North Korea likely preparing to strike U.S. military bases in Japan

upi.com ^ | 3/6/17 | Elizabeth Shim

[ColdOne]

March 6 (UPI) -- The four missiles North Korea launched on Monday were likely practice for targeting U.S. military bases in Japan.

According to South Korea's joint chiefs of staff, three of the four missiles landed in Japanese territorial waters, making it likely North Korea is rehearsing attacks against U.S. military stations in Japan, from where reinforcements for the Korean peninsula would arrive in the event of war.

[AU72]

Next time we should prepare to defend by shooting them down, preferably in NK.

[b4its2late]

They’d better rethink that.

[Steely Tom]

Something may come back over the horizon towards Lil’ Kim that will make him wet his pants.

And his pants will be on the other side of Pyong Yang from his head.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Obama’s fault.

[b4its2late]

Exactly

[Red Badger]

[chajin]

Most of the US military bases in Japan are on the Pacific side of the country, except for those in Kyushu; since the NK launching pad is as Kimchaek in the country’s northeast, that would require much longer-range missiles and much better aiming technology than the Norks are exhibiting now, I think.

[ClearCase_guy]

Hopefully nothing will come of this. But if a US response should become necessary, I hope they name it “Operation MacArthur” and I hope it is a relentless and fierce response.

Alternate name: “Operation William Tecumseh Sherman” — but that’s a bit too long, I think.

[dfwgator]

I would call it ‘Operation Take Back The Pueblo’.

[tomkat]

Everyone seen that composite pic of Earth at night with all the lights blazing except in a few remote and/or backward places, like North Korea ?

If the Norks try this, that pic might just change, given the afterglow from a US retaliatory strike.

[Meadow Muffin]

That picture of a more rotund Lil Kim......looks like he has been back at the cheese wheel again.

[Tac Double Tap]

Time to do something other then Tweeting dumb Shit!
You’re losing a lot of people. The next election will tell if the country goes down the tubes or we continue the renewal of America. It’s all up to Trump on which way it will go.
Sorry, I had to make this statement.

[Former Proud Canadian]

I do not know what Kim is thinking or if he is thinking.

Does he know there is a new sheriff in town? Does he have any idea what the response would be to an attack on US bases in Japan? Is he crazy?

[dfwgator]

He’s just begging for China to take him out.

[Obadiah]

Excellent. Perhaps the Norks should look at how the Gulf of Tonkin liberated American firepower.

[Billthedrill]

I'll take "Bad Ideas" for 200, Alex. Recall as well that these are people who have shot at the ocean and missed. And fortunately for the interest of peace, they're also the people the Iranians have decided to ask for help with their own missile program.

In before the "No Dong" jokes.

[dp0622]

Target is yellow journalism at its finest :)

Makes it sound like it’s happening in four hours :)

[Hang'emAll]

I do not know what Kim is thinking or if he is thinking....

Mad Dog would be very Mad and Donald would let him off the leash.

[lee martell]

This Kim thing may be turning into a ‘really big shoe’.