Korean sword-rattling

[gaelic cowboy]

Only North Korea would start a war, but only South Korea could win one.

Only a certifiable loon would start a war when the yanks are testing this kind of tech

[KukriKhan]

Only a certifiable loon would start a war when the yanks are testing this kind of tech

So that's what that racket was Wednesday. Church attendance skyrocketed on Thursday, the local senior citizens and religiously-inclined convinced "the end" was near.

[Moros]

Only a certifiable loon would start a war when the yanks are testing this kind of tech

Load the Hwacha!

[Meneldil]

According to the various sites linked by someone earlier in this thread, it looks like the biggest NK artillery cannot reach Seoul, even from the border. So it looks like the whole "Seoul will be razed to the ground as soon as the war starts" idea is a misconception.

[Furunculus]

do be a sport, and point us to those links.......... :)

[Meneldil]

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...es!-%282009%29 This one here.

The only gun that can reach Seoul from the border is the M-1978 Koksan. All of them are actually buried far away from there and are aimed at the border and not at Seoul.

Of course ,they have Scuds and what not too. But artillery wise, NK couldn't flatten Seoul in a matter of hours, since they'd have to move said artillery way south.

[Furunculus]

awesome news, thank you.

i rest much easier knowing that Seoul is less likely to suffer obliteration upon the demented actions of the north korean clown of state. :)

[Azathoth]

The only outcome of a modern Korean war that can be predicted with certainty is that everyone on the peninsula will be royally screwed.

Here's a scenario for you:

North Korea invades and levels a few square miles of Seoul. The damage to the capital's infrastructure and the shift toward a war footing will cripple the South Korean economy. A few weeks later the North Korean army is being mopped up, special forces are crawling all over Pyongyang and every single nuclear facility, and the former state will soon be jointly occupied by China, the South, the US, and the UN. The already badly strained South Korean economy will now have to deal with millions of malnourished refugees and the lack of any significant public infrastructure. The rest of the world must either lend Korea hundreds of billions or prepare for its total economic collapse.

The most tragically overlooked consequence of the war will be the devastation of the unique and incredibly fragile ecosystem that has flourished in the DMZ for the past 60 years.