I really see the Norks as a paper tiger, that won’t stop roaring.
President Trump’s threatening posture toward North Korea — most recently exhibited at the United Nations, where he warned that the U.S. could “totally destroy” the country — has prompted military strategists to examine what would actually happen if a war broke out.
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How convenient of them to leave out the little fact that President Trump’s “totally destroy” comment was contingent on North Korea attacking us or our allies first.
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If this thing starts, it will not be a series of escallating stages. Trump and top military people have already telegraphed that this will be an all-or-nothing affair. This is true brinkmanship. Kim needs to face the fact that if he initiates war, the U.S. has no choice but to assure his complete and immediate neutralization.
A properly time attack, considering Time Over Target, North Korea would be totally neutralized within a matter of minutes......................
Sorry but that scenario is nonsense. If President Trump decides to use force it will be overwhelming force. Not a single tomahawk so he can sit back and see what Rocket Man does in response.
Remember all the incredibly frightening stories about how horrible a war with Saddam Hussein would be? About the “elite Republican Guards,” about the ghastly prospects for “urban warfare,” about how Saddam’s forces were “hardened” by years of war with Iran?
The MSM ran them in ‘91, and they ran them again in 2003.
Reconnaissance reconnaissance reconnaissance
Then a quick bullet between Un’s eyes.
Hit Guam or any other US ally with a missile, and the world will witness the absolute power of an Ohio Class sub. 24 birds at 10 MIRVs each? Hard to fire artillery when you’ve been vaporized.
Seoul would not be pummeled with arty - it wouldn’t exist.
Our military has a reactive chain of command that allows lower divisions to act on their own. The whole Nork Military takes its orders from one man. Kill him, it’s over.
The problem will be China. China does not want US/SK boots on the ground.
I cant go into how or why I know this, but the most successful war simulations between the US and NK call for a sudden escalation of a low level conflict to a massive nuke strike by the US. The taking out of the vast majority of the NK military personnel via neutron bombs followed by large numbers of tactical nukes taking out air, artillery and sea ports.
This is then followed by a substantial insertion of SK and US forces on the border between NK and China and precise bombing of bridges between NK and China.
The most sure-fire way to shoot down Nork missiles, is to hit them before they are launched...
When the balloon goes up, have in the air some 120 heavy bombers each with 80,000 to 100,000 lbs of GPS bombs to hammer every known and suspected NK artillery piece within the range of Seoul and other population centers. That’s about 150 ~ 200 bombs (Mk82s with GPS units) per bomber. North Korea would get the sobering.
1) Take Musk’s tunnel digger, build a nuclear powered version of it.
2) Have it dig it’s way from the coast under Pyongyang.
3) Have it build a honeycomb of tunnels under Pyongyang.
4) So that the next time NK sets tests a nuclear bomb, Pyongyang becomes Taedong lake.
/supervillain mode off
We were also expected to suffer massive loses fighting the 4th largest army in the world...Iraq.
Analysts cautioned the Pentagon to purchase at least 100,000 body bags.
The point being, that even though we could wipe them out rather quickly, it would still not be quickly enough to stop them from raining multiple artillery (and perhaps nuclear) strikes on South Korea.
The L.A. Times experts can be found tapping out messages with their toes to the denizens of the bus station from whom they learned everything they know about military matters.
I see a network of tunnels under the DMZ that will allow for thousands of NK soldiers to surface from concealed outlets into civilian areas of Seoul, killing in massive numbers as the South Koreans are unable to counterattack without having more civilian casualties than military.
Trump should be quiet. The reality is that Trump’s sanctions are working, and will really put the screws to NK. NK feels if they can make Trump turn it into a defense issue then they can wriggle out of it, or get China to support them. But as long as the sanctions have a chance these guys will fold.
I actually did a fair amount of wargaming while in Project Checkmate for 8 years. The first effort way before my time was Kennedy at Camp David. He just watched as the President was never supposed to share his most inner thoughts until it was time for real. I worked a worldwide exercise where I helped draft the request to WH for nuclear release authority to hit Soviet subs (boomer boats) in the North Atlantic. The VP Mondale was playing and request was rejected. I always thought that it interesting that Mondale was willing to sacrifice one or more major cities in the NE before launching retaliation strike.