What kind of timeframe would you expect to see a ROK reprisal, if indeed one is forthcoming? Within 12-48 hours?
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S. Korea may strike N. Korea’s missile base: President Lee
Korea Herald ^ | 11/23/10
Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 5:40:15 AM by sand lake bar
President Lee Myung-bak ordered his military Tuesday to strike North Korea’s missile base around its coastline artillery positions if it shows signs of additional provocation, his spokeswoman said.
In a video conference with Gen. Han Min-koo, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the president ordered “multiple-fold retaliation” against the North for its artillery attack on a South Korean island, according to presidential spokeswoman Kim Hee-jung.
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That is likely. They will first work it out with U.S. military. If they want well-coordinated reprisal, it may take a few days, too.
On the pessimistic side, this could degenerate into another spectacle of USS George Washington threatening to move into Yellow Sea, back out, then come back again, and eventually going away, while China is foaming at the mouth.