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• I'm reading some of the readers' comments to the article. I'm disappointed. I hoped there would be more insightful comments.
  
  There was one post by jrs_skaz November 18, 2008 9:12 PM:
  "...the really interesting question is how far north would the battle go before China and to a lesser extent Russia feel compelled to get involved. I'm not even going to try to predict that !"
  
  Now there is an insightful comment. Someone's been reading history and current events, especially with China's increasing assertions and Russia's attempt to reassert itself. Both share a border with North Korea, both have interests in the region, and I believe both WILL NOT sit idly by and watch a war close to their backyards.
  
  By the way, I think this is a waste of money, especially since they have problems keeping up with the notorious Defense Reform Act. Given the context of the Defense Reform Act, even though South Korea's military is superior to North Korea's attrition-based military, the South Korean military has bigger problems than considering this newer uniform set. I'm beginning to see similarities to the U.S. Army's Land Warrior program.
  
  I can see this being used for the smaller-sized elite units within the ROK Army and Marines force structure, but not as a general equipment fielding.
  
  (By the way, if you still think that the North can over run the South because of their numbers, you need to do some terrain analysis. At the very least, use Google Earth and look for likely avenues of approach and ask yourself if the terrain supports your view that the North can over run the South. Better yet, do a terrain walk, like the way I did a week ago. The ROK Army units will not let you get close to the the DMZ, with the exception of Panmunjon (from a designated DMZ-tour) or in one of the observatories in Yeoncheon, but there are roads that parallel the DMZ where you can see how the terrain favors the defender; even though the area is relatively flat, microterrain is not apparent until you're actually in front of it.) In reply to: "New 'Halo'-esque look for Korea's troops"

  November 19, 2008

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