"....A surprise attack from B-1 bombers dropping conventional (not nuclear) bombs; warships and submarines launching precision guided cruise missiles from the seas east and west of the peninsula, and South Korean and US artillery firing from south of the DMZ, coordinated to land explosives simultaneously, could trap their targets underground and shock the poorly trained North Korean Army into standing down.
Risky? Admittedly, yes. But doing nothing would be to risk another violent North Korean provocation in the unknown future."
Richard Halloran, a free lance writer in Honolulu, was a military correspondent for The New York Times for ten years. |