The US doesn't want to resume the war with North Korea, because it would take weeks to build up the forces for the way we fight, and our supply lines would be huge. We'd also most likely end up having to fly fighters in from either Japan or Okinawa, which would severely limit their ability to stay in the area and protect ground forces. All of our resources would be tied up in resupply, heading to North Korea, and it would have to be constant.

I was in on an exercise for if war started up in Korea again, and it was insane. They were going to essentially shut down Honolulu International Airport, and use taxiways Bravo, Reef Bravo, Reef Echo, runways 4L and 4R just for fighter parking, and would have a continuous rotation of tankers flying to almost the halfway point and back to get fighters to Hawaii. From there, we would be able to take them in groups of 6 per KC-10 and 4-6 per KC-135R depending on how much fuel they'd let the R models offload. Almost every tanker in the inventory would be involved just in getting the fighters to Korea. We'd have to have several dozen minimum in theater just to support around the clock air operations. Subtract a couple dozen more to support the bombers flying from the mainland to hit targets, and recovering in Guam, as well as the C-5s and C-17s constantly going back and forth. A C-5 going non-stop California to Japan, over Hawaii needed 6 KC-135R models out of Hickam to make it. At least four would offload, and depending on winds, one to two of the others would be needed. If any couldn't offload, they would have to land on either Guam, or at Hickam because they couldn't make it.

Maybe this is just dark thinking, but I can see it going to nuclear blows with North Korea.

Given the country has developed WMDs. They have raised the level of what conventional warfare used to limit, and that is the use of these WMD.

If the US and North Korea go to blows, it could very well be a Nuclear War in the Korean Peninsula, and could balloon outwards into full scale nuclear war.

What ever the case for action is, I can only see a nuclear war in this fight.

Conventional is not an option, North Korea will simply use WMD, that is the level of which this fight can now be escalated too.

LOL..

Your joking right?? Um.. say five stealth bombers loaded to the tits with smart bombs cruising at 60000 feet. Power/communications would be completely wiped out in a matter of hours. Then we would just lob thousands of cruise missiles at them from a 1000 miles away.... hitting every open military target in sight.

lol...

Its funny. People see the Iraq Afghanistan quagmire and they think that they have the US army figured out, fighting an insurgency with no flag and no uniform is far different from fighting an organized force..with tanks.. and buildings.. and air fields .. The us could completely cripple NK in a matter of days.... Anyone who thinks otherwise is simply uninformed about the vast drooling beast that is the US armed forces..

The US doesn't HAVE to do anything with North Korea. All the US has to do is have the patience to let Kim Jong-il and his country banter about and either destroy themselves or serve as a miserable example of communist/ anarchist failure. They certainly are doing well in that capacity.

Does anyone think North Korea will still be on the map in perhaps 10 years or how about 20? LOL!

Right now NK's greatest accomplishments are questionable rockets, a failed nuclear device, and generic Viagra!

When the enemy insists on destroying himself you never interfere!

[edit on 19/4/09 by plumranch]

were technically still at war with NK, we just have a cease fire with them. it could re-ignite at any point in time!

NK MIGHT have some firepower, but nothing compared to the good ol US of A. yea, they have a nuke, we have 20,000 more. they have missiles, but we have ICBM's. they have an army, we have a highly technological army!

we might be having some trouble with Iraq and Afghanistan because its guerrilla warfare. we are not fighting a nation, we are fighting an insurgency!!

its A BAD WAY of comparing two different battlefields... the USA COULD CRUSH NK in HOURS! yes, damage will be done on both sides, the USA might have a black eyes, but the dust left behind from whats left of NK.... is nothing compared to the USA's single bruise...

Please... NK isn't powerful enough to cause a threat... lets just keep them isolated like little endangered species that they are, and let them die off on their own... thats what we have been doing right?

i dont mean to hurt any feelings, and i appreciate your concern... but the USA, SK, and japan, will do fine if there is ANY conflict with this rogue nation.

[edit on 4/19/2009 by ugie1028]