Claims that Japan could be paralyzed by “blowing up nuclear plants” ignore engineering realities and military facts. This section dismantles fear-mongering rhetoric by examining containment strength, missile accuracy, and the misuse of extreme hypotheticals.

2016-03-16

The following continues from the previous section.

“If someone wanted to throw Japan into chaos, they could blow up nuclear power plants and cause a meltdown. Japanese people would be exposed to radiation, cancer patients would surge, and it would be over. There is no country more vulnerable. It would be the same as Japan possessing nuclear weapons aimed at itself. Even the places where nuclear fuel is stored would be finished if attacked. There would be no need to strike U.S. military bases.”

I would instead like Mr. Junichiro Koizumi to explain how exactly one would “blow up” a nuclear power plant.
The concrete protecting the containment vessel is thick, boasts strength capable of withstanding aircraft terrorism, and designs and construction of underground fortress-like structures capable of enduring such attacks have also begun.

There are those who try to stir anxiety with extreme claims such as, “What if North Korea fires a missile at a nuclear plant?”
This is of the same kind, and here as well the analogy is completely unreasonable.

Would a missile launched from North Korea hit a nuclear power plant with pinpoint accuracy?

They do not possess cruise missiles, so it is impossible.

Rather, is it not more likely that a nuclear bomb could be detonated by North Korea over a major city?

Bringing up extreme examples to stir fear.

The statement is far too childish.

To be continued.