re: N. Korea has fired a ballistic missile.

If they keep firing practice shots, they're going to run out of actual missiles. I say just let them keep doing it until they have one left. Then frick them up

I think you’re vastly overestimating our ability to stomp one of the worlds largest armies on their own soil with nothing but air power.

If we really decided to kick their arse, it’d probably be a bloodbath. I’m confident we could do it, but it’d take some doing.

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If they keep firing practice shots, they're going to run out of actual missiles. I say just let them keep doing it until they have one left. Then frick them up

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their missiles will be useless in a shooting war. It's the thousands upon thousands of artillery pieces that will do the damage

We have a new countermeasure system that can shoot down mortars but I imagine there will be some leakage when 20K rounds are fired upon Seoul within the first 10 minutes of battle.

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Their people are starving. First sign of trouble they would cave

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That is an easy assessment to make and was born out in the first Gulf war when even the elite units were giving up en masse even though they were likely better fed and equipped than the NK soldiers. However, it fails to take into account that the vast majority of the NK military (not the top brass) and NK citizens see us as a TRUE existential threat. They know so little of the West and the US it would be like aliens attacking the US. Most militaries and citizens of other countries in the world know enough about the US that while not wanting to lose or capitulate they would not expect the loss or surrender to result in an eradication of the populace. The NKs might well fight to the last woman and child.

I think the desirable approach would be to take out their mass casualty assets and attempt to ensure information is allowed to flow into the country. While they would likely never be our friends they would likely become less belligerent.

Kim probably just wanted to see if the earth was really flat

Has this thing landed yet? I'm starting to cramp up from being curled up under my desk.

So we pose sanctions for, what, the 1,478th time? Those do a lot of good.

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Evacuate Seoul. Then frick North Korea up.

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The problem with that, is that China will step in on their side if we start anything.

Maybe china is pushing NK to do this...