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Originally posted by markygee
reply to post by SaturnFX
er...no im not registered I dont think they have this in the UK. Surely north korean manufacturing quality means that most weapons will malfunction or not fully operate within expected parameters? (fingers crossed - i'm imagining guns not firing and ICBM's falling into the sea...)
Worst case scenario
Originally posted by OldCorp
North Korea doesn't need nukes to start a Southeast Asia conflagration. They have enough conventional artillery within range of Seoul to turn the city into a sea of flame within a couple of hours. I can't find it now, but I remember reading a STRATFOR report a couple of years ago that said North Korea, which has the LARGEST conventional artillery force in the entire world, could rain down 10,000 shells an hour on the South Korean capital.
I WAS able to find THIS SERIES OF MAPS that illustrates the problem faced by the South Koreans, and the token "speedbump" American force stationed at the DMZ.
They've had 50 years to prepare for an attack; unfortunately for them, so have we. There is no way in hell that the US would stand by as Seoul was destroyed. Considering the time constraints, any exchange of fire could escalate into the use of tactical nukes within minutes.
So they could do plenty but realistically this is going to be sabre rattling again me thinks. What would he do with a completely destroyed south korea? 10 000 shells an hour isn't going to leave much to work with once he's used em up is it?
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Originally posted by markygee
So they could do plenty but realistically this is going to be sabre rattling again me thinks. What would he do with a completely destroyed south korea? 10 000 shells an hour isn't going to leave much to work with once he's used em up is it?
Originally posted by StlSteve
reply to post by markygee
Worst case - a dying dictator wants to leave a mark in history - something to remember him by
Originally posted by Zanti Misfit
reply to post by markygee
Worst Case Scenario is an escalation of Political Posturing possiblly leading to Biological Warfare between North and South . The use of Nuclear Weapons is Highly Unlikely .