The US military predicts 10,000 troops could be wounded in combat if war breaks out with North Korea — and that's just the beginning

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• US military leaders attended a training exercise designed to sketch out hypothetical scenarios if war were to break out with North Korea.
• Officials estimated around 10,000 troops would be wounded in the opening days.
• The leaders also analyzed several scenarios, including figuring out how many US Special Operations forces it would take to target nuclear sites belonging to North Korea.

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US military leaders who attended a classified exercise in Hawaii learned that a war with North Korea could result in around 10,000 American combat-related casualties in the opening days, according to a New York Times report published on Wednesday.

The tabletop exercise (TTX), which tests hypothetical scenarios, lasted several days and included Army chief of staff Gen. Mark Milley and Special Operations Command commander Gen. Raymond Thomas.

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