[neverdem]

If you look at the map that I linked to, the scale at the right of the map will show that Seoul is a little more than 15 miles to the closest part of the DMZ. That's close to the far egde of the range for most big artillery tubes, but well within the range of tactical battlefield missiles. IIRC, Saddam exceeded the range limits at 120 kilometers, about 75 miles.

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/korea/maps/271151.jpg

The North Koreans were reported to have 10,000 artillery tubes along the DMZ.

[BykrBayb]

Thanks for the map. I got a couple good replies, but this map was most helpful. I see that this is the proposed demarcation line from 27 November, 1951. Is this the line that was adopted?

[ASA Vet]

Here's a better map.

[archy]

Don't just think tubes. Don't forget the North Korean 122mm, Grad and Smerch MLRS missile systems.

The 300 mm 9K58 rockets used in the Russian *Smerch* MLRs rockets have a range of 70KM, certainly enough to reach Seoul from the DMZ. And the range of available warheads includes the Russian version of DPICM, as well as other possibilities that should really receive some consideration:

It has been reported that a miniature aerial vehicle, R-90, containing a stabilised camera is being developed which could be fired from the Smerch launcher, enabling realtime battlefield surveillance data to be relayed to the Smerch commander. The aerial vehicle, which uses GPS (Global Positioning System), has the same 70 km range as the 9M55K rocket and can transmit data for up to 30 minutes. n