So you have said and said and said and said over and over again.

You really do need to get some new material......

 

The Master of Facts knows plenty of facts.

He repeats them from time to time because they remain true and relevant.

 

Much of the equipment North Korea showed in their last parade was fake. Even the soldiers had old out dated equipment.
They really couldn't defend their country if they had to.
Nuclear weapons that they have to carry by hand, missiles that can't get off the ground.
Hungry army with old outdated equipment.

It is beginning to look like the little fat fucker wants someone to blow them to hell. Then other countries will feed and clothe the people.

 

Yep, that does seem to be the case.

North Korea's soldiers: A closer look the military's 'fake' capabilities
North Korea is flexing its military muscles again this week, but a closer look at images of the Hermit Kingdom's soldiers reveals that the fighting force may be better suited for propaganda than actual battle.

On Tuesday, the South Korean military reportedly confirmed that Pyongyang was conducting a massive live-fire artillery drill. A top North Korean official warned that a "brutal punishment" awaits the so-called "warmongers" in the U.S. and elsewhere. The bluster is not new, but this time, it is compounded by rising international tensions.

North Korea typically puts on its more headline-grabbing displays to mark some sort of anniversary, and Tuesday was no exception. The artillery drills come on the 85th anniversary of the founding of the nation's military. Less than two weeks ago, North Korea mounted both a failed ballistic missile test and a large military parade to mark the 105th birthday of the country's founder, Kim Il-sung.

North Korea put a variety of new missiles on display during the April 15 parade, and while at least one of them was reportedly a prototype, some experts thought they spotted actual “fakes.” A closer look at some of the soldiers in that parade suggests those missiles may not have been the only things that weren't quite battle ready.

“This was more about sending a message than being combat effective,” said Michael Pregent, a former Army Intelligence Officer with over 28 years of experience working conflicts around the world and now an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C.

Pregent took a look at several photos of North Korean soldiers from the April 15 parade and immediately began poking holes in them. Below are some of the takeaways he shared with Fox’s Investigative Unit.


Commandos or caricatures?

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Commandos, shown here at Kim II Sung Square during a military parade on April 15, don't have state-of-the-art equipment, according to experts. (Associated Press)

Some of the most memorable images to emerge from North Korea’s dramatic parade featured the special operations “commandos” who were carrying what appeared to be AK-47’s with grenade-launching capabilities. It turns out that what many people believed to be grenade launchers are actually what's known as "helical" magazines, a piece of equipment that organizes rounds in a spiral shape to maximize capacity and that is notorious for jamming, according to Pregent.

Pregent adds that not only do these types of magazines have a high-failure rate, there is still the question of whether any of these rifles are actually loaded, as ammunition manufacturing is considered a serious issue for the isolated regime.

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Even suglasses, which are not the wraparound, protective type worn by western army special operators, are dubious, say experts. (Associated Press)

It’s not just the weapons those commandos are holding that raise questions, Pregent claims, and it seems some of the equipment on display would make for a better fashion show than a foxhole.

Pregent claims that the type of sunglasses being worn by those same troops “looks like a flat-face frame, and that’s not ballistic. That would wraparound and would also protect your eyes.”

Even the fingerless gloves being sported by some of those soldiers are more for show, according to Pregent. “Some of our guys do have them, but most guys go all the way with full gloves based on the heat of the barrel from a round, not to mention they’re fire resistant if you need to pick up something.”

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Possible anomalies were also noted in the rifles toted by Kim Jong Un's fighting forces. (Associated Press)

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Whatever the shortcomings of North Korea's foot soldiers, experts don't doubt the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear capability. (Associated Press)

"Fake projectiles"

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Are those launchers affixed to the tips of rifles, or something else? It's not clear, say experts. (Associated Press)

Some of the other eye-drawing items in the North Korean parade, items that may have zero combat application, are the seemingly oversized projectiles affixed to the end of some of those soldiers’ rifles. And while they apparently come in a variety of shapes and colors, Pregent calls them “laughable.”

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Kim's military exercises are likely designed to instill fear in his own people as much as outsiders. (Associated Press)

“If you look, you can see the plastic is over the muzzle,” Pregent said. And while he admits that some of the North Korean RPG capabilities could be real, the projectiles themselves would have to be fake “because Kim Jong Un doesn’t want them to launch one at the viewing stand,” whether by accident or on purpose.

