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2011-01-06 China-Japan-Koreas

S. Korea's Special Forces 'Vastly Outnumbered' by N. Korea's

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Posted by Steve White 2011-01-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Does anyone think those 200,000 troops are as competent or more competent than (for instance) ROK marines?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-01-06 01:00|| 2011-01-06 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 No matter. Kim emptied all of the Military grain stores over 3 months ago. 200,000 starving midgets will not over-run any country.

Posted by newc 2011-01-06 01:12|| 2011-01-06 01:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The North Korean Special Forces are like the former Iraqi Republican Guards - slightly better trained, better housed, better equipped, and better fed than the line troops. They are NOT SOCOM material, or the functional equivalent of the USMC or the ROK Marines. Just because a communist nation calls their troops Special Forces does not make them Special Forces. Besides which, does anyone believe that with a population 1/15 of the US that North Korea could have an actual SOCOM force of 200,000? We cannot get that many Special Forces troops with our large population and military budget.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-01-06 01:46|| 2011-01-06 01:46|| Front Page Top

#4 ION PEOPLES DAILY > [old]REPORT: CHINA SHIFTING NUCLEAR RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. Preemptive Nuc Strike option as preceded by intitial Conventional forces warning.

* SAME > THE LOST JAPAN MUST LOOK BEYOND ALLIANCE, as per wid ROK. TOKYO must completely change or reconsider its views on CHINA.

* SAME > CHINA HAS PLANS FOR FIVE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-01-06 02:11|| 2011-01-06 02:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Bizarre military drill by semi-naked soldiers
Half dressed and screaming, members of the South Korean Special Forces brave bitterly icy waters in a test of strength and endurance.

Posted by tipper 2011-01-06 04:32|| 2011-01-06 04:32|| Front Page Top

#6 That's a very good point Shieldwolf, thanks for that.

Posted by kojack 2011-01-06 07:04|| 2011-01-06 07:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Know your enemy. The "Special Forces" of NKor are mainly there as the most loyal troops, and their primary duty is to maintain control of the country, and to be able to put down any military uprisings by the regular forces -- which Shieldwolf points out, was the same role the RG held for Saddam in Iraq. There do exist in this group, in limited numbers, some "Commando" types, a few thousand that that approximate Marines in terms of discpline and amphib training, and a smaller number that approximate Army Rangers in terms of unconventional insertion training. Very few of them are trained and equipped to western "Special Forces" standards, and probably only a handful even come close to the level of SAS, Green Berets or SEALs.

So make no mistake about it - these "special" forces are special mainly in their loyalty to the Government. For this, they get better food, housing and newer equipment, and they are nearly completely isolated from any contact with normal North Korean society and economy. They still cannot afford the ammunition, fuel and other supplies to train properly.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-01-06 09:40|| 2011-01-06 09:40|| Front Page Top

#8 South Korea might be wise to make sure there are no stockpiles of food, weapons or ammo too close to the border that would be useful to invading Norks.

That being said . . .

Here are some US special forces:

Posted by gorb 2011-01-06 11:02|| 2011-01-06 11:02|| Front Page Top

South Korea might be wise to make sure there are no stockpiles of food, weapons or ammo too close to the border that would be useful to invading Norks.

Or they could plant stockpiles of food and clothing in the most likely paths in order to stall the offense while the troops loot.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2011-01-06 15:42|| 2011-01-06 15:42|| Front Page Top

#10 #9 - Contaminate the food stockpiles with a strong, long-lasting cathartic & the invasion will end rather abruptly.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-06 15:53|| 2011-01-06 15:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Note a Norwegian icebreaker had already done the heavy lifting.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-01-06 15:59|| 2011-01-06 15:59|| Front Page Top

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