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2010-06-17 China-Japan-Koreas

Norks Have 180K Special Forces Ready to Cross into South

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Posted by Steve White 2010-06-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 And the South Koreans have 180k bullets ready to distribute to their Nork brethren.

Posted by rammer 2010-06-17 00:16|| 2010-06-17 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Norks Have 180K Special Forces Ready to Cross into South
for food and to escape

Posted by Pliny Ulomotch1665 2010-06-17 02:02|| 2010-06-17 02:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Given Nork population and the normal percentages for elite soldiers, they can't be all that special.

Posted by Iblis 2010-06-17 05:52|| 2010-06-17 05:52|| Front Page Top

#4
Nork definition of "Special Forces" = Soldiers that have eaten this week.

Posted by Parabellum 2010-06-17 08:08|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2010-06-17 08:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Also known as the Short (as in 5'2") Bus soldiers.

Posted by ed 2010-06-17 09:01|| 2010-06-17 09:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Having your capital 10 miles from the border doesn't sound all that smart now, does it?

Posted by mojo 2010-06-17 12:26|| 2010-06-17 12:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Seoul is more than 10 miles from the demarcation line, mojo. Only a tiny fraction of it lies within the range of North Korea's longest range guns, the 180mm S-23 and 130mm M-46, even if the latter are equipped with special ammunition that the Norks are unlikely to have in reasonable quantity.

As for the air infiltration scheme, this might have worked at one time in the not-too-distant past, but the proliferation of lookdown radars and PD ground installations would make it suicide today.

The AN-2 is one of my favorite aircraft but it is a biplane with a cruising speed of 100 knots. Contrary to some reports, it is mostly metal rather than wood in construction. This and the honking big radial engine give it a very large radar signature. The AN-2 is great fun and has phenomenal airfield performance, but it is not something you would care to take into the densest air defense environment in the world.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2010-06-17 18:38|| 2010-06-17 18:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Jeebus, AC! You mean those cute little propeller bi-planes are the NorK Air Farce?

Suicide, anyone?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-06-17 20:06|| 2010-06-17 20:06|| Front Page Top

#9 When I read the story, I was thinking of the An-225. Only off by a factor of 122 1/2.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2010-06-17 22:40|| 2010-06-17 22:40|| Front Page Top

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