What would happen if we (conventionally) bombed NK?

[Higgins]

Let's say we did a surprise attack on the capital city along with the main military/industrial centers, their nuclear facilities, bombed them all to hell...What would happen?

[Higgins]

Don't we already have a pinned thread going on this?  Anyway, as I discussed in that thread (go there for my much longer analysis of the situation):

If a war breaks out, then it's over for the regime, it's just a matter of how long and how many casualties.  There's no doubt that the casualties would be significant, quite a bit more than the US Armed Forces is used to seeing since at least Vietnam, or even the prior Korean War.  But the US would certainly prevail.  I can't remember the source precisely, but while NK has a large number of forces, artillery pieces, and so on, a big problem for them is logistics; talking about supply, food, fuel, ammo, etc.  Their logistics capability is very unsophisticated compared to either the US or South Korea, and I recall reading that current estimates place NK's ability to sustain full operations for a shockingly low period of time.  I can't remember the exact amount, but it was like days or something like that.  NK just simply can't sustain total war for more than a short period before it basically has to revert to guerrilla tactics.

Why do we need ground troops when we could just continuously bomb enemy lines until the regime cracks? We could just use drones/conventional bombers to bomb every major production/military zone, and bomb the capital. NK would be crippled in weeks.

[Higgins]

Massive artillery barrage on Seoul, funneled troops including SOF push south, potential nuclear ICBM launches on Seoul, Tokyo, Pusan, US west coast. We know where they have some toys but not all of the chest, let me put it that way. 30 to 40,000 KIA within the first two hours. Guaranteed NK retaliation via the methods above and maybe chem/bio launches, insurgency. Bad stuff Higgins but the US and SK would win it in the end.

I think we should lance the boil before the infection gets any worse. The U.S. shouldn't be afraid to do whatever it takes. Conventional bombs. Have some agents infiltrate NK military establishments and knock out key personnel with chemical weapons. Prior to doing all this, rapidly withdraw all US and SK personnel from border/DMZ zone. The first strike should be at all nuclear sites in NK at once, to ensure they can't launch anything at Seoul.

Also, work with China to ensure they have NK's northern borders lined with mines (this planting of such can occur months ahead of the actual assault)

[Higgins]

Do we have any stocks of Napalm left?

[Higgins]

Napalm is better. It's basically liquid fire. "Burn them all."