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North Korea is constantly making threats of an all out war against South Korea and the U.S.. They are woefully under equipped to engage in such a fight however they have the ability to transport Special Forces into S. Korea and they could employ chemical weapons and they have been increasingly testing nuclear weapons since 2006, they also have an unknown amount of cyber warriors to commit hacking acts into computer systems. So while N. Korea would not be able to win a conventional war, they are capable of engaging in unconventional warfare. It is a good idea to remind them of the capability of the U.S. and to crush their endless provocation of South Korea and the U.S.
The U.S. military flew four of its most advanced fighter jets low over South Korea on Wednesday in a show of force after recent North Korean actions that have heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula."They demonstrated commanding spirit to the world and resolve to crush the enemy's reckless provocation through the successful combined flyover. We will further develop the relationship of cooperation to support peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the world," Jeong said in the U.S. Forces statement.
The U.S. military flew four of its most advanced fighter jets low over South Korea on Wednesday in a show of force after recent North Korean actions that have heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula."They demonstrated commanding spirit to the world and resolve to crush the enemy's reckless provocation through the successful combined flyover. We will further develop the relationship of cooperation to support peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the world," Jeong said in the U.S. Forces statement.
U.S. F-22s in show of force over Korea
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I think it's giving NK too much benefit of the doubt to say they could deploy SF teams into SK with any real capability. Cyber warfare? That is their most likely course of action.
SK and the US will never be able to "crush" the endless provocation as long as NK exists under the regime that it does. The only thing that will change the relationship on the Peninsula is the collapse of NK either on their own, through population revolution, or through an outside influence like China or South Korea finally taking action and putting them down.
Are four F-22s "cool"? Sure. But the capability they bring to the Peninsula isn't really that special. The radar capabilities and surface to air threats that NK possesses really isn't enough to significantly threaten the current air power in SK. Within hours of a hot war, NK's air defense assets would be eliminated and the US and SK would have free reign in the skies of NK (barring any movement from China to secure the air corridors.
F-22s are just a pretty distraction from the business as usual saber rattling.
SK and the US will never be able to "crush" the endless provocation as long as NK exists under the regime that it does. The only thing that will change the relationship on the Peninsula is the collapse of NK either on their own, through population revolution, or through an outside influence like China or South Korea finally taking action and putting them down.
Are four F-22s "cool"? Sure. But the capability they bring to the Peninsula isn't really that special. The radar capabilities and surface to air threats that NK possesses really isn't enough to significantly threaten the current air power in SK. Within hours of a hot war, NK's air defense assets would be eliminated and the US and SK would have free reign in the skies of NK (barring any movement from China to secure the air corridors.
F-22s are just a pretty distraction from the business as usual saber rattling.
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MAJ Bryan Zeski Most of their equipment is out dated and could easily be taken out. They are a threat using unconventional techniques such as cyber warfare. They have a cyber warfare "team" of 6000 personnel. Seoul reports that "North Korea is currently running its 6,000-strong workforce for cyber warfare and performing cyber attacks [to achieve] physical and psychological paralysis in South Korea, such as causing problems for military operations and national infrastructure," Have we forgotten already the Sony cyber attacks? In addition to their cyber team, they have a significant level of the technology needed to miniaturize nuclear warheads and mount them on ballistic missiles, as well as investing in submarine technology and have developed "small - and hard to detect - underwater craft, such as the 120-ton salmon-class submarine and the 300-ton shark class of vessel. The regime is also believed to be pushing ahead with efforts to deploy a long-range ballistic missile in a modified submarine."
We may not be able to "crush" the provocation but we can send a loud and clear message.
We may not be able to "crush" the provocation but we can send a loud and clear message.
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CPT (Join to see) - Like I said, I agree that cyber warfare is their greatest asset. It's also the one that we have no real way of touching with F-22s or any other conventional weapon. The NK cyber warriors don't even have to be in NK to do what they do. They can be in China, Russia, or even SK. It is estimated that there are already 50k North Koreans living in SK - how many of them might be cyber warfare folks? We don't have any way of knowing.
I get your point, but F-22s don't send any kind of message that isn't sent every day by the F-16s and every other thing we have flying. The F-22 doesn't bring a new capability to the theater that isn't already there.
The NK nuclear threat is minimal. Their long range missiles are sketchy at best. Their sub-launched capabilities are also unreliable.
No amount of firepower sitting in SK is going to stop NK from cyber warfare or from the minor provocations across the border. They aren't going to try and overrun South Korea, it would be regime suicide.
I get your point, but F-22s don't send any kind of message that isn't sent every day by the F-16s and every other thing we have flying. The F-22 doesn't bring a new capability to the theater that isn't already there.
The NK nuclear threat is minimal. Their long range missiles are sketchy at best. Their sub-launched capabilities are also unreliable.
No amount of firepower sitting in SK is going to stop NK from cyber warfare or from the minor provocations across the border. They aren't going to try and overrun South Korea, it would be regime suicide.
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