Re: Landmines RE: US Foreign Policy Re: *DO* we share a civilization?

[J. van Baardwijk]

At 15:44 13-8-01 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:

>OK, since you know the folks involved, let me ask you about how this bears
>on Korea.  Why doesn't this show that we only need a few tank companies to
>stop all the North Korean tanks? Are North Korean tanks that much better
>than those from Iraq?  Is the difference in terrain important?

The difference in terrain is definitely important. Let a few tanks 
companies move around in thousands of square kilometers of desert, and then 
let them try to do that again in the relatively small space of a mountain 
pass. Notice the difference?

You really don't want a few tank companies to stop all North Korean tanks. 
First, the terrain is less than ideal for tank movements. Second, when you 
combine "smart weapons" such as BAT gliders with targeting aircraft, you 
can destroy North Korean tank columns long before they even reach the 
border, and long before they get within firing range of your tanks. Any 
North Korean tanks that survive that first attack and make it to the 
mountain pass will be destroyed by all those anti-tank weapons the US has 
in place there.


Jeroen

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