[Kevin Curry]

Could the NK army really achieve a total tactical surprise?

About the same tactical surprise that a thug holding a loaded gun with a hair-trigger at your temple could achieve. Locked and loaded, armed and ready, they are that close to downtown Seoul.

We have F-16s at Osan and Kunsan; F-15s and more F-16s in Japan including Okinawa. The Navy and Marines have F-14s, F-18s, and intruders in the area. For a really big punch we have B-52s at Guam.

[Steel Wolf]

Yes, but the North Koreans have the densest ADA network on the planet. Not terribly sophisticated, but it will keep our planes flying very high, or risking terrible levels of fire to get in down and dirty.

The air power we have is unparalleled, but to counter this the North has placed literaly hundreds of sabotures in the South, their famed 'special forces' brigades are ready to infiltrate deep and quickly, and their missile attacks will target our airbases.

[TankerKC]

For a really big punch we have B-52s at Guam.

There are no B-52s routinely stationed at Guam, but we may move some there.