Originally Posted by
A_Van
Again, IMHO the main threat factor now is that Seoul and probably some US installations in SK can be massively reached by NK conventional artillery in case of trouble. Missiles can be intercepted by THAAD and AeGIS, but thousands of shells not.
Indeed. However, there are numerous counter-battery radars in Korea. Which means that should a DPRK artillery battery start shooting, they'd get off one or maybe two rounds before being themselves taken out by counter battery fire.