N. Korean Underground Tunnels, Impregnable Fortresses against Nuclear Attack(Russians involved)

Segye Ilbo ^ | 07/04/05 | Chang In-soo

[Colorado Doug]

they made an artificial hill of 1,500 cubic meters

That is a laughably small amount of dirt, not even sixty truckloads. A loader could stack that much in half a day. Hardly enough to protect them from much of anything even if they managed to lob it all against the door with a buried charge. Oh well, let them seal themselves in and cut the outside communications.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Have you seen the circumference of Kim Jong il's mid-section, including love handles, in centemeters these days?? You kidding?

[GunnyBob]

Situations such as these are why we have Marines with Kabars and assorted firearms. I don't want to nuke the sites because it might ruin the trout fishing, which is good from what my sources tell me.

[steve86]

What does radar absorbing material have to do with spy satellites?

Spy satellites use radar imaging along with optical, IR, etc.

[Itzlzha]

All I can say, is that a Brig General (Ret.) "aquaintance" of mine told me all this 2 years ago.

The border is also undermined with tunnels from N. Korea to the South...a known fact.

All the article says was confirmed to me by my very trusted source...good enough for me.

Also, you can thank the Germans as well for these tunnels...

[LRS]

This wouldn't be related to the exploding mountain a few months ago, would it?

Interesting remark.

I did a FReep search to see if any new info was posted about that explosion. I remembered there was one report of a crater, and another that said there were 2 explosions, but I saw no follow ups. While the presence of a crater would seemingly point towards a surface explosion, instead of tunneling (but not necessarily), explaining a pair of explosions is a bit tougher (could point to an accident where there could have been a secondary explosion, or, could point to a construction project of some sort. Take your pick)

But one thing did stick out in my mind as I looked at the reports made at the time: geography.

If one just looks at a simple surface map, like the one included in one of the articles, that explosion took place at the point in North Korea that is furthest from the water, where one would expect the US Navy to be, and the furthest from S. Korea.

I know that strictly from geographical viewpoint, I would want an important strategic site placed there, to help protect it from easy attack, relatively speaking. By maximizing the distance an enemy is going to have to cover, the chances of detecting an attack, and possibly defending against it, increase.

One thing is for certain: the North Koreans have had ample time and practice since the Korean War to have become experts at tunneling...

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #45

Thanks for your vote of confirmation.:-)

[JZelle]

"Have you seen the circumference of Kim Jong il's mid-section, including love handles, in centemeters these days?? You kidding?"

LOL! As always, the exceptions are those who rule.

[Paul_Denton]

The 9 megaton W53 warhead or B53 gravity would do the trick.