A) Libya. I assume that when cruise missiles are sent against radar sites, they use the largest payload that works, in order to do the most damage. But if they could find out where kaddafi is, could they not use a small payload, big enough to kill him and maybe 25 people closest to him? Way back in 1966, I worked as a lowest-level undergraduate, confined mostly to delivering the mail and making copies, plus a couple other less time-consumng things meant to teach me more than they were meant for me to help anyone there, at the US Naval Avionics Facility, where they were working on the Walleye missile, to be controlled by the pilot of a plane who would identify a target as small as a person or a doorway, lock on to it, and the missile, with a little ongoing help from the pilot, was meant to hit it. I think they had production problems that delayed it for years, but by now, with faster processors, GPS, and with the great success from cruise missiles, I think it would be possible to go through a window or a wall and straight to where he is standing.
B) Japan. Don't they have lead-lined suits that the firemen could wear to get their water cannon closer to the reactors? I saw that they only shoot 100 or 150 feet, but once they had the range, I think they would work a lot faster than dumping from the sky, where most goes somewhere else.
Is there any kind of robot that will fit in the drivers seat and press the pedals and steer, so they wouldn't need a special robot for every purpose?
If not, can't they drive the truck up there and leave for a few hours in another truck or by walking?