[Westbrook]

I'm sure that a few well placed tactical nukes would reduce NoKo military response significantly.

A preemptive and massive tactical strike on their wehrmacht would be de-riguer, but if they retaliated by targetting civilian populations, tactical or even strategic nukes would put a rapid stop to it.

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[NonValueAdded]

Indeed ... cauterize the area north of the DMZ as step one and the threat to Seoul would be greatly reduced. Carpet bomb the rest of NK with food and the population would be too busy eating to be a cohesive military force.

The resumption of hostilities with NK will not involve ground troops this time. That would be beyond stupid.

[finnman69]

neutron bombs

[maquiladora]

The problem is that there are hundreds of long range artillery and rocket units all along the DMZ, just a few tactical nukes wouldn't prevent a massive retaliation.
You'd almost need a totally unrealistic chain of dozens of nuclear strikes all along the DMZ to have any impact, and with Seoul being just 30 miles away from the border, more people would probably end up dying from fallout than anything else.

It really is an amazingly difficult and horrible situatuion.

[1234]

...strategic nukes would put a rapid stop to it

that's the point: there'd be no response by the other side-no casualties in s korea.

we jus gotta get over the PC stuff re. preemptive action in name of US nat'l security....

[GSlob]

saturation carpet nuking as the opening.