A United States Military Mission in Post-Reunified Korea

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the mission and operational impacts of the United States military in a post-reunified Korea. Four different possible scenarios leading to Korean unification are discussed. The four possible scenarios leading to unification are: integration and peaceful unification, collapse and absorption, unification through conflict, and unification by disequilibrium and potential external intervention. The first and second scenarios have German unification comparisons. All of the scenarios describe a mission for the U.S. military. These varied missions are humanitarian aid, refugee support, logistics distribution, Weapons of Mass Destruction dismantling and security (to include chemical or biological weapons depots and plants, and nuclear facilities), and the demobilization of the North Korean military and its major hardware and weapons systems. The operational impacts of these missions vary from using the United States military manpower in theater to a mobilization and deployment of forces from the continental United States.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 05, 2000
Accession Number
ADA389726

Entities

People

  • Robert W. Dejong

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Asia
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • North Korea
  • Northeast Asia
  • South Korea
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies