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2009-11-28 China-Japan-Koreas

Defector tells of North Korean army life

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Posted by Steve White 2009-11-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 800 ballistic missiles, including long-range missiles.

Sans WMD nothing but 800 one-way light attack sorties.

As far as vast man-power.. maybe. Ifn I was the Sorks I'd be looking for the wall being breached by semi-armed, hungry relatives from the north, looking for the big-box stores.

Posted by Perry Stanford White 2009-11-28 07:12|| 2009-11-28 07:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Sans WMD nothing but 800 one-way light attack sorties.

Aimed at Seoul, even with a 5% success rate, that's 40 opportunities to panic a city.

Posted by Pappy 2009-11-28 13:28|| 2009-11-28 13:28|| Front Page Top

#3 True, but I expect artillery could do that job as easily and far more cheaply.

Posted by Perry Stanford White 2009-11-28 15:29|| 2009-11-28 15:29|| Front Page Top

#4 But then again, who knows how many tubes North Korea has with the range to hit Seoul? Agit-Prop was big on hundreds if not thousands, opening up from their mountain fastness in a new version of the 1st morning of the Somme offensive.

Posted by Perry Stanford White 2009-11-28 15:33|| 2009-11-28 15:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Conscripts have to serve 10 years? That would cause crippling resentment. Many would likely drop weapons in a march to the south.

Posted by Slath Prince of the Poles1925 2009-11-28 15:47|| 2009-11-28 15:47|| Front Page Top

#6 True, but I expect artillery could do that job as easily and far more cheaply.

It's likely that they'd still be used. Not much beats missiles for psychological effect, tho.

Posted by Pappy 2009-11-28 19:14|| 2009-11-28 19:14|| Front Page Top

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