Kim's got himself a big bomb

[The Spartan]

Usually, yes.

Don't you just love dictatorships the people are starving and all their leader is concerned with is ballistic missile and nuclear capability there's priorities for you.

[VectraMan]

Since:

Fook all was done when India acquired nuclear weapons
&
Fook all was done when Pakistan acquired nuclear weapons

the answer may be fook all except some posturing

Don't forget Israel. That strikes me as much more scary than North Korea.

If NK ever did launch an attack against South Korea, or anyone else, it would guarantee their destruction. There'd be no question of the US et al instituting "regime change", and if there's one thing that dictators like, it's hanging onto power. It's only a problem if we let NK amass so many weapons that they can destroy us before we destroy them.

[Mich the Tester]

Don't you just love dictatorships the people are starving and all their leader is concerned with is ballistic missile and nuclear capability there's priorities for you.

It's the only way to do the oppression thing; if the people are well fed they're able to rise up against the dictator as in North Africa and now Syria.

[The Spartan]

It's the only way to do the oppression thing; if the people are well fed they're able to rise up against the dictator as in North Africa and now Syria.

We can only hope it's not too far off then

[rob s]

Don't you just love dictatorships the people are starving and all their leader is concerned with is ballistic missile and nuclear capability there's priorities for you.

Winning strategy in Civ5. At least on 'settler' difficulty level.

[DodgyAgent]

Don't you just love dictatorships the people are starving and all their leader is concerned with is ballistic missile and nuclear capability there's priorities for you.

Quite


Revealed: the £130bn hidden cost of Trident replacement | Politics | The Guardian

[barrydidit]

It is actually a small bomb which is more worrying. What the yanks are most worried about is them strapping a nuke to a long range missile, it only requires a small device to wipe out DC or NYC

That last missile launch (the one that was intended to play 'patriotic songs') was said to be capable of reaching West Coast of US only, so no danger to DC. Not much comfort if you're in California mind.

North Korean rocket 'can reach US west coast 10,000km away' - Telegraph

I would have added the DPR view on proceedings, but their website hasn't got any mention of it yet. Some tourist information, if anyone's interested

[OwlHoot]

Quite

Revealed: the £130bn hidden cost of Trident replacement | Politics | The Guardian

Money well spent IMHO, as long as the UK isn't just paying the Yanks for the finished product.

High-tech projects like that have a trickle down effect, and could benefit the UK in all kinds of ways, such as safer and more efficient nuclear power and more arms sales, and of course maintaining an effective defence.

[NickFitz]

"America, China, Russia, France and the UK have insisted that the nuclear weapons being developed by North Korea are the bad ones that bring fear and uncertainty not the good ones that bring peace and stability."

- North Korea’s nuclear weapons aren’t the type that bring peace and stability, insist nuclear states

[d000hg]

Surely a NK bomb lumbering it's way across the sky would be child's play to bring down. Of course the issue of fallout is then raised but stopping it going off should be OK.