What An Air War Over North Korea Would Look Like

This Is What Air War Over North Korea Would Look Like -- Popular Mechanics

Why the U.S. sends stealth aircraft to Korean war games, and why it freaks out North Korea.

It's easy to mock North Korea for its lack of infrastructure—shoddy communications, electricity, and transportation. But one thing the nation has is a decent air defense system. Because military action of any size would require dominating the airspace over the rogue nation, the radar sites and antiaircraft missiles available to Kim Jong-un make the airspace over North Korea one of the world's most dangerous.

That's not to say it's impenetrable. The U.S. Air Force has faced much of this hardware before, and prevailed—it's just not easy. And last week, the U.S. began to fly B-2 practice missions over the Korean peninsula, just to remind North Korea what the American Air Force can do.

Here's what you should know about the attack and defense strategies on both sides of the DMZ.

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My Comment: In short .... it will be messy and very bloody (for the North Koreans).

Update: A look at North Korea`s fighter fleet.