ROKN Corvette sunk after unknown cause

[Desertfox]

The Indian Army is rather well prepared though, innit?  All those years facing Pakistan, and in Kashmir, they must have a pretty solid fighting force.

True, but I'm not an expert on their comparative technology levels, or how good their respective Navies/Airforces are. Except I know the Chinese Navy is pretty weak, but their Airforce is pretty big, one of the biggest iirc.

[THeTA0123]

I doubt that you would be able to find any country willing to fight with N. Korea.

From what I hear, invasion routes between North and south are constricted along a few narrow valleys. And yes, some of N. Korea's tanks are T-34s, iirc, and we could do a shitload of damage simply by ending the food aid. The biggest threat is N korean bombardment of the South Korean capitol; I don't think that N korean artillery is too much of a threat to Skorea's military, as the North fires from already constructed positions which would be sitting ducks for a force with GPS and fire computers on their artillery (not sure if the Sout or US Forces Korea have guided artillery) and who also have abundant aerial reconnaissance. Besides, S Korea has a crapload of strike fighters on their own already; 50 Strike Eagles if I recall correctly, and N korea has no good air defence network.

North korea doesnt use T-34's anymore. Their main tanks are T-55,T-62 and Chonm"as

North korea uses primarly self-propelled artillery, of wich they have pretty large calibers and with pretty long range. The biggest threat of North korea is this.

[Stefan]

maybe a seamine since the water was not very deep and its a contested area.

As far as war between north and south korea, neither side wants it, if they wanted to they had a couple of decades to start it, its like the cold war, people with small dicks in charge thinking the other guy is preparing to invade any minute and vice versa.

[Stefan]

Also something else that smells fishy is total absense of north korean statement. Usually they completely deny something, or say they will wipe usa out if they try that again etc.... so i wonder.

[roberto2]

i have bin reading this and you guy's are talking about what happend and WW3 or a WAR.
didn't see the film 2012  the world will end 

[Mspfc Doc DuFresne]

If it was a seamine, then why did it hit the stern and not the bow? I would expect that N korean seamines are mostly of the contact type, seeing how they are broke.

And Theta, to my knowledge the Norks fire from prepared positions. Prepared well in advance, as in we already have aerial photography.

And Lainer, yes, we are well on our way to become the impoverished communist hellhole that is western Europe.

[siben]

Maybe a 60 year old sea mine dousn't react as quickly as a new one? Everyone who has shot old ammunition will tell you that the chances of having a delay between pulling the trigger and the shot going off are quite high.

Example of this: .303 POF amunition, its sooooo bad. NEVER buy it! It's cheap for a reason.

[[130.Pz]S.Lainer]

And Lainer, yes, we are well on our way to become the impoverished communist hellhole that is western Europe.

Is someone a little cranky over a certain piece of legislation passed recently? 

[Mspfc Doc DuFresne]

...You heard the sarcasm there, right? Dripping with sarcasm?

Yeah, no, I'm sick and tired of people forecasting our impending demise. Why is our demise impending, because although we are richer than ever China is less poor than it used to be? Because our debt, higher than ever, is still half that of countries that are perfectly fine?

Honestly, my biggest worry is the education system we have. Mainly, the teachers' unions and teachers' tenure.

[Tedacious]

well all empires fall eventually. Empires are destined to do that. Now, USA is not an empire, but it's the only superpower in world, and that is similar.

[Mspfc Doc DuFresne]

Define fall. Being superseded does not count as falling, and the way in which Russia fell was by no means predetermined. They could have executed a more successful transition, IMO, such as the way that China became more capitalistic.

Yeah, we will not stay on top forever, but the parallels are deceiving.

[Oddball]

Yeah, but the USSR, fell.

[Mspfc Doc DuFresne]

the way in which Russia fell was by no means predetermined. They could have executed a more successful transition, IMO, such as the way that China became more capitalistic.

*Sigh*

[Oddball]

It was though... communism has never survived.

[Desertfox]

well all empires fall eventually. Empires are destined to do that. Now, USA is not an empire, but it's the only superpower in world, and that is similar.

U.S. is an Empire

It was though... communism has never survived.

No country has really been communist, the USSR was a largely socialist nation realistically, but claimed to be communist