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2009-10-11 China-Japan-Koreas

N. Korea Swiftly Expanding Its Special Forces

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Posted by Steve White 2009-10-11 00:45|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 SF? My @$$. They seem more like government sponsored terrorists to me. All they have to know is how to wait until folks are looking the other way befor they rush in and plant a bomb or push a button. You don't expand SF quickly. It takes time.

And if it's so cost effective, then might as well adopt their tactics and see how they feel about it.

Posted by gorb 2009-10-11 01:57|| 2009-10-11 01:57|| Front Page Top

#2 The North has had hundreds of artillery tubes trained on Seoul since the 50s. Weird setup for a war, put your capital on the enemy's frontier. On the other hand, convenient for DMZ tourism.

Posted by gromky 2009-10-11 06:46|| 2009-10-11 06:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh and the North's commandos are pretty badass. There was a case of a shipwrecked minisub, the commandos didn't think the crew could make it so they executed them on the beach and then dispersed to try to escape back across the border. One of them made it, the rest took weeks of noisy operations to track down and kill.

Posted by gromky 2009-10-11 06:53|| 2009-10-11 06:53|| Front Page Top

#4 They're increasing special forces because their short buses have been delivered. Just look for the parking lot full of yellow buses, like New Orleans.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2009-10-11 20:50|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2009-10-11 20:50|| Front Page Top

#5 hola Chuck! Miss your comments...busy, I know
Frank G

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-10-11 20:57|| 2009-10-11 20:57|| Front Page Top

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