Recently a friend of mine came up to me and said now that North Korea has nukes. Aren't you afraid of another war this time with Korea? He also said "they" are talking about a future war with Korea. I said to my friend you are wasting your time worrying about Korea, because they are in no position to fight. There is a better chance of hell freezing over than Korea starting a war. Maybe this just makes sense to me, but check out what I got to say here. For starters Korea's conventional army is mostly made up of antiquated Soviet and Chinese equipment dating back from the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's. They also have not invested enough money, research, and production of surface to air missiles which leaves their army open to air attack. Their army may be one of the biggest, but recent surveys show that their army's lack proper training and food supply, because of a long enduring economical recession. Which also explains why they still use out dated equipment. Most of North Korea's population lives in poverty due to their failing economy. Info for this is supported at.
www.fh.org/cdi_nkorea and at
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/army.htm . Technology Makes A difference a classic example of this was before and during WW2. Before world war two America was emerging from the great depression, and Germany was the world's largest industrial nation, and leader of new and advanced fighting equipment. After two years of fighting the Russians and the British Germanys army size was considerably cut back. Then the Americans British and Canadians landed on the beaches of Normandy. During the fights the followed in France, German soldiers were often out numbered 2 to 1, but American soldiers thought they are fighting a force comparable to their own. So in conclusion even though German soldiers were out numbered their good training, battle experience, and weapons acted as their other missing half. Exactly what the North Korean's do not have! They lack support from their economy which in turn leaves them under trained under armed and under feed. So that is why I could care less if we went to war with Korea, because they have far less nukes than the US does (mainly because their nuke programs haven't been going as long as the US's), if they nuked the US they would be nuked ten times over, if they wanted a war they would be forced to use a conventional army which is not up to snuff. I laugh at Korea, because they would get beaten if a war was started. So don't waste your time worrying about a war with North Korea!