Second Korean War in 1990-91

Why? Rough Terrain means that Allied Aircraft doing CAS can use ground cover/clutter to mask their approach and reduce the amount of time AAA has to detect, target and fire on them.

I think he's saying that thinking that NK anti-aircraft fire will be harder to dodge in a confined environment. He's right, of course, but you are also right in saying that the NK forces will have a lot less time to get a track on them. SAMs would be tough to use if the attacks are planned well. And GPS-guided bombs (like the Paveway series) don't require the airplanes to be very low, either, they can drop from high, out of the range of NK AAA. You better believe that US forces will have EW support coming out the eyeballs and will mop the floor with the KPAF, so the air will be their, whether the North Koreans like it or not.
 
Why? Rough Terrain means that Allied Aircraft doing CAS can use ground cover/clutter to mask their approach and reduce the amount of time AAA has to detect, target and fire on them.

CAS also can't stand off against AAA in rough terrain, and a major advantage of aircraft against air defense is that aircraft have the advantage of range. Not in broken terrain.

Of course, it's not like there's anything in the air OTHER then the USAF...

If the NKA hasn't overextended by the time the US Army gets there, how well do they do? I imagine that they could, theoretically, conduct an elastic defense using rough terrain to close on US mechanized forces with RPGs and other AT weapons, and an Abrams isn't exactly easy to replace. If the NKA's elites manage to get some Vampirs and ambush American columns, it won't be pretty.
 
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Late 70s would be more likely. Just keep escalating the Second Korean War. A good PoD would be a more aggressive NK reaction to Operation Paul Bunyan. Have an antsy KPA guard shoot up some of the engineers, setting the fuse alight...

Heheh... if you don't use that, I might...
 
What if Kim got in touch with Saddam and (being EVIL mwhahaha!) planned a joint offensive. IIRC Saddam believed the US would quit if there were too many casualties. So it should take place a bit earlier than December, attacking before the Airborne and other light forces where reinforced by the heavy armored divisions from Europe. Also, since Kim is bound to use chemical weapons, Saddam does as well, thinking Secretary Baker's threat to use tactical nuclear weapons in response as a bluff.
 
What if Kim got in touch with Saddam and (being EVIL mwhahaha!) planned a joint offensive. IIRC Saddam believed the US would quit if there were too many casualties. So it should take place a bit earlier than December, attacking before the Airborne and other light forces where reinforced by the heavy armored divisions from Europe. Also, since Kim is bound to use chemical weapons, Saddam does as well, thinking Secretary Baker's threat to use tactical nuclear weapons in response as a bluff.
Well, we've got plenty of Deep Throats to use...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-28
 
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