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The Korean People's Army (KPA; Korean: 조선인민군; MR: Chosŏn inmin'gun) encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). The KPA consists of five branches: the Ground Force , the Naval Force , the Air Force , the Strategic Force , and the Special Operations Forces .
Songun (Korean: 선군) is the "military-first" policy of North Korea, prioritizing the Korean People's Army in the affairs of state and allocation of resources. "Military-first" as a principle guides political and economic life in North Korea, with "military-first politics" dominating the political system; "a line of military-first economic construction" acting as an economic system; and ...
Reports claim that the operation would be divided into four phases: activities prior to a North Korean attack (preemptive attacks against military bases on strong intelligence of invasion preparations), halting an initial North Korean assault, regrouping for counterattacks, and a full-scale invasion of North Korea to seize Pyongyang (with a ...
Appleman, Roy (1992), South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, ISBN 0-16-035958-9, archived from the original on 2014-02-07 Appleman, Roy (1987), East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950 , vol. 2, College Station, TX: Texas A and M University Military History Series ...
The alliance between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan has expanded to a "nuclear military bloc" and South Korea has become an "anti-communist outpost" for the U.S., the KCNA report added.
The "Storm Corps" are said to be the "best-trained and best fed" of all the North Korean military and it's puzzling why Kim, 40, would want to sacrifice some of his best men.
North Korean special operations forces existed by late-1968 when maritime commandos made the unsuccessful Uljin–Samcheok Landings against South Korea. [8] According to Kim Il Sung, the Special Operation Force (then known as the VIII Special Purposes Corps) was "the strongest elite force of the entire Korean People's Army and is the unique vanguard force of the Armed Forces of the Democratic ...
The Tailored Deterrence Strategy (TDS) is aimed at countering North Korea's nuclear weapons and other arms, according to an announcement on the agreement by the two countries 10 years ago.