[NEWS] North Korea successfully tests hydrogen bomb

[Red Spy]

what makes you think they are insane- the fact that they've been testing nuclear weapons? the fact that they've threatened other countries? the us has conducted around 200 nuclear tests and threatened tens of countries in the last 20 years. really puts stuff into perspective.

yeah well someone else did it so that makes it ok

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[Deus Ex]

you think conventionals will be able to bomb out a heavily forested country with a fanatical government?

didn't work in ww2, didn't work in nam, didn't work in afghan, won't work in korea. we'd initially score good hits- established, visible forts and whatnot- but the moment they mobilize into the trees, you'd have to napalm entire swaths of land to have any meaningful impact- and i really do mean swaths. remember- bombing didn't work in nam, and considering CIA, al-qaeda and the taliban are all still around... it's not working on them, either. germany didn't surrender when entire cities had been wiped by firebombs- the allies invaded them with boots on the ground. ...but japan did surrender when they were nuked.

conventional bombing is a tool to aid other means of warfare, not a dedicated fighting strategy in its own right. bombs can demoralize the civilian world and wreak havoc on enemy industrial capacity, but even cavedwelling terrorists can get mosins and AKs like we americans get popcorn. we bombed the hell out of omaha beach, yet it was still the bloodiest beachhead the allies ever took. bombs have never have been a standalone option and they never will be.

the nuclear option, a CIA-backed coup (which would be incredibly hard to pull off and even bloodier than an invasion when it inevitably causes a civil war), and a full scale invasion are our only absolutist options.

otherwise, we stick to peaceful methods. i defer to what seventh has said on that side of things. if you insist on war, go back and read my prior post. we cannot half-ass a war against a nuclear state.

Then nuke them, I don't give a stuff anymore as long as it's dealt with, this is getting ridiculous

[IkeTheGeneric]

Then nuke them, I don't give a stuff anymore as long as it's dealt with, this is getting ridiculous

Classy.

[HellHound]

why not just nuke south korea too while we're at it. maybe even japan, as a "legacy" sort of thing.

[Nonnel]

why not just nuke south korea too while we're at it. maybe even japan, as a "legacy" sort of thing.

Throwback! I like it!

[Deus Ex]

why not just nuke south korea too while we're at it. maybe even japan, as a "legacy" sort of thing.

Honestly we should stop pusillanimous individualfooting around and glass everything outside of our borders
Nothing but a bunch of sand mondays and orientals out there anyway

[Drydess]

why not just nuke south korea too while we're at it. maybe even japan, as a "legacy" sort of thing.

gotta love this retro style you've got goin

[e-maxx]

Honestly we should stop pusillanimous individualfooting around and glass everything outside of our borders
Nothing but a bunch of sand mondays and orientals out there anyway

[Magus]

Honestly we should stop pusillanimous individualfooting around and glass everything outside of our borders
Nothing but a bunch of sand mondays and orientals out there anyway

The fallout would affect us too.
Plus that'd trigger Dead Hand, which would nuke us.
Winner: none.

[LeisureSuit912]

Honestly we should stop pusillanimous individualfooting around and glass everything outside of our borders
Nothing but a bunch of sand mondays and orientals out there anyway

wew

[Master Matthew²]

Honestly we should stop pusillanimous individualfooting around and glass everything outside of our borders
Nothing but a bunch of sand mondays and orientals out there anyway

Funny Joke.

Its a joke, right?

[Planr]

Then nuke them, I don't give a stuff anymore as long as it's dealt with, this is getting ridiculous

then it will be nuclear war.

[SWAT One]

you guys wanna invade forested mountains? be my guest

we're gonna reach a point where nuking north korea and intercepting the ICBMs they launch with next gen AA is our only option if we don't wanna lose 800,000 soldiers. at the end of the day, guys, the only time the US was faced with something like this was in operation downfall- and we nuked japan in order to avoid it.

a 100 year old bolt action can still fire on your squad from a treeline just fine

Per a number of North Korean defectors in an interview, the trees are being cut down to be used as fuel. I don't know how true this is now, but as you made the point, thought I might contribute something.

[Juncoph]

Per a number of North Korean defectors in an interview, the trees are being cut down to be used as fuel. I don't know how true this is now, but as you made the point, thought I might contribute something.

interesting

[Foopster]

we bombed the hell out of omaha beach, yet it was still the bloodiest beachhead the allies ever took.

This was a go-for-broke assault on a beach they knew was fortified and they knew was going to cost a lot of lives. Now, we are facing a less powerful enemy than the national socialist war machine, the NK army is obviously not as powerful or professional as they claim.