I would assume that the commanders at each artillery placement have orders for such things like "In Case US Pigs Attack And We Can't Send Orders." You know, the MAD Protocol. That seems to be right up Kim Jong Il's alley.
Jinx, we actually know more than what we let on. After all, one of the higher-ups from their government did defect to us some years ago. And fairly recently someone was sent to attempt to kill that defector.
What I do know about NK is that their system is relatively low-tech, but built on proven tech and a lot of methodology. If we were to try and strike at them, I believe we can assume that their military would split up like a group of terrorist cells operating independently-yet-cooperatively of each other. And if a surrender order was issued, I don't think that would stop them all, even if said order came from Kim Jong Il's mouth to their ears.
It is possible, I think, to minimize the impact they will be able to have against South Korea, but we would have to devote our efforts to that and that alone for the openeing movements.
In the end, I believe their goals are simply to make taking them as difficult as possible. I know; Duh.
Also, they know that we're not nihilistic enough to face them with the same choices we gave the Japanese at the end of WWII. Supposedly, we're too warm and fuzzy for that anymore.
Really, I'd be inclined to leave them alone, except that torpedoing a warship without just cause is too much for me to personally stomach. Stop and think about it. It's the same thing as running up to somebody and stabbing them in the back and leaving them to death. Pot shots may have been traded before, but this was the worst and most flagrant offense ever.
Remember who is a sailor here. They were not of my country, but they were sailors as well. I am not going to forget what the North Koreans did, nor will I come to easily forgive it.
Jinx, we actually know more than what we let on. After all, one of the higher-ups from their government did defect to us some years ago. And fairly recently someone was sent to attempt to kill that defector.
What I do know about NK is that their system is relatively low-tech, but built on proven tech and a lot of methodology. If we were to try and strike at them, I believe we can assume that their military would split up like a group of terrorist cells operating independently-yet-cooperatively of each other. And if a surrender order was issued, I don't think that would stop them all, even if said order came from Kim Jong Il's mouth to their ears.
It is possible, I think, to minimize the impact they will be able to have against South Korea, but we would have to devote our efforts to that and that alone for the openeing movements.
In the end, I believe their goals are simply to make taking them as difficult as possible. I know; Duh.
Also, they know that we're not nihilistic enough to face them with the same choices we gave the Japanese at the end of WWII. Supposedly, we're too warm and fuzzy for that anymore.
Really, I'd be inclined to leave them alone, except that torpedoing a warship without just cause is too much for me to personally stomach. Stop and think about it. It's the same thing as running up to somebody and stabbing them in the back and leaving them to death. Pot shots may have been traded before, but this was the worst and most flagrant offense ever.
Remember who is a sailor here. They were not of my country, but they were sailors as well. I am not going to forget what the North Koreans did, nor will I come to easily forgive it.