Could we please not resume a shooting war on the Korean peninsula?https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/849735892155674624 …
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Emily G Retweeted Sarah Kendzior
Could we please not resume a shooting war on the Korean peninsula?https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/849735892155674624 …
Emily G added,
A military action against NK would be a very bad idea, mainly because 1.) this admin has already screwed many up and...
2.) retaliation against South Korea would be devastating. Seoul is within artillery range of NK.http://www.businessinsider.com/why-no-one-in-korea-wants-war-2013-4 …
Taking out missile bases is one thing. But NK's artillery is well-hidden and distributed.pic.twitter.com/HIVtgyZDNd
The devastation it could bring to civilian areas would be dramatic. Think carpet bombing.
Artillery is hard to defend against. There is some tech but it's not at that scale, anywhere. The only way to defend it is to destroy it.
And we couldn't do that without substantial military involvement. So yeah, no such thing as a surgical strike against NK.
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.
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