"Japan has warned it would launch a pre-emptive military action against North Korea if it had firm evidence Pyongyang was planning a missile attack. "Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba said it would be 'a self-defence measure' if North Korea was going to 'resort to arms against Japan'. "Mr Ishiba said it would be too late if a North Korean missile was already on its way." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2757923.stm Comment: the probability of scenarios for deep doo-doo down the road have just increased. "Cuban Missile Crisis" like scenarios are now alive...only with real-war foregrounds. --Orson
All the recent news about Koreas kidnapping of Japanese citizens doesn't help in this situation, I'm sure. Jack
