User blog comment:Jeremiah Garland/Discussion Blog: North Korea/@comment-7379056-20130330185939/@comment-7097825-20130331013958

North Korea doesn't have the resources the united states had in the 1940's.

Its technically possible they could innovate, but It's going to take awhile, a long while.

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Developing a Navy or Airforce to match America would take decades, and would not go unnoticed, America would take measures to expand its own navy and airforce.

Right now, 1 American Carrier group could match or defeat any other nations navy with 3 possible exceptions. The British, French, and maybe the Russians would require a little more, but America has 11 Carrier groups and very many submarines

It DOES require quite a big navy and airforce to launch an attack the West Coast, in any considerable fashion due to the fact that today we have Satellites, and can see an enemy fleet approaching far before the arrive. This means they have to overpower the US Navy, which is an extremelly tall order

Japan at the time of Pearl Harbor had one of the worlds most premier navies, and a sizeable airforce with plenty of experience. Plus, the US didn't have Satellites back then, so they had an element of suprise no modern navy could enjoy.