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US could wipe out North Korea in 15 minutes, says Gen. Tom McInerney
WFLD-TV ^ | August 9, 2017 | Fox News

Posted on 08/09/2017 5:48:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 08/09/2017 5:48:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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What would be left of South Korea being as how their bases are right near the border?


2 posted on 08/09/2017 5:50:10 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I bought a house on a one-way street that's also a dead end and now I can't leave.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Glass parking lot...??


3 posted on 08/09/2017 5:50:39 PM PDT by njslim
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Which means he is sandbagging. North Korea will be done with, in 4 minutes.


4 posted on 08/09/2017 5:51:20 PM PDT by Klemper
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That’s the biggest worry, far more so than what they could fire at us. NK (except for Dictator Tubby) has literally nothing to lose.


5 posted on 08/09/2017 5:52:27 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Of course.


6 posted on 08/09/2017 5:52:39 PM PDT by Enduro Guy (Always cov fe'fe)
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Can anyone answer a question for me about the Ohio class subs we converted into SSGNs?

I know they’re basically Tomahawk factories now but under the IRBM treaty that eliminated nuclear warheads on them are sub launched IRBMs included?

I would think that the flight time of Tomahawks from international waters to most of the NORKS cities would be about... 15 minutes.


7 posted on 08/09/2017 5:53:50 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark (The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I figured about 30 minutes to annihilation but 15 works for me.


8 posted on 08/09/2017 5:53:52 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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There are fortified guard posts all along the DMZ. Most of the ROK Army is a bit further back. The US Army in Korea is in the middle of moving South of Seoul.


9 posted on 08/09/2017 5:54:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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North Korea is approximately the size of Ohio.


10 posted on 08/09/2017 5:54:47 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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Much more mountainous though.


11 posted on 08/09/2017 5:55:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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I hate to say it, but Douglas MacArthur was right. We should have wiped out this regime when we had the chance.


12 posted on 08/09/2017 5:55:52 PM PDT by jumpingcholla34
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We have to let them fire at the Sorks first. Too quick a response and the left will blame us for starting. China and Russia will use it as an excuse to get involved. That means our DMZ troops are a trip wire.


13 posted on 08/09/2017 5:56:08 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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I still there are enough Chinese agents sprinkled amongst the Nork government and military that they could take control once Beijing gives the signal.

North Korea is not the Hill for China to die on.


14 posted on 08/09/2017 5:57:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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My wife will be very upset if she is not able to watch her favorite K-Dramas.


15 posted on 08/09/2017 5:57:31 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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What would be left of South Korea being as how their bases are right near the border?

Low yield tactical warheads with precision strikes at military & ruling party targets - "surgical strikes" - will greatly decrease collateral damage in North Korea, let alone South Korea.

16 posted on 08/09/2017 5:57:44 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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I hate to say it, but Douglas MacArthur was right. We should have wiped out this regime when we had the chance.

Yup. And somehow Truman is made out to be the hero for standing up to him.

17 posted on 08/09/2017 5:58:16 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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I pray, and am praying, there is a way to take out the regime without devastating the population, especially those precious children who have no choice in this fight. They are innocents.


18 posted on 08/09/2017 5:58:17 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This man needs to be fired now.
That has to be one of the most absurd statements I have every heard and any military officer making such needs to go look for job in the fast food industry.
The difference power between the US and North Korea is stark, yes, but the ability to project it limited.
Add to that stupid ideas like ‘nation building,’ idiotic ideas about rules of engagement, the fact that we still have a lot of Obama leftovers in the military, and that our enemy shares a border with PRC from wish all sorts of nasty surprises may come, and you will see just how stupid that statement is.
I really don’t want to commit this country and our service members to another fruitless, trillion dollar war.


19 posted on 08/09/2017 5:58:32 PM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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How about a precision strike on the Pueblo?
(it belongs to us, after-all)


20 posted on 08/09/2017 6:00:02 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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