What would be the most realistic result of a North Korean conflict?

What would be the most realistic result of a North Korean conflict?

China instantly invades to avoid NK falling into US hands?
They get completely nuked?
South Korea invades?

china turns the yalu river into the new DMZ as they realize NK isn't worth the buffer space or the humanitarian crisis that comes from "liberating" the country.

eventually kimmy is gonna have some weight to his threats once they reach a point where striking the continental US becomes possible.

that leaves china with the option of having the western powers on their door step, or nuclear hellfire. kim simply can't stay

>china turns the yalu river into the new DMZ as they realize NK isn't worth the buffer space or the humanitarian crisis that comes from "liberating" the country.
There is no way China would allow that.

Chinese will most likely advance across the Yalu river if they deem it necessary to interfere in the war, US will most likely advance from the South Korean side of the DMZ. The conflict will probably be prolonged and will result in heavy casualty for both sides. From my belief, the fact that Kim Jong Un is essentially a deity in North Korea might make it so they won't surrender so easily, which means they might fight to the very last man - or atleast until Kim calls it off. Nuclear weapons will most definitely be used, however it's unlikely that anything will hit US soil. North Korea hasn't perfected the nuclear bomb yet so making one small enough to put on a ICBM is far from likely. The farthest North Korea will be able to launch a missile would probably be to Tokyo or Shanghai. Either way the war will definitely go in the US's favor because of our overwhelming firepower and we will most likely win and overthrow Kim - but this might take a lot longer then expected.

You honestly believe China is going to keep sticking up for NK? They already turned their coal boats around and told kim that if he threatens the stability of the northeast border with China, they'll come in and remove him themselves.

China failed to reel in NK and now they're going to have to choose between war with the west to maintain some shitty buffer zone, or they can do the global stage a solid and help us take care of the NK issue before their threats start to hold water

this, we wont be looking at a gulf war 2.0. The terrain and morale of the NK troops will prolong this shit, itll be like the end of the pacific war in ww2, grunts rooting out slant eyes from caves after relentless bombings

nigger we haven't wasted our time with that tunnel rat shit since vietnam

we literally poured concrete into bunkers and tunnel entrances during the gulf war rather than going in and clearing them with troops.

nigger what do you think weve been doing in afghanistan for the last 16 years?

not clearing tunnel systems

No, China would Invade NK before letting US take it, thats what i said.

China already spends too much of its defense budget on keeping their population in line, do you really think China is going to deal with the influx of a hypnotized population like NK's?

It would probably be advantageous to their interests in the region if the west was tied up in the worlds largest humanitarian mission ever witnessed.

they know that we know not to fuck with anything near the yalu, hence me saying the yalu becomes the new DMZ so to speak.

>China already spends too much of its defense budget on keeping their population in line, do you really think China is going to deal with the influx of a hypnotized population like NK's?
What makes you think they would allow "refugees"? they would just control NK, not take the population in.

Similar to the Germany situation after WW2.

I think the moment anything happens, Kim gets assassinated and someone takes over and complies.

The most boring outcome.. So therefore the most likely.

The problem with that is that Kim is seen as a literal god by the koreans.

>What would be the most realistic result of a North Korean conflict?
South Korea invades Japan.

US/SK combo cripples them in 5minutes a la iraq invasion. china probably in charge of unfucking NK afterwards

Not by his generals. Those close to him see him as a big manchild.

Your uncle works at NK headquarters?

Why would Kim's brother get assassinated if there is no turmoil within the regime? Its logically sound.

americans talk big despite only winning war, which they used cheat codes for. LMAO every time.

*one war

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Massive artillery barrages and millions of NK troops swarm south. The norths war policy is throw everything they have at as many targets it can. Superior western air and naval power, along with major logistical breakdowns in the NK army, will lead to allied victory. But not before hundreds of thousands of South Koreans are killed and like millions more displaced. China is kind of a wild card, personally I don't think they will directly engage in the war, but they will have a massive military presence on the border to deal with the horde of North Koreans pouring over the border, trying to escape the chaos.

The "victory" would be a major humanitarian crisis on the peninsula, with China and the US being the main ones working out how the new Korea would look. It would actually be a major historical event.

1) Drop weapon crates all over North Korea
2) La Revolution
3) Negotiate with the new leaders about giving up their nukes
4) Peace and prosperity
5) Trump wins Nobel peace price
6) Everyring went bete tha expectectoo