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Originally Posted by polak
They may have large numbers but I can't imagine they're military is very sophisticated.
I also don't think there would be a single step taken into N.Korea without the support of China. I also wouldn't be suprised if the Chinese have highly placed assets in N.K. regime that might be able to assist the invasion as well.
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I would imagine that military technology gets shared quite readily between the North Koreans and Chinese, it's in the Chinese interest for it to be so, and even if for some unlikely reason the Chinese didn't enter the war, you would likely see something similar to how the first Korean War played out with the Russians lending high-tech aircraft and trained pilots to the North, but on a more sophisticated scale. Even if the Koreans were technologically lacking, the geography of the country lends itself to a total bloodbath when boots hit the ground. Mechanized warfare is almost an impossibility over much of that country. You're going to have men going toe-to-toe in mountains, through valleys, and in forests. 9 million soldiers armed with sticks and stones in that type of scenario is still going to bleed you dry.
The Chinese would never, not even for a moment, entertain the United States and South Korea sharing a border with their country, so if you don't believe it would happen without Chinese support, it's not even worth bothering to contemplate, to be honest. As far as national security concerns for the Chinese government, sharing a militarized border with American forces would have to rank right up there with anything else I can possibly imagine.
The North Koreans are their lapdog. They're tolerated and kept on a leash (even though like any dog they sometimes jerk that leash) because it serves the Chinese interest. That interest is in large part keeping the Americans at arms length and away from the Chinese sphere of influence.