In a 1v1 war, America would more likely beat North Korea
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War- A state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations.
1v1- One versus one.
(Conventional warfare, not nuclear.)
- In terms of ranking, America’s aircraft is considered superior to North Korea’s.
- The US’s tanks are also ranked higher than NK’s tanks.
North Korea "does not have the capacity to pay for enough fuel, cover maintenance costs or adequately train its pilots," according to a 2020 IISS report. Without enough fuel and therefore enough flight time, its pilots cannot learn or even maintain combat readiness, analysts say.
2) USA was defeated beforeThere is this idea that USA is invincible. However, USA lost the war in Afganistan and Vietnam. Same thing would happen if it invaded North Korea.
4) Its hard to kill 7 million soldiersEven when you have thousands of bombers, killing 7 million soldiers is not possible.
5) Guerrilla tactical warfare would beat USAThe type of warfare where soldiers use hit and run tactics. This tactic has been proven to work against USA in Afganistan and Vietnam. USA would mostly be bombing civilians, because North Korean soldiers would be hidden in tunnels and forests.
7) Americans dont want yet another endless warIt would take USA at least 20 years to kill 7 million troops in guerrila warfare. USA would be suffering heavy casualties too. The americans would protest against the war, and eventually would vote in a president who would end the war by retreating from North Korea. Same thing happened in Afganistan and Vietnam.
- Innocent civilians would die.
- It would be too expensive.
- The war would leave the US vulnerable to future enemies.
5) Guerrilla tactical warfare would beat USAThe type of warfare where soldiers use hit and run tactics. This tactic has been proven to work against USA in Afganistan and Vietnam. USA would mostly be bombing civilians, because North Korean soldiers would be hidden in tunnels and forests.
6) USA's economy collapsesUSA is currently in crisis, since it needs to deliver weapons to Ukraine too. US military production is limited, and increasing it would drive the price of goods up for civilians.
9) North Korea already proved its technological superiority over South KoreaWe all remember that time when North Korea sent 5 drones to South Korea. South Korea fired hundreds of rounds of ammunition, but couldnt shoot down any of the drones.The embarrasment doesnt end there. Despite South Korea saying it has great technology, South Korea keeps begging the US for protection against the North.North Korea developed ICBMs while South Korea does not even have long range missiles, despite all the US help.
8) North Korean soldiers have far better weapons than those used by Talibans in AfganistanWhile the USA was unable to beat the Afganistan, North Korea is even greater challenge to beat. With millions of light artillery, millions of portable rocket launchers used by North Korean troops, North Korea would rain hell on US tanks and infantry.
2-1) My opponent has conceded the argument "USA would fail to beat North Korea. USA would withdraw from North Korea due to public pressure.". We have already seen same scenario happen when USA was fighting countries that are much weaker than North Korea.
We have already seen examples of US defeat against much smaller armies.USA would obviously be the invader, since North Korea cannot possibly transport troops to USA, but USA can transport some troops to North Korea.The topic demands that USA is invader, since USA must more likely beat North Korea for the topic to be true. It cannot beat North Korea without invading North Korea.
- Plan and prepare a response for any potential attacks NK might use.
- Send aircraft to drop bombs on Korean military bases and forests, burning most of them down and forcing the Guerilla soldiers to take the fight underground.
- Send tanks and American military personnel to cover and guard over the conquered territories, so the Korean troops do not recover this yielded ground.
- Be willing to use force if they attempt to regain control over their bases and proceed to wait them out, as they run out of food.
- Launch a surprise attack by sending America’s Ground Troops to scour the hiding spots of the Korean soldiers.
- Proven that America has one of the strongest Navies and Airforces in the world.
- Proven that America has evolved since its time in Vietnam.
- Proven that the circumstances with the Taliban was counterinsurgency, not conventional warfare.
- Demonstrated that North Korea is unable to launch invasions.
- Proved that North Korea has too many soldiers, obsolete weaponry, and not enough money to afford food or training, even with the aid of China.
- Demonstrated how America could beat North Korea.
Pro could have won this far more quickly with a simple mention of blockades and a source on how much food NK needs to import. Similarly, he should have used cons claim that NK would fire ICBMs are the USA to counter the claim of the populace opposing the war. A bigger mistake was scope creep about what would happen with out her countries.
All that said, it was crystal clear that in most scenarios the USA would dominate. NK cannot even transport troops, so would lose automatically if they’re the aggressor. Their Air Force would be wiped out swiftly if the USA is the aggressor, forcing them to go underground; which would of course be an annoyance but would not assure the survival of the current regime. I could not understand why con was claiming every last soldier must die for victory to be attained; by such a standard Germany would have never been defeated.
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