[prophetic]

All of NKork's 70 diesel Korean war era subs dont even add up to the level of tech, superiority and sheer firepower in that SSGN.
150 Tomahawks = 150 massive changes of underwear for Fatman

[mountn man]

Add to that the 2 Arleigh Burkes and the 1 Ticonderoga with the Vinson.

[drop 50 and fire for effect]

SSGNs don’t want to be anywhere near the Norks subs. I assume (and hope) that some attack boats are in the neighborhood.

The trick is not launching the missiles, it is having appropriate targets. North Korea is a regimented police state, which makes HUMIT hard and forces reliance on SIGINT and satellites, which can be fooled.

Kim the Youngest is not still atop NK because he is stupid. He is a shrewd opponent. An SSGN presence is necessary, but does not guarantee anything.

[Southack]

NK’s rustbucket submarines aren’t supposed to be used *for* combat...instead, they exist to be used as *bait*.

NK has an underwater nuclear mine. Suicide detonated by one of their rust buckets when a U.S. sub is “close enough.”

[Pelham]

“NKork’s 70 diesel Korean war era subs” = target rich environment