NORTH KOREA CONFLICT PREDICTION TOPIC

[Super Suit 12]

i don't want to be in this country all the same

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If North Korea launches a missile at us, it's either gonna end up in the ocean or blown up in their faces. At which point we can just loving steamroll them.

Some people are talking like this would be a war like Iraq, which is completely wrong. This would be a war like the Gulf War, where we forgeted up the Iraqis big time with only double-digit casualties. It'd likely be over within a couple of days. We are the most powerful military in the world bar none, plus we would presumably have the backing of NATO and anyone who felt threatened that NK actually fulfilled one of their promises. NK is a speck of dust. They don't even have widespread electricity in their country. They have no chance of winning whatsoever, even if they do a Killzone 2 and detonate a nuke in their own city like madmen.

Once we win, just do what we did with Japan and Germany, in coalition with SK, and we're all set. It'd be like removing a wart.

Disregarding North Korean brainwash-nationalism and spirit, their huge army on endless training, their large navy, the possibility of them nuking South Korea, China, or Japan, and the fact that China would also be interested in keeping a buffer state between them and South Korea, yeah it'd be over in a week.

[Cappytaino]

Disregarding North Korean brainwash-nationalism and spirit, their huge army on endless training, their large navy, the possibility of them nuking South Korea, China, or Japan, and the fact that China would also be interested in keeping a buffer state between them and South Korea, yeah it'd be over in a week.

NK may have a large army but they are poorly equipped and technologically inferior. They'd just be throwing men into the meat grinder and hoping their sheer manpower can overwhelm the US. Spoiler alert: manpower doesn't win battles. See: the Somme

[Count]

If North Korea launches a missile at us, it's either gonna end up in the ocean or blown up in their faces. At which point we can just loving steamroll them.

Some people are talking like this would be a war like Iraq, which is completely wrong. This would be a war like the Gulf War, where we forgeted up the Iraqis big time with only double-digit casualties. It'd likely be over within a couple of days. We are the most powerful military in the world bar none, plus we would presumably have the backing of NATO and anyone who felt threatened that NK actually fulfilled one of their promises. NK is a speck of dust. They don't even have widespread electricity in their country. They have no chance of winning whatsoever, even if they do a Killzone 2 and detonate a nuke in their own city like madmen.

Once we win, just do what we did with Japan and Germany, in coalition with SK, and we're all set. It'd be like removing a wart.

The topic at hand isn't really whether or not NK poses a severe threat to us, it's how do we deescalate the situation to minimize the loss of human life to the fullest extent. I know it's easy to say "lol screw them all idc if the whole country gets obliterated", but almost all of those people living there are basically trapped against their will. Many have families in South Korea. Their humans just like us, but were born into really bad circumstances.

[Cappytaino]

The topic at hand isn't really whether or not NK poses a severe threat to us, it's how do we deescalate the situation to minimize the loss of human life to the fullest extent. I know it's easy to say "lol screw them all idc if the whole country gets obliterated", but almost all of those people living there are basically trapped against their will. Many have families in South Korea. Their humans just like us, but were born into really bad circumstances.

In the event of war, leveraging air superiority from carriers in the south China Sea to carry out a series of surgical strikes on critical pieces of NK military infrastructure/the supply chain/power grid seems like the best option. Civilian casualties may still occur, but should be fairly minimal provided they aren't hiding inside of a missile silo or arms depot.

The question becomes not how to defeat NK (that doesn't seem particularly difficult) but rather how to protect civilians in the process.

[Tactical Nuke]

Disregarding North Korean brainwash-nationalism and spirit minus all the people in gulags or in concentration camps, which is pretty much everyone, their huge malnourished, poorly-equipped army on endless outdated training, their large navy made of scrap metal from over 75 years ago, the possibility of them nuking South Korea, China, or Japan followed by an immediate nuclear response by all three countries, and the fact that China would also be interested in keeping a buffer state between them and South Korea except if they got nuked by NK, yeah it'd be over in a week.

ftfy

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NK may have a large army but they are poorly equipped and technologically inferior. They'd just be throwing men into the meat grinder and hoping their sheer manpower can overwhelm the US. Spoiler alert: manpower doesn't win battles. See: the Somme

see also: the USSR, plus Japanese ultra-nationalism (banzai!!) during WWII

my point, anyway, was that it'd obviously end in North Korea's demise, but it's going to take lots of lives with it. It's not as easy as "well, let's go take em over!"

[Cappytaino]

see also: the USSR, plus Japanese ultra-nationalism (banzai!!) during WWII

my point, anyway, was that it'd obviously end in North Korea's demise, but it's going to take lots of lives with it. It's not as easy as "well, let's go take em over!"

It isn't easy but it's a necessary evil. They likely won't give up their nuclear program without strong coercion.

[Tactical Nuke]

see also: the USSR, plus Japanese ultra-nationalism (banzai!!) during WWII

my point, anyway, was that it'd obviously end in North Korea's demise, but it's going to take lots of lives with it. It's not as easy as "well, let's go take em over!"

the USSR and the Japanese were fighting during a time where weapons and technology are nowhere near what they are today
armor, firepower and pretty much everything else has exponentially improved, meanwhile their technology has flatlined around 50s-60s era stuff

you're giving them too much credit, which is a good practice in wartime but still

[Alteration]

I think it's time for America to "discover oil" in NK

[ShadowsfeaR]

I think it's time for America to "discover oil" in NK

heh :)

[Metario]

hey guys can we not nuke japan while im still in it

[Red Spy]

Disregarding North Korean brainwash-nationalism and spirit, their huge army on endless training, their large navy, the possibility of them nuking South Korea, China, or Japan, and the fact that China would also be interested in keeping a buffer state between them and South Korea, yeah it'd be over in a week.

iraq had the 4th largest military in the world and we steamrolled them in a matter of months. we're completely capable of taking down any military in like two months. north korea is a loving joke. going to war with them would be a spit in the face of all the other countries we've  fought. all the weapons they have are basically chinese or russian hand me downs from the 50s. more often then not they don't even have enough fuel to power all their stuff, not to mention the meme that is their subs
china has been starting to distance itself from nk and i don't really blame them. if stuff goes south they wouldn't want to say they allied themselves with a state that openly wants to nuke everything around it

[Decepticon]

going to war with them would be a spit in the face of all the other countries we've  fought. all the weapons they have are basically chinese or russian hand me downs from the 50s. more often then not they don't even have enough fuel to power all their stuff, not to mention the meme that is their subs

don't they also still primarily use really old early cold war era soviet aircraft in their air force?

[Rally]

We should detonate a nuke in California and say North Korea did it. Two birds one stone.