[softwarecreator]

You'd almost need a totally unrealistic chain of dozens of nuclear strikes all along the DMZ to have any impact

Dozens?

I think one or two will pretty much take any will to fight away from the NK military.  The NK troops aren't Islams willing to kill themselves and their family for Kim Jong.  A nuke strike or two will send them out of the area fast, they may be loyal to Kimmie but that loyaly will fade real quick when a mushroom coud appears over the DMZ.  Saddam's people were supposed to be willing to die for him too, but they ran like roaches when it came time for the real batttles.

[maquiladora]

The North Korea society is the most most heavily brainwashed and closed system on earth. They don't know a reality outside the central icon of Kim as their father figure.

Do you think that the soldiers firing artillery from fortified positions in the mountain side are going to just stop if a tactical nuke or two goes off 50 or 60 miles way?

Oh I've no doubt the NK forces would eventually break down and fall apart, but the level and scope of damage inflicted by then would still be horrific.

[DAC21]

"they may be loyal to Kimmie but that loyalty will fade real quick"


I hope so, but am not so sure about it. From what I hear the populace thinks of Kim as like a God. Sound familiar?. How about the Japanese and Hirohito = Woman with children in arm jumping off cliffs rather than being captured...Kazakami Pilots. The Japanese were very much like Islamist when it came to death, hopefully that will not be the case if and when it comes to war with the NK.

[Centurion2000]

I think one or two will pretty much take any will to fight away from the NK military. The NK troops aren't Islams willing to kill themselves and their family for Kim Jong. A nuke strike or two will send them out of the area fast, they may be loyal to Kimmie but that loyaly will fade real quick when a mushroom coud appears over the DMZ.

You're betting 10 million lives on that analysis. Much as I hate the Norks, this is a REALLY sticky situation that we're in.

When the battlefield lasers (video here) are mass produced and 1000 of them are available to shoot down artillery shells in flight, THEN war becomes a viable option again.