Could we please not resume a shooting war on the Korean peninsula?https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/849735892155674624 …
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It's also worth mentioning that we're throwing rocks at this hornet's nest while South Korea is undergoing a forced presidential transition.
Also, I hope we haven't already forgotten China's role during the Korean war.
Let’s say you’re planning a decapitation strike that minimizes non-NK fatalities, all else be damned. What’d that look like?
I don't even know. I would imagine a lot of those artillery sites operate partly on a dead man's switch.
You'd have to coordinate very carefully with taking out nuclear sites, then taking out military HQ. In the confusion, mass comms interrupts.
Only a short window for that. The retaliatory capability needs to be eliminated. That means lots of CAS on station.
Targeting is the big challenge. That info gets relayed to bases in the US then sent to military assets. That cycle is vulnerable.
Which is why we've had the same policy regarding NK since 1953. Something I'm sure nobody in the WH has taken into consideration.
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