3 Worse Case Scenarios In The Event Of A Korean War

South Korean soldiers take a position during a drill at a guard post near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas in Yanggu, 130 km northeast of Seoul, on May 24, 2010. (Photo by Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images)

3 Forgotten Fears Of A Reignited Korean War -- Popular Mechanics

As tensions continue to escalate between North and South Korea, we look at the worst-case scenarios that could result from an all-out war between the two.

Tensions in the Korean Peninsula are at their worst point in decades after a North Korean submarine ambushed a South Korean warship, killing scores of sailors. Although North Korea has made violent provocation a cornerstone of its foreign and domestic policy for years, there is always the chance that this kind of brinksmanship will spark a major war.

With an isolated and paranoid regime like North Korea holding some of the world's most terrifying weapons, any reaction from the South or the United States could be seen as the first phase of a larger war. After all, part of the joint battle plans drafted by the U.S. and South Korea—called Plan 5027—recommend regime change in the event of a major conflict. So a skirmish could escalate into a war of mutual survival.

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My Comment: If war should ever break out, the DMZ will be hell on earth .... and the aftermath even worse. These 3 scenarios do not include nuclear, or what a long drawn out campaign in the middle of winter can do to a society like South Korea .... either way the casualty count will be in the hundreds of thousands .... if not more.