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In reply to the discussion: ** Breaking**NK says Trump declared war [View all]NickB79
(20,316 posts)Lots of strikes by F-117 stealth fighters and B-2 stealth bombers to take out strategic weapon sites and anti-aircraft systems, followed by saturation bombing using B-1 and B-52 bombers. Very high chance NK gets at least 1 nuke, maybe more, airborne, in which case you can kiss a good portion of US military assets in South Korea goodbye. Seoul would be decimated by NK artillery even if they don't throw a nuke their way. Probably see strikes on Japan, either chemical or nuclear. A nuclear launch by NK would probably bring down a US tactical nuke on Pyongyang in response, pissing off the Russians and Chinese to no end.
Assuming WWIII doesn't break out, the best-case scenario is millions dead in North and South Korea within a few days, possibly hundreds of thousands dead and injured in Japan, radioactive fallout spreading throughout the region, and tens of millions of North Koreans either starving to death or making a desperate run for the Chinese border. Even odds whether China would let them through, or set up razor wire and machine gun nests. The loss of South Korea's economy and the drain on China's if they try to rebuild NK would cause a global economic crash, and the destruction of any goodwill we have left with China for causing them such grief.
In a perfect world, Trump would be impeached almost immediately and sent to prison for life, but these days, who knows?