On the upside, better than South Korea building their own, assuming this is a geopolitical move to assure South Korea of the US’s commitment. But outside of that, it seems weird. The US could flatten North Korea like a bug using purely conventional means. Why get the complexity of nuclear weapons in the mix?
I… what? What are you basing that on? North Korea’s decrepit old air force? Its submarines that are of greater danger to their own crew? The US’s air force, which if broken out into separate branches would have 4 of the top 10 branches worldwide? And don’t think China’s going to swoop in and help if North Korea picks a fight with the US. It’s going to be pure situation containment mode from Beijing.
For starters, the size of the military, Korea has a total of 7,769,000 personnel in the army, while the US has 2,072,950. US naval force is not that relevant here since the most vulnerable attack for that would be in the South, which is where it’s most connected to the sea, and the air force has been proven to not be that effective against guerrilla warfare, you need to use an insane amount of ammunition like they did in Laos.
China will probably not participate, but it won’t allow US navy ships next to its shores, and if you think Russia, Iran, Syria and some other countries will not help NK you are delirious. Simply by the number of soldiers NK can win a war of attrition.
On the upside, better than South Korea building their own, assuming this is a geopolitical move to assure South Korea of the US’s commitment. But outside of that, it seems weird. The US could flatten North Korea like a bug using purely conventional means. Why get the complexity of nuclear weapons in the mix?
North Korea would fuck the US in a conventional war no questions answered.
I… what? What are you basing that on? North Korea’s decrepit old air force? Its submarines that are of greater danger to their own crew? The US’s air force, which if broken out into separate branches would have 4 of the top 10 branches worldwide? And don’t think China’s going to swoop in and help if North Korea picks a fight with the US. It’s going to be pure situation containment mode from Beijing.
For starters, the size of the military, Korea has a total of 7,769,000 personnel in the army, while the US has 2,072,950. US naval force is not that relevant here since the most vulnerable attack for that would be in the South, which is where it’s most connected to the sea, and the air force has been proven to not be that effective against guerrilla warfare, you need to use an insane amount of ammunition like they did in Laos.
China will probably not participate, but it won’t allow US navy ships next to its shores, and if you think Russia, Iran, Syria and some other countries will not help NK you are delirious. Simply by the number of soldiers NK can win a war of attrition.