BL> With a communist Korea and land access to Pusan, the
BL> Russians would have the East China Sea and nothing to stop
BL> them. America is basically a naval power... as England was.

KR> it is quite possible to bypass that by sailing to the east of japan

BL> ROFL!

Poor old Bob, VERY convincing.

BL> To get east of Japan the Russians either go between Hokkaido and
BL> Honshu in Japanese waters, or north around Hokkaido where the Americans
BL> have the shallow La Perouse Strait seeded with sensors. In war,
BL> they'd shut them in like the English did to the the Germans in WWII.

Poor old Bob, still furiously living the past, as usual.
Hasnt even noticed that the world has changed forever on
that level of war wot wiv nuke tipped ICBMs etc. Poor old Bob.

Pity that he STILL hasnt even noticed that Korea wasnt russia anyway.

KR> and anyway, the russians were not directly involved, only the chinese.

BL> You can say that about Vietnam too,

Soorree, NOTHING like Vietnam where the chinese were NEVER directly
involved against the yanks and in fact the chinese actually attacked
Vietnam and got a VERY bloody nose indeed. Poor senile old Bob.

BL> but the Russians still ended up with Canranh Bay as a naval base

Pigs arse they did. Poor senile old Bob hasnt even noticed that the
russians dont even bother to use Vladivostok much for their navy now
that the USSR has gone down the tubes so comprehensively. Poor old Bob.

Then there is just the tiny matter of those funky nuke tipped ICBMs.

BL> and now sit on the main oil line to Japan.

Sure they do Bob. Silly senile old fart.
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