You’re right, only their biggest tubes are in range. But, those that are in range are 170mm and by far, the most potent, non-rocket/missile type of arty in their inventory. They do have rockets that are easily in range and some are big (300mm). More importantly, they have tons of IRBM and MRBMs and will probably have…

Ignore him. For some reason he’s desperate to argue this shit and thinks that N. Korea’s potential to really hurt Seoul and S. Korea is non-existent.

Three days of talks? More like three days of shooting rice wine and playing “Risk”. Best out of five gets to tun up the volume on propaganda squawk boxes.

For just the US or all countries combined? Ballpark average? Every five to ten years-ish. Hard to say, the world will go a decade without anything worth mentioning, then something will happen and air combat happens. Even then though it’s usually just a handful of engagements.

You’re an idiot. Dave, myself, and a thousand other people reading this know damn well that life isn’t a video game. We’ve been there. For you it’s a catch-phrase. Get fucked.

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It’s a Jin class SSBN alright. While they’re relatively new, they’re also junk. It literally takes a decade to build so it’s a lot like the newest Russian subs. Plenty capable, but still a generation behind because of financial issues. For example the Borei and Yasen are really old designs. The Borei was designed in…

I wouldn’t be too concerned. It belongs to the DPRK. It’s simply a special kind of splice so King Hippo can pirate cable and watch the food network.

There we go! I read most of his books when they were published and then haven’t read them again since. I remembered in Debt of Honor they have a similar problem in Japan, but I knew there was also something in one of his books pertaining to Russia. Good call.

Did you really just ask me that? Do some research. The Russians put enormous amounts of money into their strategic rocket forces. They are continuously refining and introducing new ICBMs that are more capable than our, very old, ICBMs. Their extremely high speed AhSMs were superior to any NATO weapon in the same…

Sadly, Cuda isn’t going to happen.

The “D” model AIM-120 has a 50-60 km advantage. There’s still alot we don’t know about both missiles though. Both have some pros and cons but the Meteor is probably the best all round missile in it’s class.

Glad you saw this. I saw it a day or two ago on the Aviationist and was gonna tell you about it.

I’d be in favor of that. Keeping US troops as far back as possible, while still being close enough to rapidly move if needed, would be the best idea. No reason to have them directly under N. Korean guns all the time. What ended up happening to the 2 ID BCT that was at Ft. Carson? Did you forget to mention them or did…

I don’t disagree with anything you said really. But, allow me to play devil’s advocate for a bit. And yeah, that 1.5 mach at sea level was an exaggeration. But it’s kinda irrelevant. An intercepting fighter would have the same limitations as the Backfire. They basically cancel each other out.

Um surface to surface rockets and missiles are widely considered a form of artillery. Only here do I need to differentiate. Only here would somebody not include those systems into the artillery tree, then accuse someone of backpedaling because they had to specifically mention it separately. My other replies on this…

Completely agree. I feel for North Korea’s populace, but a preemptive strike makes little or no sense. Regardless of how hard the DPRK tries to isolate itself, it’s impossible to do for the long run. Eventually, the technology and ideals of the outside world will topple the NK leadership. Their control on power is…

Yeah, I dont get it. Your first link said it has a 90% success rate. I’ve seen other sources say it’s even better than that. Also keep in mind, if the rocket’s trajectory indicates that it won’t hit anything, Iron Dome won’t engage. So many of the rockets landing randomly did so because Iron Dome saw it, deemed it…

The Koksan? With RAP shells it can just barely hit Seoul from the area around the Kaesong pocket.

How can you be sure you’ll get a significant number of assets in a preemptive strike, especially if a conflict is imminient? We have little to no HUMINT in N. Korea. Using signals intelligence and air/space recon isn’t enough. They know we watch them 24/7. They know we continually plot the location of equipment. If…