Also fake, Pregent believes, are what appear to be silver-plated rifles being held by some of the soldiers who seem more front-and-center than the others. “Saddam had gold plated handguns, and even he wouldn’t give them to his troops, so these are most likely painted,” Pregent said.

Despite the fakes, a reason to fear

There may be questions about North Korea’s capabilities when it comes to effectiveness on the ground, ballistic missiles and even nuclear capabilities, but experts agree that the artillery units being tested this week present a clear and present danger to our allies.

George Friedman, founder of Geopolitical Futures, told Tucker Carlson recently that given those heavily-fortified and strategically placed artillery units, "if they open fire on [Seoul,] there is going to be a holocaust."

He added that taking out all of those units is “not going to be an easy job. That's not going to be a one-day strike."

Pregent agrees, and raises an important point: “They have a legitimate military capability with their artillery – why pretend in other spaces?”

 

There is no question that the Chinese could protect that border militarily but if a determined population from North Korea was desperate for food for example I don't think that even the Chinese want to PR problem that would come from opening fire on North Korean civilians

 

China could probably close the NK border overnight ,
and have men shoulder to shoulder along the vulnerable parts ,
standing behind vehicles bumper to bumper,
handing out rice n fish to those they turned back.

 

There is an awful lot of advocating for war here. But only because you believe you will not be the ones who have to actually fight or die.

 

When satellites detect movement of North Korean military toward the border with the South, shit will hit the fan then. Right now, it is all posturing.

 

Why do all the NK army guys look like they could use a sandwich?

 

Old men start wars, young men fight them. That's the way it has always been.....

 

The North Koreans are suffering horribly under the narcissistic rule of Kim Jong un.

Fatty the third as the Chinese call him

A war with North Korea would create immediate suffering for the North Korean civilians and especially the military but in the long run would serve them .

 

from Nature Boy above post......

this is what I have been saying all along....


George Friedman, founder of Geopolitical Futures, told Tucker Carlson recently that given those heavily-fortified and strategically placed artillery units, "if they open fire on [Seoul,] there is going to be a holocaust."

He added that taking out all of those units is “not going to be an easy job. That's not going to be a one-day strike."

Pregent agrees, and raises an important point: “They have a legitimate military capability with their artillery "

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Seoul is 30 miles away and has 10 million in the city and 20 million in the outskirts of the city....

 

I think that we are all over estimating the strength of the North Koreans.

There was all kinds of gloom and doom regarding the horrible casualties that would result if we were to attack Saddam Hussain in the first gulf war but in fact the casualties were quite minimal. At the time Iraq was the fifth largest military in the world

 

The threat to Seoul the first 3 days while we take out NK Artillary is very real...


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Documented civilian deaths from violence In Iraq

173,736 – 194,027

 

We are vastly over-estimating the morale of the NK Peoples' Army.

You want to win a ground war against NK? Drop hamburgers.

I'm not joking.

On the North/South border crossings, the South Koreans typically have a couple bored guards who smoke, shoot the shit, and watch the NK guards on the other side for any shenanigans.

On the North side, there are at least three guards. The first guard doesn't look south. He looks NORTH. To make sure no one is about to rush the line and try to escape.

The other two guards (at least) do not look south. They stand perpendicular to the border line, and watch EACH OTHER. To make sure, on pain of death, that the other guard does not escape.

I am not making this up. I heard it on a live radio interview a couple weeks ago, with the outgoing ambassador to South Korea (Lippert).

 

Trump's stupid publicity stunts get more impotent all the time.

‘It was a dog and pony show’: Sen Tammy Duckworth torches Trump’s North Korea briefing

 

Believe me they take everything that they need from your dead soldiers

 

I see guys you say all that trash just keep your fight spirit. But you never had it so dont bother. If NK were so weak you or South Korea would have destroied them long before, So i suppose it is just jibber you are fuckin sure scared to have an issue with them. But i like to hear all that nonsense you guys say

 

Do have somethin like thathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvsJTur6E0U

 

It won't be US troops on the front line. South Korea has a 3.5 million man army that will do most of the front line fighting.

And you shouldn't speak so ill of the dead. Wasn't about 1/2 of the people killed in WWII Russian? 1 out of every 3 Russians died during WWII. Russia lost 1/3 of it's population as a result.

The only thing Russia has proven over the years is that it's very good at getting it's own soldiers and civilians killed.