North and South Korea are at it again

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by CCIP

And just the sheer amount of artillery aimed at Seoul, a world megapolis by any standard, would be as devastating as it would be completely unstoppable - even if that first artillery exchange only lasted as long as today's but with all barrels blazing before getting silenced, billions in damage and tens of thousands of casualties would result.

I doubt it. First of all, the majority of the North Korean army guns simply lack the range to actually hit Seoul from any point behind the DMZ. Then, of those guns that can hit Seoul, many of them would probably not be in a place where they could actually hit it from, unless they're concentrated specifically for that task. Now, if they actually start bombarding Seoul with everything they can, they'll quickly lose guns that aren't in hardened sites to aerial interdiction and counterbattery fire, leaving them with even less power to hurt the city. Also, don't forget that the DPRK only gains anything from the threat of bombarding Seoul, they don't actually gain anything (And lose their ability to use the long range artillery in more useful tasks) from bombarding it in a war.

Now, they can do some damage with artillery and tactical ballistic missiles, but not nearly as much as it's usually made out to be.

EDIT: Ah, TLAM beat me to it.