[myrandomcomment]

There would be no day 3 or 4. The US knowns in detail every inch of the DMZ and the NK side. The US counter-battery is the best in the world. Every NK gun that fires would be bracket and destroyed in the 1st 30 minutes. After they are gone any other mapped location would be hit for good measure. The ROK Army and the US Army would start to roll right over the DMZ in the 1st hour. The Air Force and Army attack helicopters would wreck any armor the NK have very very quickly. The NK Army around the DMZ will collapse in the 1st day.

The only real issue we would have to worry about is NK using a nuke on Seoul or Tokyo. That is the major issue and it is why NK will never give up on their weapons. It is the only effect threat they have.

The US planners have sorted out the conventional war issues a long time ago. It is figuring out how to be 100% sure to remove the Nukes from the equation that has stopped us from just stepping on Kim like a roach and he knows that. That is the reason for the Nukes.

[ckozlowski]

I'd sure like to believe you're right. While I have every reason to believe the allies would prevail, I'm also wary of overly optimistic timelines.

Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

[myrandomcomment]

I hope so too. For the most part people do not understand just how over powered the US military is compared to the rest of the world. The worlds largest Air Force is the USAF, the world 2nd largest Air Forces the US Army.

The surgical dismantling of the air defenses around Baghdad in the 1st gulf war was a complete and udder-shock to the Russians. It was the 3rd largest and sophistcated in the world. We removed it in 48 hours for almost no loss. That was with 1980 tech where you needed someone to hold the lasers on target.

We could have ended the 2nd Iraq war and Afganistain in a few months if the military was under the same rules of engagement as WW2. However the destruction and civilian death would be appalling. If there is a war started by NK it is very likely the military would not have the constrains placed on it like Iraq or Afganistain. It would most likely look like WW2. Think Dresden.

The job of the military is to kill people and break things. When they are told to win without the limits we place on them now it would be terrifying.

PS. I know people will ask. Let’s say you are in a city and there are baddies in a building shooting at you. Right now because of constrains to civilian damage, you get the fun job of attacking the location to clear them out with your squad. It sucks and someone on your team is likely to get wounded. If the limits are removed, you call in a fire mission, building is removed from planet, move on to next one. That is what a war with NK would look like. Are we evil for doing this? I am not sure. I believe that fighting this way will end a conflict much quicker over all and in the long term be better for all those involved.