• North Korean soldiers sent to aid Russia in Ukraine would be “cannon fodder,” the Pentagon said.
  • The two nations signed a new security pact, and some Korean units look set to go to Ukraine.
  • Russia is known for treating its soldiers as highly disposable and has suffered high death tolls.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    4 months ago

    Pretty much. They have zero combat experience. I’m sure Putin doesn’t expect them to achieve much in terms of actual military conquest.

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      4 months ago

      But they do have adequate training time as well as a lifetime of experience blindly following the orders of piece of shit leaders so I don’t like where this is going. There needs to be consequences on the table for NK that avoid them flooding Ukraine with tens/hundreds of thousands of soldiers (which would be easy given they have over a million soldiers that don’t have shit to do).

      One upshot is they are still gated by equipment requirements. But there is actually a vague possibility that NK just bleeds their army dry in exchange of Jong Un getting a reach around from Putin.

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        4 months ago

        Maybe KJU sees this as a way not to have to use NK’s limited food on the soldiers? We know they get more/better food than the regular populace to help prevent coups.

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        4 months ago

        Losing an entire generation of productive and reproductive people is not going to do their nation any good.

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      But haven’t you seen the video of NK soldiers do flips and throw knives and shit? Who needs combat experience?

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        Who would you rather have at your side on the battlefield, a hardened combat veteran or a circus performer?

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            4 months ago

            Maybe it’s the swallowing feature what makes them so attractive… uhm… tactically valuable for the Russian military.