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Do you think that would increase or decrease the chances of the North Korean military launching nukes?
by mef 13y ago
Do you think that would increase or decrease the chances of the North Korean military launching nukes?
- sixQuarks 13y agodecrease
- ak217 13y agoThey don't seem to have any nukes to launch, nor the ability to sustain conflict. The only thing they are capable of is provocations and a one-time surprise attack (the artillery probably wouldn't do significant damage, but a dirty bomb snuck across the border would). Given their escalating fondness of low-level provocations, the option of a surgical strike against the leadership gains appeal over time (but doesn't outweigh the downsides of having to deal with a broken nation afterwards yet).
- belluchan 13y ago> nor the ability to sustain conflict. How do you know this? The CIA world factbook puts N Korea's army at 6 million people. Seems like they have the ability to weather a sustained conflict just fine: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kn.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...