North Korea says it will stage nuke test

[David S]

This is why we need a missle defense system capable of stopping at least a small attack from a goofball like Kim Sung. We should also make it clear to N Korea that if they attack us with such a weapon it will be their last act.

[David S]

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.

I didn't know that. My hat's off to you.

[David S]

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.