Posted on 03/31/2008 12:13:50 AM PDT by maquiladora
Only 506 miles from Beijing to Pyongyang.
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The damage and civilian casualties in the first 48-72 hours would be astounding.
Every inch of Seoul is targeted and within easy reach of the 10,000 tubes of artillery that the North has ready to fire. btw....1950 not 1949 was the year that the North attacked.
Yep, and the bad thing is that Beijing is downwind from Pyongyang too during a large part of the year.
No Problem. The Chinese can make it rain enough to wash away the radiation....just in time for the Games.
NK is working up to war or another Bluff. It is taking all the classic War Prep steps.
Kim is probably worrying about his own generals and ministers right now. Starting a war or pretending to is a way of throwing plotters, especially generals, off balance.
Are you kidding? South Korea would immediately go on the offensive once hostilities broke out. Ask the Russians how well mass infantry attacks stop a determined mechanized invader.
I'm going to guess that every one of those tubes has been mapped by drones, and every one has a JDAM pre-targeted. I'm also going to guess that the NK capital will cease to exist within hours of the first shell hitting Seoul
Most of them are in caves...you think there are 10,000 JDAMS in Korea?
I spent a great deal of time in SK in the 80’s and 90’s. In my estimation Seoul would be overrun by the NORKS in 48-72 hours (BTW the US Military has several war plans that have predicted that for decades). The South is not prepared for the shock of it and the NK soldiers are hungry and somewhat bored. In addition, many of the younger generation in the South want reunification. Some may actually turn up to fight for the North. I have seen the results of 14 artillery pieces work in the field. I cannot even imagine 30,000+ releasing a barrage for hours out of hardened locations that have had 50 plus years set-up and exact target coordinates put in from intel gathered by spies. The Government buildings in Seoul would be leveled in the first 4 hours. An artillery barrage of Seoul would be a military nightmare. the South would eventually push the North back when they run out of supplies and air power but the first week would be an incredible event.
A people who have been starved for years and years, repressed and exploited shamelessly like the North Koreans, make for really lousy soldiers.
That’s why I believe a free people, well armed and no doubt really pissed off at an agressor nation they’ve repeatedly attempted to help, would pulverize any invading force. And right now the South is prepared for the worst.
Time will tell.
North Korea warns South of ‘pre-emptive strike’
CNN
Posted on 03/30/2008 5:58:24 AM PDT by maquiladora
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993956/posts
The MIG 21 is still a very formidable fighter, considering it is Vietnam era technology. It wouldn’t hold up for too long however against U.S. airpower, the Raptors would shoot them out of the sky 20 miles away.
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