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Michael Peck, Task & Purpose/National Interest: Here’s Exactly Why War With North Korea Would Be Hell, According To New War Games
If war erupts with North Korea, then the U.S. military will have problems, according to a series of war games conducted by the RAND Corporation.
Invading North Korea to capture or destroy Kim Jong-un’s nuclear arsenal, or to knock out artillery batteries threatening Seoul, would overstretch and deplete American and South Korean forces. More ominously, this could also trigger Chinese military intervention.
RAND focused on the ability of the U.S. military—and especially the U.S. Army, which sponsored the research—to respond to three potential issues: the threat of North Korea’s nuclear weapons, the ability of North Korean conventional artillery to devastate Seoul, and the military and diplomatic challenges of securing Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal should the Communist regime collapse and North Korea degenerate into civil war.
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WNU Editor: The use of nuclear weapons is my worst case scenario (obviously). China intervening and engaging their military against U.S. and South Korean forces is my second worst scenario .... because it would only spread, and its impact will be geopolitical on the economic, military, and political fronts.
