Can North Korean Special Purpose Forces Successfully Conduct Military Operations Against the United States and South Korea?

<p>Lacking the technological resources to compete with Combined Forces Command (CFC) conventional forces the NKPA has compensated for their technological weaknesses by greatly increasing the number of forward-deployed conventional units cannon and rocket artillery; and secondly by producing the world's largest SPF. North Korea (NK) has built the world's largest SPF in the world with more than 100000 men to support surprise attacks to disrupt CFC combat buildup and operations. These elite SPF forces would be employed to create a two-front war attacking along US CFC forward line of troops and simultaneously attacking into the CFC rear areas creating a second front. To facilitate this strategy NK has dedicated more than 400 fixed and rotary wing aircraft and the world's largest submarine fleet. It is important to note that NK airborne SPF will not act alone; however when coupled with other NK SPF elements they constitute a significant component of the NK operational and strategic second front effort and will directly impact upon the overall success of the NKPA conventional forces. This thesis will explain why and how North Korea plans to integrate NK Airborne SPF against CFC Forces. Additionally the research assesses NKPA Airborne SPF training capabilities strengths vulnerabilities and the implications to CFC Forces.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>