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That's a good thing - Yongin is to the south of Seoul, quite far away from the border with North Korea. Out of range of most North Korean artillery.
by Idiot_in_Vain 4y ago
That's a good thing - Yongin is to the south of Seoul, quite far away from the border with North Korea. Out of range of most North Korean artillery.
- bilekas 4y agoWhat a strange comment. Honestly, if this is what you're worried about those few miles/km's wont matter.
- saiya-jin 4y agoIt may matter tremendously if SHTF, as a difference between few missiles that get trough Patriot defenses hitting some random part of fab vs fab looking like Mariupol steel plant or Bakhmut. russian war in Ukraine gives us some very good lessons is east vs west current warfare, if you care to look for them
- KineticLensman 4y agoThey can hardly continue chip production as if nothing had happened if NK is shelling towns 50km to the North.
- avisser 4y agoI don't think "production during the war" is the point. I believe the point GP is making is that production can continue after hostilities cease if and only if the plant is intact. Being beyond the range of 155mm artillery makes that much more likely.
- seoulmetro 4y agoNorth Korea news is very much propaganda across the world so you shouldn't blame them for bringing up seemingly weird statements. Yeah. It doesn't matter at all.
- SiempreViernes 4y agoSure, but not their conventional missiles. That your high value targets are outside of range of the opponents very cheapest weapon systems seems like a very mild benefit.
- ashwagary 4y agoI always found it interesting that 99% of all high value SK targets are less than 50 miles from the North Korean border. A chip factory located further away, though a good idea, will hardly put a dent in the earlier observation.
- farseer 4y agoEasily within range of bigger rocket artillery. The security point prolly wasn't considered when selecting this location otherwise they would have build it somewhere on their southern coast. Of-course most of the engineering talent is near Seoul, so that leaves them with no choice.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoBut not out of range of longer range rocket or missile arty, nor aircraft or saboteurs. Why can't we build fabs in countries that aren't at risk of fuckery by the CCP?
- sct202 4y agoBecause 'we' are not building the fabs, these people are building fabs in their own countries wherever they want to put them.
- ElectricalUnion 4y ago> Why can't we build fabs in countries that aren't at risk of fuckery by the CCP? Because they have ICBMs and we don't have countries outside of Earth yet.
- pookha 4y agoNorth Korea's not a threat to anything except rogue ROK fishermen. They can hardly get fuel into the country. The citizens have to result to eating tree bark. When one of their soldiers fled to the south he had ten different intestinal parasites...Their entire existence is a charade and it's being milked to sell weapons. Shit is inhumane. And I've been to Seoul dozens of times. A lot of the locals are afraid of reunification because it might tank their condo values (or at least that's what I was told).
- ethanbond 4y agoArtillery launched by a sickly army can still do plenty of damage on an urban center. And definitely on a high tech manufacturing facility.
- pphysch 4y agoHow does going to Seoul tell you anything about the facts-on-the-ground in a neighboring country? Seems like a non sequitor.
- pookha 4y agoI was saying that because -- in my humble opinion -- the ongoing farce with North Korea is as much on the ROK as it is with the US...There's a significant segmentation of South Korean's that are just as unlikely to push for re-unification as the US. They're glad to play the game with the Pentagon if that means their bottom line isn't hurt. Which is wild. There's a huge portion of Korea that's been locked into hell for sixty+ years. Enough with the bullshit.