At 12:17 AM 8/13/01, Doug wrote:
>Dan Minette wrote:
>
> > One interesting point regarding air power. It is assumed that the US
> > airpower can stop any talk assault. IIRC, the war in the Balkans was the
> > first war ever won with air power alone. Since the problem in Korea is not
> > winning a long term war but stopping an assault within 30 miles, it
> does not
> > seem unreasonable that a combination of anti-personnel and tank mines
> at the
> > border would be a major help.
>
>While it's true that the Gulf War was not won with air power alone, from what
>I understand, the ground war was little more than mopping up after the utter
>devastation from the air war. The point being that air warfare against a
>technologically inferior enemy can possibly be effective enough to neutralize
>them. If, in fact, as one of the the articles suggests, there are only
>certain mountain passes through which an army can advance, it seems reasonable
>to assume that air strikes could easily render these impassable.
When the invasion started back in 1950, the option that was considered but
rejected was to drop 5 tactical nukes to seal off those mountain passes and
stop the invasion.
--Ronn! :)
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