jec wrote:
many of the roads have rock falls.man made boulders held in a steel net.if invaded they stick in dynamite and blow the net sealing off the roads so vehicle cant get into the country.they also have alot of underground military instilations.when i was stationed there we drove into a mountain at least 1/2 a mile.i dont know what they name of the base was but it was korean not american.at the time n.korea had the largest collection of artillery in the world but most of it is ww2 era.i dont remember soul being in range of much of there artillery but it doent really matter beacause there are plenty of city's that are.s.koreans are much better equipt not to mention they are some bad asses.remember sadam had i think the 2nd largest ground army in the world before we got done with them.it would go badly for n.korea and they know it. jay
While Seoul is not in range of artillery ( MIG's would be a bigger concern) some of your other points are just incorrect.
NK has the largest army in the world and its artillery is NOT WWII vintage. They also have SCUD type missiles.
ROK forces are not bad asses. Like any military they have their good ( some of theirs are quite good and quite dedicated) and bad but mandatory service is a cancer for any military.
You can't compare Sadams army to NK's forces.As was noted different terrain along with several other factors. One of those factors is that NK would have no problem breaking the normal rules of modern warfare and tossing out the old biological weapons.
To assume that NK knows it would go badly is to assume that they are not bat shit crazy and brainwashed. That's a dangerous assumption and the crazies in charge would have no problem sending their 1,000,000 man ( and woman) strong army off to die.
One thing that most people don't know is the emphasis that NK has put on special operations.( somewhere between 80-100k personnel) Also of note is that they have sympathizers in the south and some of the universities in the south are more than happy to rewrite history and fill the college students heads with weird ideas.
Would NK win? No. Would it be similar to Desert Storm? No to that also. The cost in civilian and military casualties would be extremely high. If the Chinese or Russians would back the operation that number goes quite a bit higher.
The south would have an advantage as the defender but it would be very ugly.
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