To: garbanzo
What worries me is a pre-emptive strike by NK. A small nuke detonated of the coast of Japan near a US military base for example could seriously hamper a US response. On the contrary: NK detonating a nuke of any size in such a threatening manner would justify and provoke a massive response.
43 posted on
12/26/2002 6:57:29 PM PST by
r9etb
To: r9etb
It would but the question is how long would such a response take and how much are our hands tied? One of the biggest problems with a nuclear response is having years of fallout drift to the south and to Japan. A large preemptive attack could potentially allow the North enough time to make a serious attack on the South before an effective US (conventional) response. The South could collapse before we are ready for a counterattack.
47 posted on
12/26/2002 7:06:27 PM PST by
garbanzo
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