North Korea increases Chinese Border defences (reportedly)

[Jigs]

Planeman's Military Analysis

From Planeman's military analysis.

Whether it amounts to a genuine redeployment of forces north to face China remains to be seen, but either way what may be of interest is the curious fact the DPRK has for years deployed relatively many air defence units to the Northern border. Their military worth is small against the increasingly capable PLAAF (China's air force), but their deployment shows the attitude of DPRK.

AAA sites around Dandong:

The DPRK does not deploy very much artillery there however. The below screen shot had to be zoomed out relative to above just to capture any:

 

[Parashuram1]

Why is Kim Jong so eager to sacrifice his soldiers? No wars are pleasant and especially not this kind if it has to come down to N.Korea and China. It would be a one-sided game for Beijing to go cleaning house in Pyongyang.

 

[Jigs]

Why is Kim Jong so eager to sacrifice his soldiers? No wars are pleasant and especially not this kind if it has to come down to N.Korea and China. It would be a one-sided game for Beijing to go cleaning house in Pyongyang.

Honestly i have no clue. It would be interesting to see if China has anything deployed against North Korea on their side. Not that they would need to because of their Air force.

 

[Evil Flare]

What ??

NK going MAD ?

 

[Desert Fox]

What would NK have against China? Didn't China help NK in the Korean war?

 

[DesiGuy]

What ??

NK going MAD ?

Now when it comes to china, you are realizing "NK going mad?"


when NK was threatening US and SK, people were jumping all over and taking it very light!


I SAY let's see what NK does and let's see what china does!

 

[freeman]

Who knows what goes thru Kimmy mind, prob a couple of reasons tho.
-China hasnt been happy at the recent nuke and missile tests, without a doubt China would have asked NK to conduct the tests but NK did it anyway. NK is further isolating itself and China knows its influence in NK is not what it used to be. NK is prob looking to move a few peices on the chess board in order to negoatiate multiple outcomes from a position of influence(or imo a crazy ***, unstable, better negoatiate or ill nuke ya attitude). Expect this to be hightened further by a few more degrees in the coming weeks.
-Also if NK did push i bit too far and there was a major flare up, one of the first things that would happen would be a flood of NK citizens at the Chinese border. China would not want this and would also be asking NK to bolster thier border in order to prevent this.

 

[xuxu1457]

The leader of NK is crazy at some time,but NK often put his half army nere the Chinese border as his Nuclear reactor,bcs this could protect his power at the attack of US,US couldn't attack the army and Nuclear Installation if they are nere the Chinese border~

 

[arya-is-here]

well it will so good to see

NK vs china

 

[no_name]

North probably knew it is no match against US, so if war happens they might abandon ground voluntarily and draw north close to the chinese border. Their SAMs will share coverage with chinese SAMs and aircrafts, also it increase the likelyhood of china being drawn into the conflict.

Standard operation procedure of US is do destroy enemy's air defense, so by placing SAM sites near Chinese border they were possibly hoping for a misfire between US and Chinese side

 

[SpArK]

China seeks to defuse Korea tension - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English



China seeks to defuse Korea tension

South Korea has cut ties with the North and resumed propaganda broadcasts across the border [AFP]

China's premier, seeking to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula, has told officials in Seoul that his country "will not protect" whoever sank a South Korean warship in March.

Wen Jiabao, who is in the South Korean capital at the start of a three-day visit, told Lee Myung-Bak, the country's president, that he will review the results of an investigation into the sinking, which killed 46 sailors.

International investigators reported earlier this week that the ship was sunk by a North Korean torpedo.

South Korea responded by cutting all ties with Pyongyang, and the Japanese government announced a new round of sanctions against the North.

North Korea responded by threatening to discard military agreements protecting cross-border trade with the South, and has reportedly put its army on a war footing. The heightened tension has raised concerns about a conflict on the Korean peninsula.

The North's defence commission issued a statement on Friday that accused South Korea of faking the sinking, and warned that the Korean peninsula was headed "towards the brink of war."

China "rejects any acts that harm peace and stability" on the peninsula, Wen said.

"We hope the South Korean government handles this issue appropriately and we will closely consult with it."

Trilateral summit

The Chinese government has not yet publicly blamed Pyongyang for sinking the ship, one of the worst military attacks against South Korea in more than half a century.

China is North Korea's only major ally and its largest trading partner. Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader, visited China earlier this month in a show of friendship.

But South Korea and Japan both hope China -- a veto-wielding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council -- will approve tougher international sanctions against the North.

The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea will hold a trilateral summit this weekend on the island of Jeju.

Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's prime minister, spoke with Barack Obama, the US president, on Thursday and both leaders pledged to pursue international action against North Korea.

"The prime minister and President Obama agreed that North Korea's conduct is unforgivable and that Japan and the United States will cooperate on the issue," said Hirofumi Hirano, Hatoyama's chief spokesman.

 

[Guest]

Planeman's Military Analysis

From Planeman's military analysis.

Whether it amounts to a genuine redeployment of forces north to face China remains to be seen, but either way what may be of interest is the curious fact the DPRK has for years deployed relatively many air defence units to the Northern border. Their military worth is small against the increasingly capable PLAAF (China's air force), but their deployment shows the attitude of DPRK.

indeed, they shows their attitude, but their attitude is exactly opposite to what you are thinking of. they tend to deploy their best soldiers, tanks and planes to the northen boder, so when wars striked, their can keep their best unit from the attack or even retreat into China.

in fact, they not only keep their best unit in the north, all their critical infrastructure like missile siloes, nuclear facilities are all located in the north.

 

[applesauce]

while this could look like its used against china, some members have a point,suppose you are north korea, if the chinese boarder is deemed safe from land invasion then it makes sense to keep your important stuff there as any invasion will come from the south and the north will be the last place to fall,

also, against china they wouldnt have numbers or tech on their side.

 

[Jigs]

Well if you also look at that map one of the artillery positions are pointed at the Chinese border.

 

[T-Rex]

Now when it comes to china, you are realizing "NK going mad?"


when NK was threatening US and SK, people were jumping all over and taking it very light!


I SAY let's see what NK does and let's see what china does!

Now hold your horse. It may be the dream of the Americans but those who anticipate North Korea getting into a conflict with the Chinese are definitely insane; too many wet-dreams have distorted their vision so they have started to hallucinate!