North Korea’s Nuclear Reactor Come Back to Life


North Korea is looking to extract and Iran-style deal out of the Obama administration.

From The Hill:

North Korea is “committed to developing a long-range, nuclear-armed missile that is capable of posing a direct threat to the United States,” Clapper said in prepared testimony. “We assess that North Korea has already taken initial steps toward fielding this system, although the system has not been flight-tested.”

Last month, North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear weapons test. Though it claimed the event was the detonation of a hydrogen bomb, the U.S. has viewed that claim skeptically.

Still, Pyongyang remains a volatile nuclear state, Clapper said on Tuesday, whose motives remain unclear.

“Although North Korea issues official statements that include its justification for building nuclear weapons and threats to use them as a defensive or retaliatory measure, we do not know the details of Pyongyang’s nuclear doctrine or employment concepts,” Clapper said. “We have long assessed that Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities are intended for deterrence, international prestige, and coercive diplomacy.”

“Coercive diplomacy?” This used to be called taking hostages and blackmail.

Perhaps the next President of the United States can fix this debacle. They must make it clear they are a departure from the rainbow and unicorn days of President Obama.

Source: The Hill



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