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Originally Posted by Adm.Lee
IMO, the Japanese could easily do that, and perhaps the Koreans have forgiven them enough to let it go, but are the ROKs really that hard-pressed? From what little I've read, the South Koreans can handle the North Koreans in a straight-up fight. The two US corps may even be overkill?
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The problem is the Japanese Constitution, they are forbidden to dispatch military units outside of Japan. The unit that went to Iraq was a medical/engineer/security task force....and its deployment almost caused the fall of the government at that time, only its humanitarian mission saved it.
The deployment of a Japanese Destroyer to take part in the anti-piracy patrols also caused a lot of debate. The ROE it has to operate under is supposed to be the toughest one of any naval unit deployed, or so I'm told by a squid just returning from his reserve deployment there.
As for the ROK armed forces...tough little bastards by all accounts, discipline is high, training is strict and as realistic as possible...and the South Koreans outnumber the North Koreas by almost 2.5 to one, especially once all the reserves get called up. The sole purpose of the 2nd Infantry Division was as a symbol of UN/US commitment to maintain South Korea...at least in the timeframe of the game.
While I acknowledge that the North Korean goverment certainly marches to the beat of its own, insane drummer...would they try an attack on the ROK? Their biggest supporter is China with only limited Soviet support. If anything, I would think that the PRK would try to maintain a more neutral stance, at least until they could see a clear winner in the Sino-Soviet match.
And that means why would so many divisions be committed to Korea when they are so badly needed elsewhere? Food for thought...