North Korea says it will stage nuke test

[NewFederalist]

If they launch, I hope Japan attacks.

With what? Thay have only defensive weapons.

[NewFederalist]

That is also why we need to tell the Japanese to re-write their U.S. imposed constitution to allow them to rearm. Then we need to give them a timetable as to when we plan to withdraw from their region and let them figure it all out.

[NewFederalist]

They have no in flight refueling capability. Check out the range of their interceptor aircraft. I am not arguing that they SHOULD NOT have the capability to attack North Korea (or China, for that matter) I am only saying that they DO NOT. I have seen their ships and they are impressive but they have no true capital ships. That is why the USS Kitty Hawk is homeported there. As I said, they need to change their constitution and rearm. BTW, they have ZERO amphibious capability so any equipment they have stays on the home islands.

[NewFederalist]

They have no in flight refueling capability. Check out the range of their interceptor aircraft. I am not arguing that they SHOULD NOT have the capability to attack North Korea (or China, for that matter) I am only saying that they DO NOT. I have seen their ships and they are impressive but they have no true capital ships. That is why the USS Kitty Hawk is homeported there. As I said, they need to change their constitution and rearm. BTW, they have ZERO amphibious capability so anything equipment they have stays on the home islands.

Have you served in the military, NewFederalist?

33 years in the Navy. Retired in 2003.

[NewFederalist]

They have no in flight refueling capability. Check out the range of their interceptor aircraft. I am not arguing that they SHOULD NOT have the capability to attack North Korea (or China, for that matter) I am only saying that they DO NOT. I have seen their ships and they are impressive but they have no true capital ships. That is why the USS Kitty Hawk is homeported there. As I said, they need to change their constitution and rearm. BTW, they have ZERO amphibious capability so anything equipment they have stays on the home islands.

Have you served in the military, NewFederalist?

33 years in the Navy. Retired in 2003.

Congrats man. What I know about the Navy comes from reading Jane's Fighting Ships

And a very good read it is!

[NewFederalist]

What was your rank when you retired? Do we have an admiral in the house?

Nope. Just a mere Captain (O-6). I had prior enlisted service which is how I got 33 years.

[NewFederalist]

Thanks, David S! (Now put your hat back on before you catch cold!)

[NewFederalist]

That is also why we need to tell the Japanese to re-write their U.S. imposed constitution to allow them to rearm. Then we need to give them a timetable as to when we plan to withdraw from their region and let them figure it all out.

I tend to agree although I have some reservations. The Japanese are very talented technically. I would hate to think of them devoting that talent to building a powerful high tech military. Pearl Harbor wasn't that long ago.

With their rapidly declining population they have to make their move soon or it really won't matter.

[NewFederalist]

The population is not "rapidly declining"

According to the U.N. it is. 21 consecutive years of the number of people under the age of 15 being a smaller real number and percentage of the population than the year before.