Thank you — life is much better for me now as a civilian, but I often think of the soldiers and airmen still serving along the DMZ. Regarding the danger — we always said that our bases near Seoul are mere “speed bumps” for the North if they ever decided to invade — and that’s only if there were anything left after they unleashed their 10,000 artillery pieces on the South. I spent a lot of time in an underground command bunker near the DMZ — a bunker that was so secure it wasn’t enough to have a security badge, you had to have a sponsor escort to get in and go to your destination within. Anyway we all fatalistically surmised the bunker would be gone within hours of the start of any conflict.
Until now the situation along the border has not changed since about 1953! Trump has my eternal gratitude.
> I spent a lot of time in an underground command bunker near the DMZ
First, and most importantly, thank you for your service.
I don’t mean to hijack this thread, it is after all about President Trump but I’ve wondered about the 10,000 artillery pieces the Norks are reputed to have on the boarder.
My questions are, how old is the hardware, how well and how often is it maintained, how old is the ammunition, how much training do the troops get and, how long would the weapons remain operational once hostilities commenced?
I’m just a civilian but my gut feeling is that the system will degrade pretty quickly, especially if the Nork gun crews have to deal with counter-measures on our part such as EMP attacks on the electrical power running the gun emplacements or counter-fire response from our side.
Let’s hope that, thanks to President Trump and his team that questions such as there have become moot.