The news today is filled with all sorts of tantrums from our premier Communist rogue state upstart. Scrapping the armistice, cutting ties from South Korea, belligerent if not empty threats of pre-emptive nuclear strikes...war on the Korean Peninsula may still be fairly unlikely, but with a new, more potentially aggressive South Korean administration it has gotten ever closer than it has in recent years.
Assume the following scenario:
-US has two carrier battle groups deployed in the East China Sea plus an MEU on standby
-US Army BCTs are on standby on bases in Japan/Marines on Okinawa on standby
-Current US and South Korean forces on the mainland are on full alert and expect attack
-NATO nations and resources available
-China's 38th and 39th armies are at full combat readiness at the Northern Border of NK
-nearest NORK forces to the border are fully deployed and make the first move inward
-NORK Special Forces are on standby to infiltrate the country covertly
-No initial WMD usage but may be used as war progresses
-Everything else not mentioned assume status-quo
Assume the following scenario:
-US has two carrier battle groups deployed in the East China Sea plus an MEU on standby
-US Army BCTs are on standby on bases in Japan/Marines on Okinawa on standby
-Current US and South Korean forces on the mainland are on full alert and expect attack
-NATO nations and resources available
-China's 38th and 39th armies are at full combat readiness at the Northern Border of NK
-nearest NORK forces to the border are fully deployed and make the first move inward
-NORK Special Forces are on standby to infiltrate the country covertly
-No initial WMD usage but may be used as war progresses
-Everything else not mentioned assume status-quo
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