Originally Posted by ReadyRsv

Google puts the Tomahawk cruise missile speed at around 550 MPH which seems valid based upon it's design. This being the case, NK would have plenty of time to launch a coordinated artillery attack on the populous of Seoul once they realized that the jig was up. Even so, without nuclear armed cruise missiles, hardened command and control infrastructure would enable second wave retaliation by widespread NK forces, who have been kept on the brink of action for decades. I would posit that even with an incapacitated command structure the NK forces have dead-man policies (similar to 'Wing Attack Plan-R') which would enable local commanders to take drastic offensive measures, up to nuclear warfare. They may not have an ICBM but they could definitely drive a bomb up to the border and blow it up in a glorious act of self sacrifice to the 'dear leader'