I’m guessing that this will end without serious fighting.
But if there is serious fighting, I expect that war to be very short. Not necessarily because of nukes. But because NK is a paper tiger.
“I expect that war to be very short.”
Yep. Seems very simple to me:
Nuke NK into submission then hand it over to SK to handle the cleanup.
The only question is what China will do. Probably nothing.
An Airforce of Biplanes and a navy of mini subs don’t sound like an equal match.
However if the NK Nuke arsenal gets significant, they could start black mailing countries.
“If you don’t give us heaps of money we will nuke you”
Very Short fight! When we first went into Iraq we controlled the air in the first 30 minutes. We hit the defensive radar and power grid first leaving Saddam with just a few Skuds on portable launchers. We have the ability to drop anything the the fat boy puts into the air from that point on. The only real defensive move he can make will be on the southern border with artillery and troops. And just like in Iraq they will give up the fight in the thousands. His people are starving, his troops are starving, there’s not much left to put up a fight.
Don't count on a short war.
NK has chemical weapons. NK has nukes. Imagine the footage of a mushroom cloud somewhere in South Korea, or possibly, Japan....or the West coast.
CNN and the others will be in Seoul showing the dead and blaming Trump for starting the war.
If you thought coverage of Vietnam was bad, or the "Highway of Death" in Desert Storm......you ain't seen nothing yet.