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ASSESSMENT

• Hard-line/communist state

• Nat’l goal: reunification

• Large forward-deployed military

• Rear area threats

• - Special Forces

• - SCUDs

• - Chemical munitions

KIM CHONG-IL

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IN CONCLUSION, SINCE 1950 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE KIM IL-SUNG, NORTH KOREA HAS BEEN A VERY HARD-LINE COMMUNIST COUNTRY. WE DON’T EXPECT ANY CHANGE SINCE KIM CHONG-IL HAS TAKEN CONTROL. THE NORTH IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO REUNITE THE PENINSULA UNDER THEIR RULE. THE NORTH MAINTAINS A LARGE FORWARD-DEPLOYED MILITARY, SO BE AWARE OF THE THREATS YOU FACE HERE AT OSAN AIR BASE. FIRST, FROM THE SPECIAL FORCES AND THEIR ABILITY TO RAID AIR BASES AND STRIKE SELECT TARGETS. THEN FROM ANY SCUDS AND CHEMICAL MUNITIONS THAT THE NORTH KOREA CAN DELIVER HERE.

SO, KNOW YOUR UNITS COURSE OF ACTION IN CASE AN ATTACK DOES OCCUR. TAKE YOUR EXERCISES, CHEMICAL TRAINING AND OPSEC SERIOUSLY TO KEEP BOTH YOURSELF AND THE MISSION AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

MANY ANALYSTS BELIEVE THAT N.K. MAY BE REACHING A DECISION POINT TO EITHER USE MILITARY FORCE OR RISK LOSING THE MILITARY OPTION.