Re:Thunder Run to Seoul: Assessing North Korea’s War Plan
by dba7dba on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @03:46PM
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Ukraine did not have own artillery to counter nor airpower.
South Korea has plenty of artillery and MLRS to counter N Korean threats, not to mention counter-battery radar systems.
I read someone who quoted a South Korean army officer who said once S Korean K9 SPH started rolling off the factory, South Korean army gained the advantage over N Korean army.
And with my very amateur level knowledge, I agree.
Re:Thunder Run to Seoul: Assessing North Korea’s War Plan
by petre on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @04:32PM
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Serbian S-125s were pretty effective against F117s during the war in Yugoslavia. They targeted the planes using long range radar.
Re:Thunder Run to Seoul: Assessing North Korea’s War Plan
by AcerbicZero on Friday April 28, 2017 @11:53AM
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We may have different definitions for the word "effective".
I'm not disparaging what Colonel Dani was able to accomplish using outdated equipment, but it's important to note how little the Yugoslavian air defense was able to achieve as a whole.
Re:Thunder Run to Seoul: Assessing North Korea’s War Plan
by AcerbicZero on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @03:40PM
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I've not heard of the DPRK possessing anything beyond S200/Buks (along with plenty of older Soviet SAMs) which shouldn't be discounted, but are not going to be capable of stopping the dedicated air defense suppression operations over the immediate combat area.
The primary concern is the use of artillery and multi barrel rocket launchers devastating any ROK ground forces. Russia demonstrated their long distance lethality in Ukraine.
I'm also curious at the quality of DPRKs SAMs. The new S400 ones definitely pose a problem even for modern American planes. I've heard even the 90s model S300 could still be a serious concern.
I remember hearing the War Nerd talk about a couple of war hawks who wrote a series of articles about intervention in Syria totally glossing over the real threat they pose. And these guys apparently had a lot of influence in Washington among the establishment neocons and Clinton types. These SAMs are apparently very underrated. We just assume America has the best tech but real world combat is quite different.