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Offline DemolitionMan

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North Korea: The knowns and unknowns
« on: October 23, 2017, 04:50:41 am »
Victor Davis Hanson

No one really knows all that much about North Korea's nuclear or conventional military capability or its strategic agenda. Are its nuclear missiles reliably lethal, are they as long-ranged and accurate as hyped, and are they under secure command and control?

Conventional wisdom states that Seoul would be destroyed in minutes by at least 10,000 North Korean artillery and rocket batteries that are now aimed from right across the demilitarized zone. Such guns are said to be capable of firing 500,000 rounds within a few minutes.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-hanson-north-korea-nuclear-1020-20171019-story.html
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