(08-09-2017, 11:04 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(08-09-2017, 10:30 AM)B2hibry Wrote: I can tell you we are not months away from having strike capability. Since 1953, the U.S. and allies have continually massaged operational plans for every scenario. Nearly every military piece of equipment has been mapped out and continuously monitored. This isn't your grandfathers Korean War!

I don't think we are months away from having strike capability.   I think we are months away from being able to carry out a serious war with North Korea.   No one doubts we could drop a few bombs right now if we wanted to.   But as I read it, most military experts think a war with NK would be long and costly, and would require huge resources that would have to be moved into place.   Our military has loads of assets, but they are spread all over the globe.   Things have to be put in place.  For example, I've read some credible people that say we should have at least 3 aircraft carriers involved if we go after NK.   That alone would take a couple of months to put 3 aircraft carriers in place.

There is always a plan ready for countries we perceive as a threat...Carriers don't have to sit off the coast of North Korea either, and there is no telling how many under water threats are close enough to strike at any given moment, not to mention Guam has a nice sized AF base capable of launching bombers around the clock, and we have more than enough surface ships carrying cruise missiles within reach of North Korea as well... The real problem is how North Korea would act towards South Korea if we attacked...

I would venture to guess in a first strike against North Korea, we would take out all defensive radar stations, communications facilities, and electrical power plants, military runways, and military supply facilities including fuel stations and weapons depots so we would leave them blind, in the dark, and with no gas for aircraft, military ground vehicles, mobile missile launchers and naval ships and no way to communicate with each other...

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