[Uncle Miltie]

Try any of the first three, and the Norks roll out of those 8,000 artillery tubes without the requirement of instructions.

They flatten Seoul.

Then ROKs have to invade just to stop the arty.

Just sayin’.

[OKSooner]

I'll ax the obvious, did anybody happen to hang on to a dozen or so enhanced radiation weapons back when they were supposedly decommissioned, whenever that was?

I know of an honest use for 'em.

[WMarshal]

I still remember all of the pundits and the “smart set” in the press and in DC saying that Iraq under Saddam was going to annihilate the US in war. They said that the Iraq army, the “4th largest in the world” which was “battle-tested” in a decade-long war with Iran and supplied with superior Soviet arms and equipment, would defeat America.

USMC A-6E Intruders that were patrolling the Kuwaiti coastline were first on the scene and armed ideally for the grim job at hand. The jets were carrying Mark 20 Rockeye cluster munitions which could rain devastation over a fairly wide area. The Intruders aimed at the front and rear of the convoy. If the munitions landed correctly, the tactic would trap all the remaining vehicles in between burning vehicles and cratered sections of highway on both ends of the convoy. In effect, it would turn the roughly four mile stretch of road into a bombing range.

The cluster munitions did their job. Both ends of escape were cut off, and vehicles at the head of the convoy careened into one another if they were not destroyed by the crescendo of sub-munitions.

What happened next remains highly controversial to this day. Wave after wave of coalition aircraft had their turn attacking the trapped vehicles. Flights of A-10 Warthogs were especially deadly, flying below the weather and expending all their munitions and cannon ammunition during multiple attack runs. The stretch of highway was worked over by coalition aircraft for 10 straight hours. Aboard carriers in the Gulf, any munitions ready for loading were being ordered onto fighter and attack jets with haste. Many of the vehicles that attempted to flee by driving off the highway were hunted down and destroyed.

It was a feeding frenzy

source: Iraq Forces Were Annihilated While Retreating on the 'Highway of Death' 25 Years Ago

The end result of Gulf War I was that both China and Russia realized that their militaries were jokes.

[JimSEA]

The massive loss of life an artillery attack across the DMZ has been the North’s hole card pretty much since the suspension of hostilities. Fat Boy wants an equivalent threat to Japan and America—America particularly. He won’t stop until he has a believable nuclear threat. He’s perceived that not having the nukes aimed at the Continental US will detract from his prestige and power at home. There is no solution other than yours. However it’s really, really dangerous.