Re: Thought on Orbital Bombardment...

> > True but they didn't reach into the country's interior.
>
> That's because only Japan was completely surrounded by water and
U.S.
> dropping nukes on them and the Soviets invading Manchuria and
Sahalin
> Isaland, they surrendered before the U.S. invaded the main
islands...

No, it's because the naval weapons only had a limited range from the
coastline.  Not an issue with orbital bombardment, so if you can ht a
border fort, you can hit their capital, their munitions factories, etc