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Originally Posted by Nehkara
Apparently the equipment used by North Korea, while being far from modern, has been significantly updated and upgraded from the original equipment.
...and you hit the nail on the head about South Korea. South Korea would be essentially destroyed before the US could do anything. Almost all of those many artillery units are constantly aimed at various targets of importance in South Korea.
It is likely that in the end it would be possible to defeat North Korea but the issue is that the cost would be far too high. North Korea is a very mountainous country and much of its military and weapon production capability is based underground and thus insulated from most types of attack.
These factors, again, give North Korea leverage in its dealings with the rest of the world and that is truly unfortunate.
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I totally understand that. In fact, if I recall my Korean War history, after the N. Koreans had pulled out of the South and was dug into the mountains, they were so heavily entrenched that the UN was considering atomic bomb strikes as the only effective means to knock them out of their fortifications.
That said, Western militaries are always underestimated. The strike capabilities by a battle-hardened and well-equipped American force would probably have a greater effect than most would predict. I suppose the real problem would be the probable high casualties.
Right now, I think this is the Chinese's mess to dissolve and I can imagine that pressure is being applied at the highest level by Western governments.