• yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The actual answer is that North Korea has droves of hidden heavy artillery pointed at Seoul, one of the most densely populated places on earth, and would launch a bombardment that could kill a million people within a few minutes. The US would seek to disable these conventional weapons, but even a 1% failure rate would have horrible consequences.

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      Also, a boots on the ground invasion is a non starter.

      The mountainous terrain gives the home team a very strong position, and is one of the reasons China can’t just take Taiwan.

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      Bit of a silly idea developing your capital city that close to the border. Maybe they should have spent the last 70 years moving it?