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Originally posted by tacitblue
they got kamikazi mig-21 aircraft [which got a higher climb rate then you're f16/f15 ...] and some su-27.
sa-6 medium range sams some ww2 anti-aircraft arti sa-3s etc..
they will sneak up their small subs near you're carriers
and BOOM.
What? This?
Yeah, that's an advancned fighter... For Vietnam. Like I said, the real threat to US airpower will be from the ground. But then again with fighters and bombers like the F-22, F-117, and B-2 even AAA/SAMs aren't that big of a threat. After the stealth equiped planes take out the main AAA/SAM sites it then opens the flood gate for everything else that flies in the US aresenal.
No war can be won without control of the skies.
[Edited on 6-6-2003 by tacitblue]
There are only two types of pre-emptive strikes that I can see the US using against NK.
stealth? how did you take out the radars in the bulf war? helicopters and other methods, only then you launched you're "stealth".
MiG-21 fighters from Bongchun and US F-15 from Ohsan would meet in less than 5 min, assuming they took off at about the same time. In about 5 min, hundreds of MiG21s and F-15s would be swirling in the skies over Korea. Ground-to-air missiles and air-to-air missiles would have hard time telling friends from foes. F-15Es are equipped with a radar system that lock on at 180 km for large objects and 90 km for small objects. Sidewinder missiles have an effective range of 16km, AMRAAM missiles of 50km, and Sparrow of 55km.
Korea is 100 km wide and 125 km long, and so US air-to-air missiles would be of limited use and effectiveness, because North Korean MiGs would approach the US planes in close proximity and commingle with US planes, and air-to-air missiles will become useless and machines guns will have to be used.
MiG-21 fighters from Bongchun and US F-15 from Ohsan would meet in less than 5 min, assuming they took off at about the same time. In about 5 min, hundreds of MiG21s and F-15s would be swirling in the skies over Korea. Ground-to-air missiles and air-to-air missiles would have hard time telling friends from foes. F-15Es are equipped with a radar system that lock on at 180 km for large objects and 90 km for small objects. Sidewinder missiles have an effective range of 16km, AMRAAM missiles of 50km, and Sparrow of 55km.
Korea is 100 km wide and 125 km long, and so US air-to-air missiles would be of limited use and effectiveness, because North Korean MiGs would approach the US planes in close proximity and commingle with US planes, and air-to-air missiles will become useless and machines guns will have to be used.
after I bombed the hell out of thier bases at night with my stealth fighters and bombers.
Originally posted by $tranger
after I bombed the hell out of thier bases at night with my stealth fighters and bombers.
bomb the underground bases?
Originally posted by ADVISOR
Originally posted by $tranger
after I bombed the hell out of thier bases at night with my stealth fighters and bombers.
bomb the underground bases?
What you never heard of bunker busters, these nasty little devils have been known to penetrate 50+ft of reenforced structure. If I was do attack and underground facility I would use a laser tipped nuke dropped from a sattelite. That way the laser could burn a hole through every thing and the bomb can just fall in and detonate at the correct depth. But that's just me...
Originally posted by ADVISOR
Originally posted by $tranger
after I bombed the hell out of thier bases at night with my stealth fighters and bombers.
bomb the underground bases?
What you never heard of bunker busters, these nasty little devils have been known to penetrate 50+ft of reenforced structure. If I was do attack and underground facility I would use a laser tipped nuke dropped from a sattelite. That way the laser could burn a hole through every thing and the bomb can just fall in and detonate at the correct depth. But that's just me...
The B-61 Mod 11 is the main bunker buster in the US arsenal. A recent test showed that this buster could penetrate only 6 meters of rock. The latest GBU-28 laser-guided bunker-buster can penetrate to 30m. North Korean bunkers have at least 80 m of top-cover of solid rocks. North Korea has many false caves that emit heats that will misdirect unwary GBU-28/37 and BKU-113 bunker-busters.
Korea sucks, but so does any oppressive government...
Originally posted by tacitblue
Second, you should study the tactics used in Iraq before commenting on them. The first round of air attacks saw use of Tomohawk cruise missiles launched from ships/subs and precision guided munitions dropped from stealth aircraft (F-117 Nighthawk and B-2 Spirit). Then the other non-stealth strike forces attacked, many escorted by radar jamming EA-6B Prowlers.
[Edited on 6-6-2003 by tacitblue]
Hitting NK in this manner would be almost impossible. Their air defences are a lot stronger than Iraqs. They haven't had 10 years of military erosion.
Maybe you aren't aware and I can enlighten you to the fact that NK has literally thousands of conventional armour pointed at Seoul. If they get one sniff of an airwar they'll flatten that city.
I doubt very much if the US would take that chance unless NK was going to immediately go nuclear.
Originally posted by tacitblue
It wouldn't make much sense for the US to invade NK would it? A side from the devistation a war would case it would not, politically, look good for any administration. The US will wait for NK to shoot first.
Originally posted by Leveller
Originally posted by tacitblue
It wouldn't make much sense for the US to invade NK would it? A side from the devistation a war would case it would not, politically, look good for any administration. The US will wait for NK to shoot first.
You're looking way too close to the future. I doubt very much that the US will make the first big move on this one for a while. .