea in amphibious operations.

    Still, if the KPA ran the 30-mile gauntlet from the border and broke into Seoul, a city vaster than Stalingrad, it would be easy to cut off but difficult to evict. Close combat among Korea's hills and streets could prove murderous.

    "They're not Saddam's army, they're likely to fight like the Japanese in the Pacific," said Pinkston, referring to Japan's last-ditch island stands of 1944-5. "They would be paranoid about what would happen if they surrendered."

    ......I would imagine adding to this problem is suspected North Korean sleeper agents in Japan, Hawaii, and the U.S. A few dirty bombs in the right places could cause panic and another "peace treaty" on better terms for North Korea. The Chinese LOVE to blame NC as a naughty child, but keeping the USA a little off balance in the region serves Chinese intrests long term....with plausable deniability.- my 2 cents- hope I am wrong.

  • return of parakeet
    return of parakeet

    lost: " interesting things may be about to happen. "

    Remember the Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times."

  • irondork
    irondork

    North Korea's leader is just flinging poo-poo from his diaper. When he runs out of poo-poo, this will all blow over.

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