Solutions to the North Korean nuclear crisis

[McRat]

According to Wikipedia, South Korea has 15 submarines and Japan has 17 submarines. All of these are attack boats. The US has about 50 SSNs, perhaps half of which are deployed in the Pacific, and an additional 4 SSGNs. If the US and allies combined have 50-60 modern diesel and nuclear attack subs, in addition to massive surface fleet and air support, I don't think the North Korean navy would last very long.

However, I do think the North could inflict plenty of damage on surface ships. My guess is that a sea battle would play out similar to the Falklands conflict. The US and allies would lose ships to the North, but ultimately win via a combination of greater numbers, better training, and superior equipment.

The North Koreans alternatively could avoid direct confrontation and target civilian shipping lanes in order to maximize economic pressure.

Used as a first strike weapon in peacetime, any submarine or small surface ship, as the USS Cole found out, can cause a lot of damage.

Same with commando units, very destructive in peacetime. Their effectiveness in wartime is diminished when they are being targeted.

The NK subs are loud and slow. They would not last long in wartime with modern anti-submarine warfare forces actively seeking them even in NK waters.

IMO, when that NK sub sank that SK warship in 2010, it should have been declared open season on all NK subs in international waters.

However, everything changes when we allow NK to deploy ballistic missile submarines.

 

[oktane]

Wouldn't be surprised if Ohio-class nuclear capable submarines are already lurking off the coast of the Korean Peninsula.

 

[bkp_duke]

Pay them off.

Give them $100b dollars to agree to hand over all Nuclear artifacts and allow inspectors for the next 50 years, and normalize relations with them.

Clinton tried that. Didn't work. They took the money, and basically told him to pound sand.

 

[KarenRei]

I've stayed out of this thread so far... mainly I didn't know what to expect from a thread on North Korea on a Tesla forum I have expected most of the commentary to be like Talkie Toaster from Red Dwarf, turning every conversation no matter how unrelated back to a particular topic of interest (in this case, Tesla ).

"Don't you think Kim Jong Un would be more relaxed if he spent his time driving around in a P100D?"
"Tesla Semis would be very useful for moving around military hardware in the event of a major attack on South Korea's oil infrastructure."
"We just give everyone in South Korea cars with Bioweapon Defense Mode...."
"So first, we have Elon launch a constellation of thousands of satellites on an elliptical orbit with a perigee over Pyongyang...."

 

[KarenRei]

** perigee

 

[GoTslaGo]

Russia Throws North Korea Lifeline to Stymie Regime Change - The Epoch Times
Russia Throws North Korea Lifeline to Stymie Regime Change — The Epoch Times

Looks like Putin is playing a more active role now. Looks like he's looking for greater influence and status quo. Will be interesting if he can pull off client state status for NK... as a Russian client state, not Chinese.