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"There is evidence that North Korea is working hard on the Taepo Dong 2 (TD-2) ballistic missile. The status of the system's development cannot be determined precisely. Nevertheless, the ballistic missile test infrastructure in North Korea is well developed. Once the system is assessed to be ready, a test flight could be conducted within six months of a decision to do so. If North Korea judged the test to be a success, the TD-2 could be deployed rapidly. It is unlikely the U.S. would know of such a decision much before the missile was launched. This missile could reach major cities and military bases in Alaska and the smaller, westernmost islands in the Hawaiian chain. Light-weight variations of the TD-2 could fly as far as 10,000 km, placing at risk western U.S. territory in an arc extending northwest from Phoenix, Arizona, to Madison, Wisconsin. These variants of the TD-2 would require additional time to develop and would likely require an additional flight test."

Rumsefeld said that, all of 4 years ago now. Check up some recent info on NK's missile capabilities, they are far from crude.

A matter of semantics.

The DoD plays down NKPA capabilities. They're not as accurate as First World rockets. On the other hand, we're not a starving Third World nation.

I suspect we agree on the central point which is these people are armed, dangerous and unpredictable.

I'm not a big fan of the post-Cold War unilateral disarmament. We could use those divisions, air wings and carrier battle groups now. We may soon find out whether the U.S. can win two regional wars simultaneously.

Isn't the DMZ border area the most heavily mined piece of realestate on the planet.

Are the stories true that some of these mines are nuclear?

Are our troops equipped with battle field nukes? Does the North think they are?

How long would it take for enough air power to arrive to slow an invasion?

I'd appreciate any answers you have. Thanks