South Korea threatens to reduce Pyongyang to 'ashes'

Deutsche Welle ^ | September 11, 2016 | Richard Connor

[BenLurkin]

Need a decapitation strike coupled with a sponsored coup d’état.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

South Koreans are some tough bastards.

[Celerity]

If south Korea did... the north Koreans would have to act like nothing happened.

[ozzymandus]

The South Koreans realize they are on their own as far as Obama and Hillary are concerned.

[MuttTheHoople]

If South Korea obliterated Pyongyang, that’d be a couple billion dollars in improvements.

[Eagles6]

Thought hussein was going to straighten the norks out about 8 yrs ago with “smart diplomacy” or some such.

[2ndDivisionVet]

When I was stationed there (twice) over a generation ago, the South Korean troops would say Tungil! (Reunification) when saluting.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Yeah, like the Arab Spring.

[laplata]

South Koreans are some tough bastards.

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Yes they are. I saw a ROK NCO discipline some of his troops once and he wasn’t funny.

[left that other site]

They should do it at night.

Pyongyang is very easy to find at night...even from space. They can nuke it from orbit...just to be sure.

[gaijin]

GOSH I WONDER IF SK WILL SECRETLY DEVELOP NUKES.

Gosh I WONDER.

[Gen.Blather]

“The South Koreans realize they are on their own as far as Obama and Hillary are concerned.”

I will wager they started working on or buying bombs the moment Obama responded to the Chonan incident with a “strongly worded diplomatic note.” With the level of technology they have they could have nukes in months, not years. They can be tested the same way the South African’s tested theirs. You wait until the satellites are over the horizon and set them off in the middle of the ocean. No witnesses. (No Greepeace, either.)

[17th Miss Regt]

A separate source told Yonhap that the military had launched a special operational unit dedicated to destroying the North Korean military leadership.

Launched? I'd say this has been part and parcel of South Korea's war plans for a long time.

[Eagles6]

Pretty much.

[doorgunner69]

Or may be like Japan: “A screwdriver and some assembly away”.

[Noumenon]

South Korea will bomb North Korea back to the stone age. No, wait...

[Stosh]

Urban renewal, Hermit Kingdom style.

[The Antiyuppie]

Ballistic missiles are terrifying, but not cost-effective without a big fatty on top. Ask the Germans.

[Mariner]

500 of the 2,500lb FAE’s might have a real impact.