Submitted 1 month ago by sith@lemmy.zip to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
The Nato chief is saying that North Korea is getting access to to missile and nuclear technology in exchange for troops. If this is true, should South Korea launch a preemptive attack on North Korea before these new technologies are properly integrated and utilized?
No.
Starting a war is astonishing unwise.
Also, what will happen with South Korea’s strongest military ally (the US) in less than a month?
No. NK has a bunch of artillery hidden in the forested mountains just north of the border. And and SK has a lot of population centers within within firing distance. And this includes rockets/missiles with some rather spicy warheads.
And rough terrain ensures that a quick blitz to topple the government and their nuclear arsenal won’t work.
Sure, NK will not be able to hold off SK in the long run, especially if SK invites friends. But Seoul will be leveled.
Plus, China really does not want a US ally on its border, and are likely to intervene.
I guess the counter argument would be that the situation will only get worse the longer you wait. This has happened many times before.
One would think that out of all countries, South Korea should be the least worried about North Korean nuclear attack. They’re next door neighbors a handful of miles apart from each other geographically, and wind exists to carry fallout right back to Kim Jong Un’s house.
Same reasons it always seems so odd whenever Russia threatens to nuke Ukraine.
That’s an argument I don’t agree with. I believe the perceived risks of nuclear fallout is negligible in most cases.
Depends on bomb type, but Ukraines and russias region is gigantic compared to the region affected by bomb fallout.
If it wouldn’t be so bad for the wildlife, it would be a decent strategy for Ukraine to dirty bomb along the whole border to russia, so crossing it by land would mean cetain death within a week. It could even be on Ukraines side to demonstrate it’s a defensive measure. Dirty bombs are less difgicult to make and Ukraine has a lot of experience dealing with radioactive contamination, too.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They are one and the same country, divided by two governments. You should rather hope that they can reunite, instead of pursuing evil phantasies of war.
sith@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I agree. But hopefully I’ll learn some serious arguments.