Nah. Why waste a nuke on something you got so much artillery pointed at already that the combined explosive yield of all those shells outweighs your one single nuke.
No, if they're gonna nuke something, it's gonna be Yokosuka. Not Tokyo. Yokosuka. Why? Home port of the US Navy's 7th Fleet. Take out Yokosuka and you'll deal a crippling blow to the US Navy's ability to respond to an offensive action. It's also the home port for a good deal of the JMSDF. If they have an additional nuke available, they'll hit either Sasebo or Okinawa. Sasebo is the home port for 7th Fleet's amphibious fleet (you know... water taxis for the Marine Corps). As for Okinawa... Well, Marines. As well as one of the larger USAF Air Bases in the region.
In short, whatever operational nukes they have, they will probably use to buy themselves as much time as possible. If you plan things just right, you could probably delay a significant US military response for at least a week.
As for China... To be honest, I don't see why the PRC doesn't just get it over with. They're certainly not lacking in troop levels, and the civilians would probably take better to a fellow socialist state coming in to clean house. And the DPRK is certainly scaring them, no questions about that. I just hope that they don't get it in their heads to sell functional warheads to countries like Iran or Syria.
No, if they're gonna nuke something, it's gonna be Yokosuka. Not Tokyo. Yokosuka. Why? Home port of the US Navy's 7th Fleet. Take out Yokosuka and you'll deal a crippling blow to the US Navy's ability to respond to an offensive action. It's also the home port for a good deal of the JMSDF. If they have an additional nuke available, they'll hit either Sasebo or Okinawa. Sasebo is the home port for 7th Fleet's amphibious fleet (you know... water taxis for the Marine Corps). As for Okinawa... Well, Marines. As well as one of the larger USAF Air Bases in the region.
In short, whatever operational nukes they have, they will probably use to buy themselves as much time as possible. If you plan things just right, you could probably delay a significant US military response for at least a week.
As for China... To be honest, I don't see why the PRC doesn't just get it over with. They're certainly not lacking in troop levels, and the civilians would probably take better to a fellow socialist state coming in to clean house. And the DPRK is certainly scaring them, no questions about that. I just hope that they don't get it in their heads to sell functional warheads to countries like Iran or Syria.