There's an uncomfortable comfort in shitposting through the coolzone again after all these years. And yeah, I do kinda want to see some kid micro-ing a few hundred drones through an air-defense network.

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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ukraine (also Armenia/Azerbaijan) showed everyone that the tactics of even a decade ago don't work on a modern battlefield.

I've seen some indication of South Korea responding accordingly. I know nothing of North Korea's response to these latest changes, but I assume their practical experience and information sharing with Russia will help.

Cheap, practical solutions like sticking 70 year old artillery in the back of a truck with some computers so you can use your 70 year old artillery shells is hardly wonderwaffen.

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago

Hard disagree. What the Ukraine war has shown is that NATO tactics (and tactics attempting to emulate NATO, i.e. the initial Russian push) don't work against opponents who are sufficiently armed and entrenched. You have to go back to literal WWII block and push tactics, but also mix in electronic warfare and drones.

NK is more than sufficiently armed, and their general strategy, which will likely be to blow the hell out of Seoul, doesn't require them to move any of their artillery or bunkers, and still has no real counter outside of preemptive bunker busters, which SK does not have nearly enough of to destroy those emplacements. They would likely have a difficult time ever advancing on SK, but it is more than within their power to stalemate any aggression that comes towards them. The only way that doesn't happen is if the majority of the NK military literally breaks and runs. Which could happen, but there isn't anywhere for them to go.