What A War With North Korea Would Look Like

[livingston]

What A War With North Korea Would Look Like
BY GEORGE FRIEDMAN : The possibility of war between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States has recently increased. It is necessary to consider what such a war might look like.
Such a war would be based on North Korea’s decision to move its nuclear program to a stage where the US and other countries conclude it is possible North Korea is close to a deliverable nuclear weapon.

Given that the North Koreans could not survive a nuclear exchange, it is hard to understand why they would have moved their program to this point.

The Most Dangerous Period For North Korea

The obvious reason for having a nuclear program is to use it as a bargaining tool. The reason for having a nuclear weapon would be as a deterrent to a foreign power seeking regime change in North Korea.

The most dangerous period for North Korea is when it is close to having a weapon, but does not yet have it. That is the period when an attack by an external force is more likely

I use the term war rather than merely American attacks on North Korean nuclear and missile program facilities. We have to consider the possibility of North Korea’s response and a more extended conflict.

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[Burzum]

If they would promise to contain any attacks to California, I do not really see a downside of allowing them to continue with their research.

 

[holdover]

I think we could draw up a good target package, Oakland Berkley San Francisco holly Wood.

Seriously though, they have a lot of submarines .and I think that's a major concern right now like the nuke drills they are running n nyc. The US would never make a move unless they knew the location of every sub, which is what's i think they are figureing out right now.if a sub were to launch 5 or 10 miles off the coast, the response time would be minimal, almost nothing you can do in that time frame unless your well prepared for it.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Found this tidbit....

US military begins installation of missile defenses in South Korea

They just significantly and unexpectedly moved THAAD up to its forward deployed operational location last night. They took over a golf course to set up the counter missile battery.

Combine that with the Senate briefing in the white house today and it seems like the pieces are lining up.

 

[capitalcrew]

 

[Phazer]

If they would promise to contain any attacks to California, I do not really see a downside of allowing them to continue with their research.

If California takes a few nuclear hits to major Liberal population centers, then the next census would result in California's losing congressional representation in the House of Representatives and having fewer electoral votes in the next election.

Perhaps, for the good of the nation, California needs to be sacrificed?

 

[livingston]

U.S. may need to strengthen defenses against North Korea threat-Admiral
WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - The United States may need to strengthen its missile defenses, particularly in Hawaii, given the advancing threat from North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs, the top U.S. commander in the Pacific told Congress on Wednesday.

Just hours before the entire U.S. Senate was due to receive a top-level briefing on North Korea at the White House, Admiral Harry Harris testified that he believed Pyongyang's threats against the United States needed to be taken seriously.

Harris said the defenses of Hawaii were sufficient for now but could one day be overwhelmed, and suggested studying stationing new radar there as well as capabilities known as "interceptors" to knock out any incoming North Korean missiles
U.S. may need to strengthen defenses against North Korea threat-Admiral

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

There are stories coming out that experts believe NK is ramping up nuke production and is capable to make a new warhead every 6-7 weeks, and feel that they can in fact miniaturize them.

North Korea’s growing nuclear threat, in one statistic

 

[4excal]

According to this link...North Korea's soldiers: A closer look the military's 'fake' capabilities ..the war would be quite laughable and over in a Desert Storm minute..

 

[bobbyd3]

So if north korea did fire nukes they would target our major cities. then they would be wiped of the face of the earth shortly after.

And where do all the snowflakes live??

Seems win win

 

[Apeman]

So if north korea did fire nukes they would target our major cities. then they would be wiped of the face of the earth shortly after.

And where do all the snowflakes live??

Seems win win

While I wouldn't mind NYC going bye bye it wouldn't be cool if the wind was blowing the wrong way and we get the fall out.

I read something the other day that said a war with N Korea now happens over there. A war with them next year might happen here because they'd have time to get a missile that could reach us.

The problem with us going in now is that in addition to pissing off China we put S Korea and Japan at risk. Seoul is too close to the border to stop missiles from destroying the city. Some missiles could reach Japan too. If he does have a nuke he'll detonate it if he's about to lose.

 

[Obiwankabaldi]

This all sucks. There is no winner in all of this. There will be collateral damage and hopefully we can figure out how to diffuse this situation before it goes "bang"

 

[prambo]

IMHO, predicting the actions of an authoritarian regime is difficult, especially one run by the world's #1 Certifiable Loon.

Ramping up their nuc program is feasible since, IIRC, it is openly helped by Iran, and by the PRC behind the scenes.

 

[Airborneguy]

Just a hunch from my time as an intel analyst but our biggest concern with NK in the event of an outbreak of hostilities is their traditional artillary and smaller missles/rockets attacking Seoul.

We very likely know the locations of all of their command and control facilities and would attack them all at once, effectively shutting down any of their long-range capabilities. They Navy is pathetic, so our boats would remain untouched. They have no airforce to speak of, and our dominance on that front negates anything that manages to lift off the tarmac. Their planes would likely be targeted in the initial strike anyway.

That leaves whatever they can launch at Seoul and a large mass of soldiers with the combined effectiveness of merely depleting our small arms ammunition stock at the DMZ.

If I had to guess, China buzzes our ships and maybe fires a missile or two to keep us from getting too close to shore.

 

[Arjuna]

http://nypost.com/2017/04/27/war-of-words-escalates-between-north-korea-and-us/

 

[holdover]

I agree with what most of Air bone said, I'd saying its been known for a long time that nk has more than 10,000 artillery peices across the border with seol

They have launched missles off of their subs and we have to assume that they may now be nuclear capable, so taking out the subs before Any attack would be first priority

Their Air Force is a joke their navy isn't much better. Their army is massive and can cause some serious problems in the short termagainst the border areas includeing massive damage against the 40,000 us troops there

I honestly don't think Trump is going to act unless he calls up ground forces
When I see troops being deployed then I know it's game on

 

[holdover]

This phone changesy words

 

[holdover]

The Chinese are actually on our side on this. They have threatened the use of military force against no, if they do not comply

Their reasoning is that it better to have their own troops in Nk than NATO's .ands that's the choices they have in front of them

 

[Phauxtoe]

If Obama and Clinton hadn't killed offSeal Team Six, they could have sent in!

 

[Mosinitis]

After the end of Korean war, how many countries did N. Korea invade? Did they ever deploy their troops on foreign soil? Did they bomb anyone? How does their record compares to ours? Just saying.

 

[holdover]

your moral compass is correct,but you have to understand that this about power, not morality.

A nuclear powered nk is a threat to global power.morality for the working class not the power barons

 

[Burzum]

After the end of Korean war, how many countries did N. Korea invade? Did they ever deploy their troops on foreign soil? Did they bomb anyone? How does their record compares to ours? Just saying.

Mosinitis I totally agree with what you getting at, the sad thing is it was NK-unprovoked, killing our soldiers in the 1960s, not Vietnam-(before we forced entry into that conflict), but I do believe by the time NK shot down our B52, Nixon should have dropped hydrogen ordnance on every NK city for each crew member murdered.