I'm slow to post this, but Blaine wrote an awesome story, "N. Korea Swiftly Expanding Its Special Forces" (published 10/9) about a massive increase in North Korea's Special Forces. In the event of a South Korean or US attack on the DPRK, these commandos would come over the border to wreak havoc in Seoul, potentially killing many thousands of people.
Fun facts to know and trade:
- North Korea now has an estimated 180,000 special forces commandos! The US, by contrast, has about 51,000 special forces worldwide (Army Rangers, Navy Seals, etc.)
- Among other routes, these deadly folks could fly over the border in low-flying World War II-era biplanes.
- Like villains in a 007 episode, North Korean special forces are skilled in "throwing knives, firing poisonous darts and running up steep hills wearing backpacks filled with 60 pounds of rocks and sand."
- They are also "drilled in street warfare, chemical attacks, night fighting, martial arts, car theft..."
- And finally, in what may be my all-time favorite fact from one of Blaine's stories: These DPRK commandos can "use spoons and forks as weapons." You don't read about that every day!
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wow!
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