snoopy316 said:
I don't know if it would come to war. I hope it doesn't because the U.S. alone does not have the manpower to deal with North Korea. We are not in a position to get into a real war right now. All our funding has been depleted on the bullshit war in Iraq. We are so far into debt it isn't even funny.
But the south koreans are mean little bastards, and can hold their own.
China comes into play in a big part. NK has always ran their mouths and always expect China to back their s**t. With the trade that the U.S and China are enjoying together right now I don't think China will back them.
If anything were to happen I would gurantee it would be
NK vs. U.S. S.K. Japan self defense Force, England and the Aussies.
The Aussies are always looking to fight and can woop ass in a jungle conflict
This is not 1951 or 1968. The 72nd Armor can hold and counter anything that lil'kim's got. The DPRK tanks are old T-55 and T-62s. Sadaam had T-72s and we ran right through those f**kers. Hell, even The ROK's old M48A5s can hold against T55s (although I don't know why in the hell we didn't upgrade them with our old M60A3 TTS
the tank thermal sight is vastly superior to stereo-optic. I guess the ROK has faith in their K-1s)
There will be no MiG alley. The F15 Eagle has hundreds of air to air wins and 0 (ZERO) combat losses. The F-16 may just be the finest single engine multi role combat aircraft (USAF and IAF records) and the F-14 still has plenty of fight in it (Anytime Baby)
The AH-64 Apache and AH1W Marine Cobra vs. the Hind? I'm not certain but i don't think DPRK has D-models. The Hind can take hits better but the Apache can aquire and kill more effectively. The Cobra is smaller and more manueverable and has a f**king minigun. (yes, f**king was necessary to describe the minigun. sure it's only 7.62....at 4000 rounds per minute.
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...and like you said, the ROKs are certifiable bad-asses. There's a reason the NVA and VC feared the ROKs. They avoided the USArmy and Marines unless conditions were right for them. The conditions were never right to engage the ROKs they feared them so much. Same for the Aussies.
All Kim Jong Il has is his ballistic missiles.
What I want to know is why the extreme left is so pissed aboutus having and utilizing a missile defense system? I mean it seems perfect. A purely defensive weapon.
in whiny left extremist voice "You are provoking Kim Jong Il."
Not if it works. It's the perfect trump card. It's like playing Spades and holding the Ace of Spades (unless you are playing that duece trumps ace crap)
whiny leftist again "they'll just find another way to attack us..."
Well, at least it won't be a ICBM