Korea Times: US preparing for 'preventive war' with N. Korea: McMaster

[TomSea]

US preparing for 'preventive war' with N. Korea: McMaster
Posted : 2017-08-06 10:03
Updated : 2017-08-06 10:04
The United States is preparing for a "preventive war" with North Korea among many options to deal with its missile and nuclear threats, President Trump's top security adviser has said.

In an interview aired Saturday on MSNBC, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said the president has been clear he will not tolerate North Korea's threats to attack the U.S. with nuclear weapons.

A preventive war is initiated to prevent an enemy from carrying out an attack.

"What you're asking is are we preparing plans for a preventive war, right?" McMaster said. "If they have nuclear weapons that can threaten the United States. It's intolerable from the president's perspective. So of course, we have to provide all options to do that. And that includes a military option."

Continued: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/08/103_234229.html

More perspective: http://news.antiwar.com/2017/08/05/mcmaster-us-prepared-to-launch-preventative-war-against-north-korea/

[Mad Max]

The Pentagon needs to figure out how will we will neutralize the 10,000 artillery pieces aimed at Seoul.Most of the artillery pieces are already in place, camouflaged and dug in. But we can cut the lines of communication between Kim Il Jung and his commanders.If they do not receive his orders ,they will be unable to carry out an attack. I am sure that we have studied all of the possible scenarios over the decades.They have also had since 1953 to figure out all the scenarios we might take. But maybe the North Koreans have figured out that this would be the plan of attack by the United States and set up some sort of "back channel" with his field commanders. Possibly some sort of "dead hand" system exists between the North Korean leadership and the commanders out in the field. If the leadership is destroyed, but the field commanders will carry out their last instructions. The Russians had a "dead hand" system that in case the Russian leadership is destroyed their nuclear missiles will automatically trigger a launch. Whether or not it exists its unclear. Putin might have reactivated the system.We used to have something similar called The Emergency Rocket Communications System (ERCS). That was dismantled in 1991.

[Mad Max]

The Pentagon needs to figure out how will we will neutralize the 10,000 artillery pieces aimed at Seoul.Most of the artillery pieces are already in place, camouflaged and dug in. But we can cut the lines of communication between Kim Il Jung and his commanders.If they do not receive his orders ,they will be unable to carry out an attack. I am sure that we have studied all of the possible scenarios over the decades.They have also had since 1953 to figure out all the scenarios we might take. But maybe the North Koreans have figured out that this would be the plan of attack by the United States and set up some sort of "back channel" with his field commanders. Possibly some sort of "dead hand" system exists between the North Korean leadership and the commanders out in the field. If the leadership is destroyed, but the field commanders will carry out their last instructions. The Russians had a "dead hand" system that in case the Russian leadership is destroyed their nuclear missiles will automatically trigger a launch. Whether or not it exists its unclear. Putin might have reactivated the system.We used to have something similar called The Emergency Rocket Communications System (ERCS). That was dismantled in 1991.

There is always the possibility there could be mass defections in the North Korean Army when they see its a lost cause. But what is interesting is that China has been reinforcing their border with North Korea.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-army-looks-getting-ready-175936611.html