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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: TimF who wrote (12694)12/4/2001 9:35:51 PM
From: unclewest  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
North Korea doesn't even have 7 million military age men let alone an army of 7 million.

twf,
aw shucks...i posted wrong again. i said 7 million and i meant to say 8 million...thanks for catching that.

the actual total strength of the north korean military is 8,620,000. approx 1.1 million are active duty. approx 7.5 million are trained reservists.

koreascope.org

the US troop strength is approx 1.4 million active and approx 880,000 in the "selected" reserve. (total authorized reserve strength is about 1.3 or 1.4 million).

Also man for man, US, or even South Korean soldiers should be able to outfight the north.

each year for the last few years the north koreans have been adding fighters, tanks, APCs and other heavy equipment...at the same time, the USA has been decreasing fighters, tanks, APCs and other heavy equipment.
unclewest
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