Guerilla War My @$$

For all of those who think North Korea can fend off UN Forces and ROK Forces with guerilla warfare, think twice:

Following Operation OH JAC KYO in July 1967 the Korean 9th and Capital
Divisions thwarted enemy intentions to go on the offensive in Phu Yen Province
by inflicting large troop and equipment losses primarily on the North Vietnamese
95th Regiment. Operation HONG KIL DONG alone accounted for 408 enemy killed and
a kill ratio of 15 to 1 between 9 and 31 July. By the time the operation was
terminated on 28 August, in order to provide security for the coming elections,
the total enemy killed had reached 638 and the kill ratio was 24 to 1. In
addition, some 98 crew-served and 359 individual weapons had been captured.

During 1968 the pattern of Korean operations did not change materially from
that of previous years; the Korean troops continued to engage in extensive small
unit actions, ambushes, and battalion and multi-battalion search and destroy
operations within or close to their tactical areas of responsibility. Over-all
these operations were quite successful. An analysis of an action by Korean
Capital Division forces during the period 2329 January 1968 clearly illustrates
the Korean technique. After contact with an enemy force near Phu Cat, the
Koreans "reacting swiftly . . . deployed six companies in an encircling maneuver
and trapped the enemy force in their cordon. The Korean troops gradually
tightened the circle, fighting the enemy during the day and maintaining their
tight cordon at night, thus preventing the enemy's escape. At the conclusion of
the sixth day of fighting, 278 NVA had been KIA with the loss of just 11
Koreans, a kill ratio of 25.3 to 1."

Later in 1968 a Korean 9th Division operation titled BAEK Ma 9 commenced on
11 October and ended on 4 November with 382 enemy soldiers killed and the North
Vietnamese 7th Battalion, 18th Regiment, rendered ineffective. During this
operation, on 25 October, the eighteenth anniversary of the division, 204 of the
enemy were killed without the loss of a single Korean soldier.

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/Vietnam/allied/ch06.htm#b4

He would carry that pride in his heritage throughout an impressive and sometimes harrowing military tour. In Korea, he trained at ROK Ranger School, a nine-and-a-half-week program where the attrition rate was so high Americans are no longer allowed to take it.

http://www.tnwildside.org/stories.asp?Guide=Craig+Morgan

Many American operators consider some of the South Korean commando training even tougher than that found in American special operations schools. The Koreans have long had a tradition of toughness, and the concept of highly selective commando units who went through brutal training, had a lot of appeal in South Korea.

http://www.strategypage.com/fyeo/howtomakewar/databases/commandos/commandos.asp

An Insurgency

An insurgency could bring down the North Korean regime! North Korea has never displayed its ability to fight guerillas or insurgents. Maybe they don't need to learn, they know guerilla tactics themsleves. Let's look at Afghanistan. During the Soviet occupation, Mujahedin terrorized Soviet and Afghan forces. Using guerilla tactics, combined with support from the US and Pakistan, they succeded. Now Afghanistan is very mountainous, and so is North Korea. Light artillery pieces would be used like at Siachen glacier, the world's highest battlefield. Hleicopters need clear landing zones. Mountains don't have that kind of clear space. North Korean air support would be somewhat ineffective, seeing how most of their aircraft uses outdated equipment and carry light payloads. Armor would be ineffective too. They would be sitting ducks for handheld anti-tank missiles like RPGs or LAWs. The key element to stopping them from taking over positions is MANPADS. Man Portable Air Defense System. They were used by Mujahedin in the 80s and brought down Soviet helicopters and made Soviet bombing ineffective. They key here is the MANPADS and light weapons.

The KPAN

North Korea holds the largest submarine force in the world........ made up of 60s era Soviet diesel submarines and midget submarines for covert operations. They hold 3 frigates...... from the 60s. They're equipped with anti-ship missiles....... from the 60s. The KPAN is like a floating antique. They have 2 submarine bases which hold a total of 24 combat submarines. One in the Sea of Japan, the other in the Yellow Sea. That means their submarine fleet will be taken out service within hours if war breaks out between them and South Korea. North Korean anti-ship missiles are sitting ducks for SAM systems. So what I'm trying to say is that the KPAN is not a threat. A blockade will completely immobilize North Korea's fleet. South Korea is just too advanced. They possess 10 destroyers, 18 frigates and 9 modern submarines. Not to mention the 100 or so littoral craft. The KPAN poses no threat. Ignore them.

Th Real Threat-North Korean Artillery

The KPA keeps a lot of artillery. And when I mean a lot, I MEAN A WHOLE LOT! US intelligence estimates that North Korea holds a total of 10,000 artillery weapons, more than half of them can reach Seoul. This would cause thousands of dead civilians lying in the streets and mass destruction done to Seoul. Carpet bombing wouldn't entirely silence all of those guns. It would get rid of a whole hell of a lot, but there will still be some artillery they missed. South Korean intelligence says that it would take 3 days to completely silence KPA artillery! 3 days of constant bombardment! You can ignore those missiles they have, which would be shot down, their Air Force is in shambles, and the Navy...... well let's not go there. The KPA is made up of crude 60s Soviet tanks, aging and ineffective APCs and old artillery systems. It cannot match what South Korea has to offer, which includes the latest in tank, APC and artillery desgins. Obviously it seems that North Korea would want to do some damage before going down, and North Korean resistance after occupation would be tough. By then the US army would already have experience in urban warfare, and a program similar to the de-Nazification process that took place in WWII. When allied forces occupied Germany there was a 2-year resistance campaign led by Nazis, but it lost momentum after the de-Nazification process took place. So hopefully rhe same thing could happen in North Korea.

KPAF

North Korea's Air Force is in shambles. It's newest plane was some 25 MiG-29A/UBs back in the 80s. No one knows if they are still flying though. But in March 2003 it was confirmd they were still flying after they intercepted a USAF Recon plane. In the first sentence of the article it says:

The North Korean air force is short of fuel and many of its planes are decades old, no match for the modern firepower of the U.S. military. http://http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2003/030305-dprk-intercept01.htm

I think we can say that the KPAF doesn't get the right amount of flying time and lacks the flight hours of other nations. Now let's say a guerilla war is waged in North Korea. The MiG-29A/UBs couldn't carry guided bombs, and it's doubtful that North Korea has many. The only plane that the KPAF can truly launch a strike with is the Su-24 Frogfoot, a 60's era plane that can't match the payload of today's multi-role fighters. The thing that really concerns countries is that even though the MiG-29A/UB cannot not carry guided bombs, it does have a good payload and chemical and biological weapons won't have to be guided in order for it to effect Seoul. Biological and Chemical weapons also work well in counter-insurgency. So they must be protected! The key is to sabotaging railways and cut off the fuel that is going to the KPAF so after a month or so they'll be dry.

Liberation of North Korea

This site is dedicated to the liberation fo North Korea and to bring down Kim Jong-il. We're not the usual, "Free Norht Korea in peacful fashion", website. We support a guerilla war in North Korea to bring liberty and freedom to the people. We'll be analyzing the North Korean military and leadership along with how the economy is doing there. Hopefully someone will read this and start the uprising!