Listening to the TV news last night there was a rundown of the NK forces and it stated just how many aircraft the NK airforce have.
My initial thoughts were the obvious things like a Mig 15/17 wouldnt be too much of an issue for an F15 or 16.
The Mig 21s are more modern and the Mig 29s more modern again.
But even if we assume all US aircraft are modern, with modern systems and AWACS coverage it still leaves the fact the NK airforce have a large number of aircraft on paper.
How many fighters would NK have in an airworthy condition?
The question would be pointless if the NK runways became unusable, but if not there could be an awful lot of NK targets in the air and a finite number of US air to air missiles to target them with.
Obviously answers only need to be generic, but I've found recent news reports very interesting and alarming at the same time. Almost all reporters equate one NK atomic weapon to one US nuclear weapon, a 'rocket' as being the same item used by both sides and each sides fighter aircraft in the same capability group.