North Korean Hosted Their First Air Show

[Runnin' Rebel]

Link:


https://youtu.be/-vqNqB0zBgE



Wonder how those Hughes 500D's got invitees : sneaky little dictator he is lol.

[Fleetlord]

Mostly junk.

Almost like a vintage warbirds show

[GradyPhilpott]

Wow! That was exciting!

Did you see the pushing and shoving among the female spectators?

There must have been 30 people in attendance.

And the helicopter aerobatic team was spectacular.

They looked like OH-6 "Loaches"

[T. Ferguson]

Wow, that was lame. Some old military hardware and the remainder used imported commercial aircraft.

[Gaijin]

I was stationed with the 2nd Infantry Division 2nd MP Company at Camp Casey near the DMZ. 1981-82. Made Corporal there which was kind of a big deal for me at 19 when most in the Army just make Spec 4.

Anyways, I trained and worked with the ROK Army. Highly trained, highly motivated, well equipped and well supplied. If North Korea ever crosses the border they will be annihilated. Their regime will be over. Their supreme leader Kim knows this.

[gwozhog]

I was waiting for Godzilla to appear. Looks like they had all the old planes from that movie.

[linesiders]

Curious how they get their spare parts. Mig29s and Mig21s do not have low flight hour costs or high hours between overhauls

[locutus49]

I was with the 8th Army in Yongson, and trained with KATUSAs (Korean Augmentation to the US Army). They were all tall, tough, and ready to rumble.
North Korea should be annihilated, as it is the worst kind of dictatorship.

Originally Posted by Gaijin

I was stationed with the 2nd Infantry Division 2nd MP Company at Camp Casey near the DMZ. 1981-82. Made Corporal there which was kind of a big deal for me at 19 when most in the Army just make Spec 4.

Anyways, I trained and worked with the ROK Army. Highly trained, highly motivated, well equipped and well supplied. If North Korea ever crosses the border they will be annihilated. Their regime will be over. Their supreme leader Kim knows this.

[linesiders]

Originally Posted by locutus49

I was with the 8th Army in Yongson, and trained with KATUSAs (Korean Augmentation to the US Army). They were all tall, tough, and ready to rumble.
North Korea should be annihilated, as it is the worst kind of dictatorship.

Problem will be the civilians around Seoul and the border regions from regular artillery to NBCR.

[.db]

They also just had their first beer festival in Pyongyang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tZYdv9KM5c

[TheVTCGuy]

Impressive.... Not. With the exception of the one Flanker, SU-27, I saw nothing even close to being formidable.

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Gaijin

I was stationed with the 2nd Infantry Division 2nd MP Company at Camp Casey near the DMZ. 1981-82. Made Corporal there which was kind of a big deal for me at 19 when most in the Army just make Spec 4.

Anyways, I trained and worked with the ROK Army. Highly trained, highly motivated, well equipped and well supplied. If North Korea ever crosses the border they will be annihilated. Their regime will be over. Their supreme leader Kim knows this.

Originally Posted by locutus49

I was with the 8th Army in Yongson, and trained with KATUSAs (Korean Augmentation to the US Army). They were all tall, tough, and ready to rumble.
North Korea should be annihilated, as it is the worst kind of dictatorship.

Kind of wishful thinking these days. A war with the north would set the South back decades. The north is nuclear armed and has zero reluctance to use nuclear and chemical weapons. The impact on people and the economy would be apocalyptic.

With all our global military commitments, the US doesn't have troops available to effectively back fill combat losses. Another stalemate is the likely outcome. The destruction and human life lost in a conflict would make the south look a lot like the north. The difference is that the people in the north are accustomed to it.

[Gaijin]

I kind of have to disagree. China is not going to jump in this time if the North goes against their wishes and invades. China is not going to risk its prosperity to continue to prop up this Cold War 50s patriarchal dictatorship. When I was there Kim's grandpa Kim Il Sung was in power. ( Side note I wonder if grandpa left a Rolex lying around in a drawer there.)

If Kim uses his nukes it will be pancake Armageddon for him and all of the North. He's crazy but he's not going to do anything to interrupt his flow of cognac, Dunhills and women.

Every male in the South does a mandatory two year conscription in the Armed Forces. They have one of the largest reserve forces in the world. Every South Korean male adult is trained with a weapon in an armory nearby.


Kim's nukes are to get his enemies to fear him and not invade him, national pride and to reduce sanctions ( that kinda backfired.)

If he used his nukes he'll be squashed. The North will cease to exist.


Side note he is firing rockets all the time into the Seas around Japan. Needless to say Japan is not too happy.

[RW16610]

Originally Posted by Fleetlord

Mostly junk.

Almost like a vintage warbirds show

That post just made me laugh out loud, literally I really needed that after the rough day I've had

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Gaijin

I kind of have to disagree. China is not going to jump in this time if the North goes against their wishes and invades. China is not going to risk its prosperity to continue to prop up this Cold War 50s patriarchal dictatorship. When I was there Kim's grandpa Kim Il Sung was in power. ( Side note I wonder if grandpa left a Rolex lying around in a drawer there.)

If Kim uses his nukes it will be pancake Armageddon for him and all of the North. He's crazy but he's not going to do anything to interrupt his flow of cognac, Dunhills and women.

Every male in the South does a mandatory two year conscription in the Armed Forces. They have one of the largest reserve forces in the world. Every South Korean male adult is trained with a weapon in an armory nearby.


Kim's nukes are to get his enemies to fear him and not invade him, national pride and to reduce sanctions ( that kinda backfired.)

If he used his nukes he'll be squashed. The North will cease to exist.


Side note he is firing rockets all the time into the Seas around Japan. Needless to say Japan is not too happy.

Kim is not so crazy. His public tactics are for internal consumption. Saber rattling is high art for Kim and his family. No one really knows what their end game is.

If the north attacks, the major metropolitan areas in the south will reach several million degrees in the first moments of the war. Nukes are a first option, not a final option. The final battlefield outcome will be moot.

[Lordofrolex]

Not impressed. Lol