#7 So, Norks, you want Mac's statue? Come and get it.
There are a great many Moonbats and deluded nationalists in RoK but the men who run the RoK army are under no illusions. I personally believe that NK military power is vastly overrated, a product of the MSM capitalizing on MASH indoctrination. Much is made of Kim's "million man army." It reaches that strength only with reserves called in. On that basis, the RoKs outnumber them and there is no comparison in equipment, technology, and training standards. Many second-line Nork units still use equipment left over from the original Korean War. Their Air Force still has MiG-15s and the most numerous type is the now-ancient MiG-21. Nork tanks are steel-hulled Soviet types, including many T-34/85s of WW2 vintage. They might as well be paper when confronted by APDS ammunition of any reasonable caliber. It goes on and on.
The Norks are also wedded to traditional and long-discredited Stalin-era tactical doctrines emphasizing massive shock (frontal attack) at decisive points and flank infiltration under the (non-existent) cover of darkness. It is like the much-feared Chinese assault on Taiwan (aka "the million man swim"), a paper tiger made up of equal parts propaganda and wishful thinking.
As for their nukes, would they dare? It is not impossible that the RoK has nukes itself, they definitely have the know-how. As usual with anything nuclear, the danger is vastly exaggerated though still very great. A single Nork nuke is not going to wipe out Seoul, nor would 10 or 12, the most they might have. Seoul is about 50 times as large as Hiroshima or Nagasaki in 1945 and much more solidly constructed. In return, the Norks would face literal annihilation. American nukes can obliterate every city and other important site in North Korea, including the caves and tunnels that shelter their artillery. |
They still don't like Doug.