N. Korea: No Flying Zone Might be Imposed(if N. Korean Situation Deteriorates)

Yonhap News ^ | 03/13/05 | Lee Kwi-won

[TigerLikesRooster]

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No Flying Zone Might be Imposed, if N. Korean Situation Deteriorates

If diplomatic efforts fail, in the worst case, it may be imposed south of Pyongyang.

(Seoul-Yonhap News) Lee Kwi-won - A proposal is drawing keen attention, which says that, if N. Korean nuclear problem turns for the worst, No Flying Zone could be imposed on N. Korean territory.

The proposal has been made by Professor A(anonymized) from Staff University(?) under DoD, who attended the 46th Annual International Studies Meeting, held in Hawaii at the beginning of this month.

Dr. Cho Sung-ryol at the Institute for International Affairs Research, who attended the meeting, said on (Mar.) 13th that Professor A, who has good inside knowledge of DoD, commented that some DoD officials are studying a proposal to impose a No Flying Zone south of Pyongyang.

This proposal of setting up No Flying Zone is akin to the one imposed on Iraq following U.N. Security Council Resolution after the Gulf War I in '91. It aims to shoot down N. Korean planes violating the No Flying Zone.

According to Professor A, while DoD agrees with the principle of peaceful resolution of N. Korean nuclear problem, they are studying the proposal if the worst case scenario develops and they are asked to submit it as one of options.

Dr. Cho concluded that such a remark by Professor A is "way too premature while international communities are trying hard to resolve the issue in a peaceful and diplomatic manner."

However, he also said, "They could show interests in imposing No Flying Zone instead of preemptive attack because it would be practically difficult to seek out and destroy N. Korean nuclear weapons if N. Korea did possess them."

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[SevenMinusOne]

and well we're waiting and avoiding war, NK is smuggling Nukes into our cities disguised as Chinese refigerators and machine tools. I don't think so.

Please - Join reality not sci-fi BS -

[WoofDog123]

Hopefully so at this point, but there is the info from the Mitrohkin defection indicating that the Soviets had stored all kinds of stuff in western europe and the US from the 60's upward.

I hate to imagine remote deployment of nukes AT the target area.

I never did see a follow-up indicating any of these sites had been located and neutralized in the US, but with our media and intelligence services, who knows.

[TapTheSource]

pin!

[American in Israel]

No fly zones are useless against a balistic first strike, the most likely scenario from NK. The no fly zone will just starve out NK more, and force the little madman to jump. That is, if China lets go of his leash.

Gotta time the NK blowup to sync with the ME blowup or the effect on the USA will be unduely limited.

Korea and Taiwan are pawns in the Red Chinese chess game. The prize is the Queen, Washington, because China sees Europe as a gelded King. Once China breaks the US, it is checkmate on Europe.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #64

The reasoning behind No Fly Zone is that, at current stage, N. Korean nuke could be only delivered via airplane.

About the chess game, I agree with your general thrust.

[Dad yer funny]

ping for later

[dervish]

agree

[Destro]

Pointy headed think tank speculation (from South Korea) as breaking news?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #68

If you want to pick on pointy headedness, why don't you pick whatever the professor's name?

However, it is not that far-fetched to me as a worst case scenario.

[Destro]

I was talking about the professor! This is just one person's proposal and a foolish one at that. To make a no fly zone work you require the elimination of almost all viable anti-aircraft batteries by forces on the ground in the said zone - like we did in Iraq's two no fly zone.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #70

Many in this thread, including me, said, in effect, that this could be a trigger for a military conflict.

This sounds more like a maneuver to raise the political temperature in the region to shake some obstinate players loose, by reminding them of what lies ahead.

I have been expecting provocative remarks pretending to be loose talks. So I would not pass it off as purely pointy headed just yet.

[Destro]

It's a non-starter - some eggheads lame idea.

[Teacher317]

"ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE. USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE."
--- 2010

Great movie, and far better than its predecessor, 2001

[Mariner]

Sir, you neglect the potential efforts of the ROK Army and Air Force in your analysis.

while smaller, they are effective...with "good" technology.

[Rakkasan1]

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MATT DAAAAAAAAMON!

[Weinburger]

A No Breathing Zone might be more in order.

But if we lose our bases over there a lot of contractors will be out a lot of money. We must maintain a heavy presence over there. We must keep the North isolated from the south, and we must ensure that the contractors that have kept this country free are allowed to do business.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

Either No Flying Zone could trigger serious military conflict, though.

Would not the imposition of a no-fly zone be an act of war?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #77

Quite probably.

[PTBarnum]

"...No Fly = War". Still a Mexican standoff. War means many civilian casualties in S Korea, but also regime change in N. Korea. Maybe if S Korea officially opposes a No-Fly regimen, and we use carriers and/or Japan for aircraft basing, then maybe it can happen and N. Korea will not attack S. Korea in retaliation. But it would be a gamble.