Are the North Korean armed forces capable and well trained and well armed...?

Vincent

No.

"The military is really a large prison system. While the troops are trained to use weapons, they get little ammunition for training, and the weapons are locked up most of the time." (http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/korea/articles/20090418.aspx)

"...their conventional armed forces are falling apart because of over a decade of economic decline." (http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/korea/articles/20090510.aspx)

You can find many articles discussing North Korea here: http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/korea/2010.aspx

Yak Rider

No, they could not defeat the South Korean forces. North Korean forces would fight in the typical style of communist dictatorships where the battlefield commander has no leeway in his orders and a total inability to deviate from the established plan on his own initiative.

The USA will be involved and North Korea's rear echelon forces can expect to be savaged from the air.

Wayne

Are they capable? Yes
Are they well trained? Yes
Are they well armed? No

Could they win a conventional war with the South without assistance from the USA or Chinese? No
Could the South win a conventional war with the North without assistance from the USA or Chinese? No

Neither side would win. It'd be a stalemate right from the word go. The 38th Parallel is too well fortified to be crossed by now.

josephbutter

Possibly? But with having US Army bases in South Korea, the US not getting involved is an irrelevent factor. The US would be directly involved...South Korea will be okay.

James

The North Koreans could not defeat the South but they could do a great deal of damage.

Anonymous

Golden

they can put a lot of boots on the ground, about six million including active duty and available for service. that's the equivalent of LA and Chicago combined. they perfected the human wave tactic.

kenny

yeah prolly, but the south still wont worship him like a god still hopefully. and the united states would intervene cuz we cant let the korean war be a waste of time. yay for the free world

Michael S

Yes. North Korea has 1000000 of the best trained soldiers in the world

Naz

North Korea would easily be able to defeat south Korea in a convetional war. it is well equiped and there ruthles military tactics would quickly defeat the south.

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