Real question. If NK was facing a boots on the ground war with literally all super powers simultaneously, do the govt hand over Kim or do they let him launch a nuke?

That is the million dollar question isn't it. Under normal circumstances I would say that absolutely would be the case but we're talking about a nation thats brainwashed its population since birth for 3 generations and who's military leadership undergoes regular purges of those that are not loyal to the dear leader.

Doesn't matter. We can take the missiles down easily. We've gotten very good at it.

Can it protect Seoul ?

/e nvm

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/03/anger-grows-in-south-korea-over-us-anti-missile-system.html

doing their best to strengthen the defenses. ^

This post was edited by Knaapie on Jun 20 2017 05:21pm

Seoul is in direct artillery range from the dmz isn't it?

If so theres no scenario where seoul is safe.

That is correct, though I'm not aware of any artillery pieces the DPRK has that can fire nuclear salvos. A nuclear attack from them would have to be airborne or missile.

If the conflict involved just North Korea then after the initial outbreak of conflict the entire peninsula would be safe within a week or so. There is no way the North Korean military could stand up against NATO forces. The question is China. If China backed North Korea its a different ball game, if China backs regime change then its lights out for sure.

i dont see that as a possibility as china's military is emerging and they know the cant win a longterm war with NATO either imo. in 50 years? yeah i say that's in play given how the high tech warfare could really change our ideas of who beats who. as it stands now i dont see them destabilize the world for a much more inferior trade partner. what i dont know is if china and russia would throw in together. i tend to think not as it seems like a mutually insured destruction of the world, all to again protect a pretty shitty ally.

but i'd like to see some sort of action that isn't starving the people of north korea, i'm just not sure at all what that is.

Whats I believe is going to happen is an internal military coup that China instigates and supports. It keeps gets the world off their backs over Kim Jong-un and allows them to keep NK under their thumb as a proxy.