Kyle Mizokami
South Korea is assembling a strike force of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, air power and marines to neutralize the North Korean threat. Designed to kill or incapacitate the country’s leadership—particularly Kim Jong-un—in the crisis before war, the so-called Kill Chain and Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation (KMPR) plans are like something out of a military techno-thriller, with hundreds of precision-guided missiles and commandos engaged in a race against time to stop a nuclear attack. What are Kill Chain and KMPR, and could they work in heading off a nuclear war?
As a nonnuclear power, South Korea has limited options in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear-weapons program. Instead of building its own nuclear arsenal as a direct deterrent, Seoul is assembling its own arsenal of unique conventional capabilities, consisting of Global Hawk high-altitude surveillance drones, other intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance assets, special operations forces, and cruise and ballistic missiles.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/how-south-korea-plans-stop-nuclear-attack-north-korea-21472
