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China's Xi, in message to N.Korea's Kim, vows cooperation under 'new situation'
originally posted by: camain
a reply to: musicismagic
I remember reading an article about what would happen if NK and SK went to war. The time for soldiers to live is measured in seconds. The reality is if NK attacked SK, the soldiers on the DMZ have approximately 30 seconds to live. They are not there to act as a defense, they are there to act as a deterrent to attack, because the USA losing 30k troops the first day of the attack would trigger a massive response from us. NK knows this, therefore they have not and will not attack. Sure there may be some small artillery fire, but a true response from NK would not only include 1.3 MILLION artillery being fired, but ICBM's and missiles hitting Japan. Some with and without Nuclear. The result would be the USA hitting NK with everything and then some to stop the military cold. Any assets left in the Pacific would hammer them either further, and you'd more than likely see China invade them pre-emptively as to avoid the nation falling to the USA and Allies. It would result in massive damage, and would be the death of the NK regime. As such, this will not happen. There may be some artillery firing, and 20-100 troops dying, but it won't escalate past that.
Camain
Biden screwed up. Even if acts, it will be too late. Like Trump said " Sleepy Joe is incompetent to even open up the fridge ".
originally posted by: kwakakev
a reply to: musicismagic
Biden screwed up. Even if acts, it will be too late. Like Trump said " Sleepy Joe is incompetent to even open up the fridge ".
That is just a cover story to exploit sympathy from the decent people. With the scale of fraud in the last election, America has been invaded. The only real threat it had was from within and that has been conquered.
Biden is a servant to the Kingdom of Darkness. As he takes America on a highway to hell, the rest of the world is at risk at falling into this trap.
originally posted by: Deetermined
a reply to: musicismagic
China ALWAYS uses North Korea as a proxy to do their dirty work. If they didn't, China would starve every last one of them to death. North Korea relies too heavily on China for it's survival.
originally posted by: musicismagic
For those Vets that have served in South Korea can you add on to the thread.
originally posted by: camain
a true response from NK would not only include 1.3 MILLION artillery being fired, but ICBM's and missiles hitting Japan. Some with and without Nuclear. The result would be the USA hitting NK with everything and then some to stop the military cold. Any assets left in the Pacific would hammer them either further, and you'd more than likely see China invade them pre-emptively as to avoid the nation falling to the USA and Allies.
originally posted by: MindBodySpiritComplex
I don't know about forget Ukraine but directly after the invasion there was this headline making rounds which made me go uh-oh:
China's Xi, in message to N.Korea's Kim, vows cooperation under 'new situation'
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I think Ukraine, Taiwan, NK,... it's all connected.
#unipolar
#multipolar
originally posted by: Snarl
originally posted by: musicismagic
For those Vets that have served in South Korea can you add on to the thread.
They just held an election.
The outgoing administration (bunch'a damned commies) is being replaced by something like a moderate democrat.
That means the NORKS aren't going to be getting as much for free.
Will have to see how much jail time the outgoing admin gets. The guy taking the helm is the former prosecutor.
originally posted by: Snarl
originally posted by: camain
a true response from NK would not only include 1.3 MILLION artillery being fired, but ICBM's and missiles hitting Japan. Some with and without Nuclear. The result would be the USA hitting NK with everything and then some to stop the military cold. Any assets left in the Pacific would hammer them either further, and you'd more than likely see China invade them pre-emptively as to avoid the nation falling to the USA and Allies.
I don't think so. The NORKS are a satellite of China (possibly smear Russia with that label too).
If the NORKs launch a single strategic weapon, the result would make for a bad day in both North Korea and China (and maybe Russia too). North Korea and China would disappear from the face of the Earth in 3 1/2 minutes or less.
We used to keep tactical nukes on the peninsula back in the '80s. We withdrew those under a policy of total annihilation by strategic forces. I've seen it war-gamed ... right after the conventional games end, and it's just the big-boys sitting around puffing cigars and sipping Single Malts. Ain't much clean-up work as China has crap for a navy, but the loose ends are too easily tied.
originally posted by: cmdrkeenkid
a reply to: musicismagic
The military does elephant walks pretty commonly. It's a great way to train for certain deployment practices (ie MITO), works well for communication discipline (it takes a lot of work to get that many aircraft that organized), and more.
The fact that it's a great show of force (unless you towed the aircraft and parked them like Germany did last year) and makes for a great photo op is just a bonus.
originally posted by: camain
Something drastic would have to change for anything like a war to happen. I just don't see that happening.