Not really, it could also put a stop the the nonsense ala Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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China's looks like it's getting ready for something big to go down in North Korea
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Not really, it could also put a stop the the nonsense ala Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Bubba_Sparks
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Where is the proof?
It'd put a stop to the nonsense of the human race maybe lol
Tal Shiar Agent
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Is it in any way possible to evacuate Seoul without North Korea finding out? Are there deep fortifications under Seoul that can withstand a nuclear strike?
That would be pretty much impossible. The North has a bunch of spies and saboteurs in Seoul. They aren't stupid.
There is a difference between North Koreas public agenda and their hidden one.
That fact they keep telling the world that they can turn Washington into a crater is the public one. The anti-america rhetoric is part of their very identity.
But they also know if they try something like that, it will mean the beginning of the end of their regime.
That fact they keep telling the world that they can turn Washington into a crater is the public one. The anti-america rhetoric is part of their very identity.
But they also know if they try something like that, it will mean the beginning of the end of their regime.
Tevious
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I live in Seoul, but from what I understand, NK's nukes aren't powerful enough to destroy the whole city with the initial blast. At best, they could take out a district (-gu). The fallout radiation would affect other districts, but people can survive if they evacuate to basements or underground garages with enough cement to protect them from gamma radiation. I imagine they would most likely target Yongsan-gu because the American army base is there, or maybe Jongno-gu, where the government is. NK is probably also likely to shell the city too in such a scenario, which would do more damage and chemical attacks would kill the most people.
However, any such attack from NK would be complete suicide for the regime. So that's why South Koreans don't worry about it too much. If the regime was about to collapse, it's more likely, but even if Kim Jong-un was mad enough to order the strike, he could also face a military coup right then and there to stop it. If tensions ever got severe enough or the regime was at imminent risk of collapsing, Seoul would probably then be evacuated too.
However, any such attack from NK would be complete suicide for the regime. So that's why South Koreans don't worry about it too much. If the regime was about to collapse, it's more likely, but even if Kim Jong-un was mad enough to order the strike, he could also face a military coup right then and there to stop it. If tensions ever got severe enough or the regime was at imminent risk of collapsing, Seoul would probably then be evacuated too.
It'll be raining MOABs. Or Fingers of God.
Whats that?
andythinkpad
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Nothing will happen before the end of the 19th congress.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Dropping a tungsten rod from orbit
Although I know of it as the "Rod from God"
Basically orbital bombardment.
IndoAssassin
Banned
When SK starts evacuating Seoul, NK will start a barrage of artillery onto the city, as they will think a preemptive strike is imminent.
The only way the US can turn millions of SK deaths to hundreds of thousands is to obliterate every military installation in an all out strike out of nowhere.
That not even SK was suspecting. That's like thousands of missiles launched at the same time at a close range. Which is next to impossible as the naval fleet required to be in the region for such a strike would tip NK off.
Doesn't matter which strategy you think of, millions of deaths on both sides of the border will occur within the first day of attacks.
People will just have to accept a nuclear powered NK.
HighResTomato
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Sounds like something Trump would say. Evil yellow men shooting refugees.
capitalCORN
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GI Joe had no problem doing the same thing during the Korean war for those escaping below the 38th parallel.
Read this earlier.
They've been testing under water SLBM launches.Gives them second strike capability if the US tries to invade
