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Originally Posted by livexxx
US Armed forces, 1,500,00 Active personnel and Reserve personnel about the same 1,500,000
North Korean population about 24,451,285 and rising
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The number of military personnel doesn't matter much. You can have ten times as many men in uniform, but if they are poorly armed, poorly lead, and in this case under fed... They have no hope.
Military technology has really changed in the past twenty years, and most countries have barely noticed. The second Iraq war was a great example - the war was won in the first twenty minutes when the US took out all of their communication and command & control - they were blind the moments the bombs started falling. It was quickly downhill from there.
North Korea isn't on the cutting edge of anything. They recently launched their first rocket into space which may or may not have been a success - which is technology that is forty or fifty years old.