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2010-04-30 China-Japan-Koreas

New Threat from Nork 'Asymmetrical' Warfare

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Posted by Steve White 2010-04-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 ION WAFF > BUSINESS INSIDER + JOONGANG DAILY.SK > NORTH KOREA MAKES MAJOR TROOPS SHIFT, POSTURES FOR DIRECT ATTACK | SOURCES: NORTH ADOPTS NEW WAR INVASION STRATEGY | NORTH KOREA BUILDS UP MILITARY FOR DIRECT ATTACK.

The DPRK's revised milstrat calls for SEOUL to be quickly overrun by NOKOR mil blitz, + then just as quickly subjected to DRPK-ROK
"negotiations".

Read, MAJOR CONCESSIONS FROM SOKOR TO AVOID NOKOR NUCLEAR STRIKES AGZ SAME.

* ALso from WAFF > DEBKA > US GULD UNITS/FORCES MAY NOT FIRE ON IRAHNIAN MILITARY WIDOUT WHITE HOUSE [bammer] APPROVAL.

and

* TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > UAE: IRAN'S MILITRAY OCCUPATION OF STRAITS ISLANDS IS LIKE ISRAEL'S [Gaza-West bank + Paleos].

US ALLIES + Perts are wondering how POTUS Bammer will react iff IRAN DOES A DRPK = DOES A "CHEONAN" [wilfull act of war]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-04-30 02:00|| 2010-04-30 02:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems simple to me, sink any unidentified sub you find.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-04-30 06:52|| 2010-04-30 06:52|| Front Page Top

#3 In the... for what it's worth dept, 'Asymmetrical Warfare' has recently undergone a name change. The new Joint Pubs now call it 'Irregular Warfare.'

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-30 08:38|| 2010-04-30 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 All wars are asymmetrical. At least if you do it right.

Posted by ed 2010-04-30 08:47|| 2010-04-30 08:47|| Front Page Top

#5 But the asymmetrical strategy is capable of neutralizing such conventional responses, prompting experts to call for more specialized measures to deal with the threat.

Really? Seriously? I think the editors didn't quite think this conclusion through.

Specialized responses, sure, plan as much as possible (keeping in mind the adage about plans), but by definition, the point of asymmetric warfare is that it cannot be countered - it's asymmetric!

All that said, the two great unsaid things in the article are the ROK/US conventional advantages/capabilities, and our own asymmetric plans. While it's useful to keep both secret from the NORKs, it's the whole point for the latter.

Finally, does anyone believe the NORKs have an airborne capacity which we wouldn't counter in the first five minutes of a war? Would they even get off the ground?

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-04-30 10:41|| 2010-04-30 10:41|| Front Page Top

#6 We live in a seriously dangerous world with an unserious leadership.....

Posted by Uncle Phester 2010-04-30 21:10|| 2010-04-30 21:10|| Front Page Top

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