This Is What It Would Cost To Destroy North Korea's Nuclear Arsenal (Update)

ABC News Online: North Korea: Invasion is 'only way' to destroy Kim Jong-un's military threat, Pentagon official says

A ground invasion of North Korea is "the only way" to locate and destroy with complete certainty Kim Jong-un's nuclear weapons program, the Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff have said.

In a letter to the Pentagon, two House Democrats had asked about casualty assessments in a possible conflict with North Korea, and Rear Admiral Michael J Dumont of the Joint Staff responded on behalf of the Defence Department.

"It is our intent to have a full public accounting of the potential cost of war, so the American people understand the commitment we would be making as a nation if we were to pursue military action," the representatives' letter said.

"We have not heard detailed analysis of expected US or allied force casualties, expected civilian casualties, what plans exist for the aftermath of a strike — including continuity of the South Korean Government."

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