03-05-2003, 03:34 PM
Quote:NK has very few fighters that were not made in the '60's (and by very few I mean can be counted on two hands),
F-16s still in service in USAAF are just upgraded 60s technology. Point is, that unlike the Iraqi airforce in 91, the NK one would not run away. There would be US planes dropped.
Quote:A telling point: there is nothing their ground forces have aside from heavy artillery systems that can penetrate the armor of an M-1 or K-1 (Korean version of the M-1, about 85% of the size) tank. Nothing. Not anti-tank missles, recoiless rifles, tank munitions, nothing.
The terrain in NK doesn't favor large armored concentrations. It would be very much like Afghanistan, only the opposition is organized, and has fifty times as much troops.
They do have rocket launchers, mines and other infantry weapons that are effective against any modern armor. And effective doesn't mean you stand in front of the tank and aim at it's strongest armor.