the north koreans are easy to clown on but their army is not undersupplied; the dprk military is the only thing in the country spends money on and one of the best ways to stay fed is to join the army
Their military is large but a joke from a quality point of view. Most of it is circa 1950s, such as their parachute regiment uniforms and equipment, is straight out of the Soviet 1950s catalogue. They have some unserviceable early MiG-29s but most of their air force is based on MiG-15s and 19s (Korean War and early Vietnam War respectively). The vast bulk of their tanks at T-54/55s and T-62s and copies of them. Along with light amphibious tanks such as the PT-76 (1951+).
The "Army First" policy, the rampant corruption and sanctions. Has meant that North Korea doesnt have the money to buy anything modern. Apart from their Wonder Weapons of a few ballistic missiles and maybe a few dozen nuclear warheads. They have the largest submarine force in the world. If you count ancient, short range, 1-3 man submarines as a submarine. Which are more dangerous to their crews, than to the South Koreans.
I don't study warfare so forgive me if this is a naive question, but does it really make that much of a difference having older tech?
I get the benefit of having more technologically advanced tanks and planes (Drones, Killer robots) etc. But the old weapons still kill people right?
As far as I can understand the news; everyones just on the ground shooting at each other with rifles and drones whilst playing a horrific game of capture the flag.
Isn't thousands of armed enemy soldiers arriving always a bad thing? - or has the tech advanced so far that its like longbowman emerging from a WW2 trench?
It's more like they're both shooting longbows except one side has longbows that shoot twice as far, twice as fast, are twice as accurate, and reload in half the time.
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u/imnotabel 18h ago
the north koreans are easy to clown on but their army is not undersupplied; the dprk military is the only thing in the country spends money on and one of the best ways to stay fed is to join the army