. Secondly, they would no doubt need the approval of the USA to make such a move, and I think even they would be reluctant to do it. There are too many possibilities for it to stretch into a larger war with China, or other nations who would be left with the principle of complaining...
a British observer on the Japanese battleshipFuji, watched in amazement as theBorodinosustained a direct hit. “The shell burst,” he wrote. “Fire spurted to the height of her funnel tops, leaving only a dense cloud that brooded over the place she had occupied.” ...