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In the current situation, N. Korea could calculate that it is less risky to go after a Japanese target and still get the same effect they want to get from such a military provocation.
NK better think long and hard before POing Japan. They may seem peaceful since WW2, but they can and will defend themselves regardless of what America has to say if Kim Dung Shrill gets stupid. And likely not stop at defending themselves.
And I wouldn’t blame them a bit.
I see China as being the real target of this. They have been getting obnoxious towards all the other nations in the region, often extending their “territorial” waters all the way up to the coast of other countries, and trying to snatch contested islands.
This is causing the others, including SKor, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and even Vietnam to become much more friendly to each other, with an eye to telling China to take a hike and stay on its own turf, not try to steal theirs.
While the Norks are complaining about this, I would level odds that China will say nothing, but is really annoyed by it.
And an underlying current to this is that China has been given fair warning that if it allows Nork to go nuke, then Japan will lead the way in developing nuclear weapons directed at China.
The Japanese use all modern American equipment on their destroyers. Mark 41 VLS, Mark 46 torpedo, Mark 32 torpedo tubes, Mark 42 naval gun, Phalanx CIWS, Harpoon, SM-2, SM-3, Sea Sparrow and ASROC.
The North Koreans have a few frigates and missile craft from the 1950’s and 60’s. Old Soviet and Chinese designs.
Except for a few traitors over here, I tend to believe that North Korea is universally hated (not their average people of course) by just about everybody in Japan. They will unite as one country if attacked. North Korea will wish they had never started something. Also recall that there is a mutual defense treaty between the US and Japan, and if they are attacked, the US will be in it as well, not to mention if any US bases in Japan are targetted (well I should say they already are targetted by Pyongyang’s Scuds and Nodongs), but what I mean of course is if they dared launch something at USFJ, Pyongyang is going to end up a poor excuse for a parking lot. And they know it. They are not that precision in my opinion and would back down. A lot of this is just your average DPRK bluster and mind f-ing, and finagling for the big payoff of more rice and medicine.
Tiger that I don’t get they want tick off country gave the world Godzilla I don’t think so ROFL
Tiger that I don’t get they want tick off country gave the world Godzilla I don’t think so ROFL