I think North Korea would be a scary opponent in a war. I think air superiority would be harder than predicted by some. North Korea has 11,000 anti-air weapons and, while unlikely to be as effective as South Korean or US aircraft, they also have 1800 aircraft.
Meanwhile, the thousands of artillery emplacements are pounding South Korea endlessly.
In addition, many of North Korea's military installations are underground, built inside mountains and the like and therefore, even if you did manage to bomb them, it is questionable as to whether it would be effective.
It is likely that the only successful approach would be a nuclear strike and that is a scary prospect for obvious reasons.
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