/dev/null Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Yes we can, but there is a difference. NK has thousands of artillary pieces positioned and ready to rain destruction on northern South Korea. That's where the capital and much of the industry is. If it only takes two hours to defeat the North Koreans, that is too long - their forces are primed for an instant response, for just this reason. I disagree about being able to pull a Desert Storm type invasion of North Korea. Artillery pieces and nuclear capability aside, it's a different type of ground war due to the terrain. Iraq is sand, sand, and some more sand. North Korea is mountainous and they've been digging fortifications into the mountains for the last 60 years An invasion of North Korea will make the last 5 years in Iraq seem like those 100 hours in 1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finknottle Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I disagree about being able to pull a Desert Storm type invasion of North Korea. Artillery pieces and nuclear capability aside, it's a different type of ground war due to the terrain. Iraq is sand, sand, and some more sand. North Korea is mountainous and they've been digging fortifications into the mountains for the last 60 years An invasion of North Korea will make the last 5 years in Iraq seem like those 100 hours in 1991 I'm giving the US forces the benifit of the doubt - my point is simply that even a complete route has an unacceptable price. With a proper build-up of forces I think there would be no problem quickly immobilizing and suppressing the NK forces by air, cutting off all communications, and advancing step-by-step. The only difference is that quickly punching through the lines somewhere is improbable, owing more to extensive mining than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastback Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 We would certainly win, but the damage to S. Korea would be devastating. Military planners feel that the North could make it about 1/2 way down the peninsula before we could get forces in place to beat them back. At least that's what I heard at a brief about 7-8 years ago. I imagine their capabilities are the same today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finknottle Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 We would certainly win, but the damage to S. Korea would be devastating. Military planners feel that the North could make it about 1/2 way down the peninsula before we could get forces in place to beat them back. At least that's what I heard at a brief about 7-8 years ago. I imagine their capabilities are the same today. That's presumably if they launched an attack with limited warning. They wouldn't advance far at all if we and South Korea prepared for conflict. Nevertheless they could still destroy the Souths economy in the first few hours of fighting whether we were prepared or not. And that's the only point that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Nice Free Podcast from Statfor last month http://www.stratfor.com/podcast/20090526_reading_north_korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans4e64 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Given the last 3 failed attempts of the "dong" It's not going very far. Their dongs aren't going very far? Thank God we're dealing with the Asians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 You people are funny. Your an idiot. There morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Your an idiot. There morons. You speeled morrons wronglly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 The Kang Nam has pulled a Cartman and said screw you guys, I'm going home http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...LWUnAQD9956V482 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Jam Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I didn't even know this was in the works until I saw it on Drudge today. Awesome... Japan happy that Amano elected next IAEA chief, vows backup+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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