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for what it's worth...............
"North Korea, with only 25 million people, fields the world's second largest army: 1,160,000 men, with 3,800 tanks and 12,000 guns, and reserves of 7.4 million In spite of widespread food shortages and even famine, North Korea continues to expand its conventional forces and weapons of mass destruction.
South Korea, where 37,000 US troops are based, fields an army of 560,000, 2,200 tanks, 4,850 guns, and 3 million reserves. The North has an air force 50% larger, but most of its planes are obsolescent.
North Korea, says the paper, has the capability to produce 1-2 nuclear weapons(US intelligence says the north already has 3 devices), thousands of tons of chemical weapons, biological weapons,and missile delivery systems that cover all of South Korea, Japan, and Okinawa.
The study asserts North Korea is fast enhancing its capability to launch a massive surprise attack on the south, backed by widescale use of chemical weapons and assaults by its 100,000-man commando force.
Most interesting, the White Paper revealed for the first time 640,000 American troops are slated to reinforce South Korea in the event of war, supported by two full fleets and much of the US tactical air Force. In spite of this huge commitment, US `two war' strategy still unrealistically calls for being able to fight a second, simultaneous conflict in the Mideast.
It took the US 6 months in 1991 to assemble a force this size for Desert Storm, a time when the American military was a third more numerous, and better supplied, than today's hollowed-out military.
The combined US Army and Marine Corps have only 650,000 man(half North Korea's army). War would mean mobilizing most of the National Guard's 364,000 men and 461,000 Army Reserve. Four months minimum would be required to make the National Guard's 8 divisions and 18 brigades combat ready. "
from.......http://www.twf.org/News/Y1998/19981119-KoreaNotIraq.html
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