Missiles Flying!
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The biggest factor in the conflict would be intervention from Russia or China.
NK is only tough on paper. But deploying their weapons in combat is a lot different than doing it in a training environment.
NK has not been at war since 1953. The U.S has been in a constant state of war since
7 December 1941. And we have been engaged in multiple conflicts since 9-11 2001.
NK looks good on paper. But when you probe deeper they are a joke.
They have 5000 tanks, but many of them are T-62's from Russia that were introduced in 1961.
They have 900 aircraft but their inventory includes a MIG-9 from the first Korean War, a bi-plane and numerous MIGS (19 and 21) that are 30 plus years old. .
They have 75 submarines.... but 50 or so...were bought from Russia about 10 years ago. Russia (USSR) mothballed them in 1962.......no, that's not a typo.......because they were obsolete. I guess they were maintaining them for a national emergency and only a moron like Kim Jung Un would buy them.
They have a mandatory military service but much of their time is spent farming and building roads. Their soldiers are under-trained, undernourished, undersized and lack the motivation of an all volunteer force like the U.S.
And when they return home from their service, they have to live with the fear that they don't piss anyone off so they don't get sent to one of their re-education camps.
But, I don't think it will get that far. Kim Jung Un has pissed off a lot of people. Russia, China Japan and South Korea. I think his days are limited. Someone in NK or our govt. will ensure his life ends prematurely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_experimentation_in_North_Korea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoeryong_concentration_camp
Trust me.... we know where their subs are. Every damn one of the things. They're probably loud as fuck too... but even that matters not. We are the best at ASW.....60 years experience playing cat and mouse with the Ruskies. And we have mine sweeping helos with technologies so powerful they can find a floating can of tuna-fish 12 feet under water.
They got the upper hand in November though
Photo: It is believed North Korea could fire 500,000 rounds of artillery on Seoul in the first hour of a conflict.
Yeah, perhaps. But this omits the rather relevant fact of what we could do to them the moment they started firing. It is unlikely they'd get 10 minutes into a firing sequence, let alone a full hour. More scaremongering.
The real threat from this issue is two possibilities. One remote, one having a bit more potential.
The remote one is that NK actually gets a fully functioning, nuclear payload on a ballistic missile that works, evades all defensive measures and makes it to the West Coast of the United States and detonates exactly as intended. Very, very unlikely.
The more possible one, and much more dangerous one, is what other nuclear powers in the region do once a potential nuclear incident is on the table in real time. That is what worries me.
Yes, chemical is a possibility. But you can bet we know precisely where this stuff is (assuming it is there at all), and will hit it the moment the engagement begins. There is a firing solution on dozens/hundreds of potential targets right now just waiting for a green light.
NK is not a threat to the United States. It could be to SK, but not to us. The only thing that would allow a threat to the US would be US military incompetence. Not a good bet to make.