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Robert Carlin and Siegfried Hecker wrote in an article that even an eventual victory by the US and South Korea would be “meaningless” in the face of widespread wreckage

The two base this prediction on the fact that North Korea has abandoned its three-decades-old policy goal of normalizing relations with the US and has started to become vocal about using military force since early 2023.

The article goes on to point out how Kim, in order to pursue the goal that his father and grandfather failed to obtain, “poured his prestige” into the first-ever summit between North Korea and the US, only to be rudely snubbed by his American counterparts.

According to the two experts, North Korea has a sizable large nuclear arsenal with “potentially 50 or 60 warheads deliverable on missiles that can reach all of South Korea, virtually all of Japan, and Guam.”

If military action were to occur, the scholars wrote, “even an eventual US-ROK victory in the ensuing war will be empty. The wreckage, boundless and bare, will stretch as far as the eye can see.”

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