How does a country like Nort Korea seem to have endless money for its army and develop nuclear weapons despite being one of the most sanctionned country in the world?
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Others are making very good points with regard to what NK soldiers actually do all day, that they are a government work force, as much as a fighting force. Another thing to co aider is the age and technological advancement of their military equipment. They are somewhere in the ‘70’s at best in that respect.
While they do possess nuclear bombs, and that threat makes the concept of a traditional land war somewhat moot anyway, putting that aside and actually considering the idea of a traditional, non nuclear engagement with NK becomes somewhat comical. They are quite literally working with 50+ year old technology (and in many cases actual equipment). Should they have an actual land war with South Korea it would be hopelessly lopsided against them it just about seems unfair. And air power is even more out of date. Their pilots would all be shot down before they even saw any of the enemy.
They may have a lot of “tanks”, but they are fucking ancient. So a 10 to 1 kill rate against them would be a reasonable expectation.
Really it’s the nukes that are the only threat they have.
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