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Originally posted by wondermost
reply to post by mr-lizard
I thought this happened a few days ago? I swear i read a thread talking about them cutting off their line of communication with Seoul.
Because no survey of newcomers to the second nuclear age would be complete without North Korea, it seems fitting to close out this series with a glance at Pyongyang’s emerging nuclear strategy and doctrine. Professor Terry Roehrig, grand wizard of the Naval War College’s Asia-Pacific Study Group, authors a chapter on the subject in Strategy in the Second Nuclear Age.
He splashes cold water on the idea that the six-party talks or other negotiations will bring about disarmament on the Korean Peninsula.
So, let’s zero in on the operational dimension of North Korean strategy. Pyongyang has tested nuclear weapons. It must now miniaturize its warheads sufficiently to fit on missiles. Then, having produced a battle worthy arsenal, how will the North Korean military arrange its precious weapons on the map to safeguard them against preemptive attack? What kind of doctrine will the leadership adopt to deter South Korea and the United States?
Terry raises a couple of intriguing possibilities. Take the second question first. Knowing that a small force is vulnerable to preemption, the North Korean leadership might embrace a launch-on-warning doctrine. Once the military detects signs of an attack, that is, commanders will cut loose against designated targets.
Threatening to go nuts at the slightest affront has been a staple of North Korean diplomacy ever since…well, ever since there has been a North Korea. Adopting such a posture—and putting prospective adversaries on notice that Pyongyang has adopted such a posture—thus would make Seoul and Washington think twice before essaying forcible counterproliferation.
Originally posted by wondermost
reply to post by mr-lizard
how in the world do you post Youtube videos here? I've got a good one i want to add to the thread, just to raise the doom-pornometer an angstrom or two....