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I don't think anybody wants to find out. Iraq couldn't harm Kuwait this time. North Korea has been in a perpetual state of military readiness for the past fifty years; its army is ready for immediate deployment, and would likely overrun Seoul and kill millions of South Koreans within days of the first sign of an invasion. Add to that the possibility of nukes, and the equation looks like this: we'll eventually win, but millions will die in South Korea, and there may not be a Seoul or Tokyo left at the end of it.

North Korea has been in a perpetual state of military readiness for the past fifty years; its army is ready for immediate deployment, and would likely overrun Seoul and kill millions of South Koreans within days of the first sign of an invasion.

Within a year or two, after we've replenished our stocks of ammo and bombs, we'll have the capability to have stealthy Predator drones get the GPS coordinates of every artillery battery and missile crew in range of the DMZ some dark and moonless night. The war would start with a swarm of ALCMs and precision-guided bombs taking them out in the first hour.

The big question will be whether we will have a year or two before the next big thing

Point of information: The possibility of a nuke in NK has been widely reported, but the lamestream media glosses over on detail from publicly release info about the size of a nuke in NK. The probably do not have one small enough to be missle launced. Most likely would be used as a supermine on advancing troops. Technologically much harder to build a nuke that can withstand the g-force of a missle or artillery round as opposed to a dumb bomb. Doubt a heavy lift NK bomber would be allowed to enter SK airspace.

North Korea would have to maneuver through 26-miles and 26-barriers to get to Seoul; if and when they manage this, the North Korean's have special military units to try to cut through the City.... North Korea is very much afraid that their soldiers would stop fighting if they ever reached Seould due to the impact of the CIVILIZATION they would encounter there. North Korea cannot affort to ever go into Seoul, but can only hope to by-pass the city spraw which is now nearly impossible. Yes, they might kill 4-5 million South Koreans, but they will be destroyed in the process.

North Korean Military Leaders have been contemplating a war of agression in which they would sacrafice the entire military machine so that the North could then collaspe and be provided aid/reunification under the US/UN and SK. Launching a war they hope to lose....

"...its army is ready for immediate deployment, and would likely overrun Seoul and kill millions of South Koreans within days of the first sign of an invasion. Add to that the possibility of nukes, and the equation looks like this: we'll eventually win, but millions will die in South Korea, and there may not be a Seoul or Tokyo left at the end of it."

I don't think so.

First, N. Korea is a third-rate Third World country, absolutely dirt poor. Her troops are marginally fed (compared to the average citizen who is starving to death.......literally). They have numbers of cannon-fodder foot troops........and that's really it. That means very, very little these days. A few cluster bomb runs would take out huge swaths of these foot soldiers (and the oriental mind tends toward mass attacks, it seems). Nukes? Maybe........two or three. Your scenario ignores the possibility (probability) that we'd use our superior air power to disable their command and control, any nuclear delivery capability, etc. What they'd have left would be some artillery, antiquated armor, and again.......a bunch of yelling foot soldiers.

No, it wouldn't be much of a match. I'd say that N. Korea's biggest fear is that we'll all figure out that they're every bit the toothless tiger that Iraq is (or should I say.......was).