Post; Japanese government considers pre-emptive strike on North Korean ICBM facilities.

Mohmar Deathstrike · July 11th, 2006

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html

I would like to initiate a discussion on the feasability of such an attack, not political value etc.

Japan lacks stratotankers, long-range bombers and (AFAIK) cruise missiles. So they would have to engage in an operation similar to the one in which the Israelis destroyed the Osirak reactor. I doubt South Korea would allow them to land after the mission, to not provoke the Democratic Republic. The Japanese would also need their Kongo class AEGIS Destroyers on full alert to intercept any retaliatory North Korean strikes, which could be nuclear-tipped!

Armchair Generals, ATTACK!

July 11th, 2006
Mohmar Deathstrike Banned Gear	Post; Japanese government considers pre-emptive strike on North Korean ICBM facilities. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html I would like to initiate a discussion on the feasability of such an attack, not political value etc. Japan lacks stratotankers, long-range bombers and (AFAIK) cruise missiles. So they would have to engage in an operation similar to the one in which the Israelis destroyed the Osirak reactor. I doubt South Korea would allow them to land after the mission, to not provoke the Democratic Republic. The Japanese would also need their Kongo class AEGIS Destroyers on full alert to intercept any retaliatory North Korean strikes, which could be nuclear-tipped! Armchair Generals, ATTACK!