Recent studies about North Korean contingency estimate that military manpower requirements for the stabilization would range from 260,000 to 800,000. However, such estimates seem to be irrelevant in many ways. First, the manpower criteria of 20/25sold...
Recent studies about North Korean contingency estimate that military manpower requirements for the stabilization would range from 260,000 to 800,000. However, such estimates seem to be irrelevant in many ways. First, the manpower criteria of 20/25soldiers per 1,000 civilians is not an iron rule in stabilization operation. Second, the U.S. experiences in Afghanistan and in Iraq illustrate the critical impacts of tactical use of military power rather than the simple size of the troops upon the stabilization. Therefore, the ROK should prepare for the contingency with more realistic estimates. It should pay more attention to the tactical aspects of the stabilization operation rather than focus upon building up the size of the troops.