A Report of the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, June2013. Center for Strategic & International Studies, Rowman & Littlefield. - 216 c.
ISBN: 978-1-4422-2517-6.
About CSIS—50th Anniversary Year.
Executive Summary.
The "Conventional" Warfare Balance.
The Asymmetric or Irregular Warfare Balance.
US Forces in the ROK and Pacific.
The "Conventional" Military Balance in the Koreas and Northeast Asia.
Deterrence, Restraint, and Levels of Conflict.
A Clash or Conflict between the DPRK and ROK.
The Impact of External Actors.
Levels of "Conventional" Conflict.
Open-Ended Scenarios and Escalation Ladders.
Comparing Total "Conventional" Orders of Battle with Possible Combat Scenarios.
Total Manpower.
Armyand Land Forces.
Naval and Marine Forces.
Air and Air Defense Forces, and DPRK Artillery, MRLs, Rockets, and Missiles.
Fixed Wing Aircraft.
Rotary Wing Aircraft.
Surface-to-Air Missiles and Anti-Aircraft Guns.
Conventional Artillery and Surface-to-Surface Rockets and Missiles as a Counterbalance to Limits in Airpower.
30 HQ-6D Red Leader.
Paramilitary Forces.
DPRK.
Leadership and Command and Control.
Force Size and Structure.
Potential Invasion Scenarios and Capacities.
Military Personnel.
ROK.
Responsibilities and Doctrine.
Indigenous Equipment Development.
Uncertain Patterns of Conflict and Escalation.
Cheonan.
Yeonpyeong.
Political Fallout.
Additional Issues and Scenarios.
US.
China.
The 2013 Chinese Defense White Paper.
China's Improving Conventional Capabilities.
Ground Forces.
Air and Air Defense Forces.
Naval Forces.
Japan.
Japanese Security Policies.
The 2012 Japanese Defense White Paper.
Russia.
Korean Special, Asymmetric, and Paramilitary Forces.
Paramilitary, Police, Internal Security, and Special Forces.
DPRK.
ROK.
Counterterrorism, Terrorism, and low-level asymmetric Warfai.
DPRK.
ROK.
DPRK Drug and Weapons Sales and Other Illegal Activities.
Drug's.
Pharmaceuticals and Cigarettes.
Supernotes, Insurance, and Trafficking.
Illicit Revenue and the DPRK's Official Stance.
Weapons Sales.
ROK Weapons Sales.
DPRK: Cyber, Economic Warfare, and SIGINT Capabilities.
Cyber.
Economic Warfare and SIGINT.
ROK Cyber Defense.
US Forces in Korea and the Pacific.
USFK-ROK History.
The Current Status ofthe USFK-ROK Alliance.
US Forces in Korea.
Comparative Capabilities.
USFK Relocation.
Military Exercises.
Military Operation Plans.
US Forces Japan (UFJ).
US Deployments in Japan.
The Strengths and Weakness ofthe US-Japanese Alliance.
Resolving the Okinawa Issue?.
UnitedStates Pacific Command (US PACOM).
The Prelude to "Rebalancing".
The 2012 Shifts in Strategy.
The Total Size of PACOM Forces.
The US and Extended Regional Deterrence.
About the Authors.
