Posted on 08/02/2015 6:00:13 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
N. Korea shifts entries of border-area howitzer bunkers northward
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has moved the entrances to the military's howitzer bunkers in the border area to a northward direction from the south, making it more difficult for South Korea and the U.S. to curb the howitzer attacks in a war situation, a government source said Sunday.
"Changes have been detected in the shape of the bunkers for self-propelled guns, which belong to artillery units of the North's 4th Corps in Hwanghae Province," the government source said, asking not to be named.
"Previously south-oriented doorways of the bunkers have been closed while new ones have been made facing a northward direction," the source noted.
He said the change of the doorways' direction makes it difficult for Seoul and Washington to counter North Korea's howitzer attacks in an emergency situation, adding that "the North Korean military seems to have changed it to guard against assault by the allies' combined forces in the time of emergency."
Experts said, in a war situation, the allies will now have to fly aircraft over the fortified bunkers to the entries to counter North Korean howitzer attacks, a change that will expose the allies' aircraft to more antiaircraft gun and missile attacks.
Previously, the South Korean military had an operational strategy to smash North Korea's howitzers within three minutes upon the launch of the North's attacks before the howitzers withdraw to the bunkers.
But the recent change of the bunkers' entries may extend the time needed for the allies to bomb the howitzers, which can reach South Korea's entire capital area.
In efforts to strengthen its howitzer attack power in recent years, the North has fortified the bunkers, building up concrete protective walls and 20-centimeter-thick iron doors inside and outside of the bunkers.
The government source said in response to the North Korean move, South Korea pushes to renovate its K9 howitzer, extending its range up to 100 kilometers.
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If North Korea were to start a blitz, how long would it take the U.S. and the U.N. to decide what to do?
The real question is how long would Obummer sit on his thumbs or make a speech calling for negotiations.
They’d come up with plan right after the shooting died down.
Boomerang rounds would be a nice touch. GPS guided munitions to the rescue.
You are wrong!! No way would Obama call for negotiations. He would act quickly and decisively to blame America, speak about the need for more gun control on the Korean peninsula, ask to travel to North Korea to push his gay rights agenda as a step for bringing peace and failing all that blame the do nothing Republicans in congress. Oh, and we would get to see him strutting up to the Mic and giving the media its marching orders of “nothing to see here, no reporting on Korea allowed, protect your messiah.”
It wouldn’t matter. Seoul would be wiped off the map in one salvo. The issue is not how long it would take to react, but to detect hostility before it commences and wipe out the threat.
When I’m in a situation and I know the other guy is going to attack me regardless of what I say, I won’t wait for them to make the first strike.
"Make no mistake: counterattacks solve nothing, and self-defense only encourages the attacker to escalate."
“It wouldn’t matter. Seoul would be wiped off the map in one salvo. The issue is not how long it would take to react, but to detect hostility before it commences and wipe out the threat.”
Renovating scores of artillery bunkers is something you do right before an attack. I would define that as “hostility”.
Well, they can wait for a strike or act. Under current leadership, I don’t see a good decision being made.
Moving them northward in hardened bunkers, out of a nuke detonation’s way?
Is my SIL gonna have trouble getting replacement parts for his Kia?
Whatever happened to the “Davy Crockett”, the nuke artillery round from the ‘50s?
Less then 60 seconds........................to blame Israel!
Next on the Obama agenda, a deal with North Korea, now that he’s gotten Cuba and Iran out of the way.
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