North Korea’s acquisition of nuclear weapons and its hell-for-leather development of an array of missiles to deliver them have raised the stakes further. Despite the war of words, for now the US military says there has been no change in its readiness posture in South Korea or elsewhere in Asia. Analysts say they have seen no evidence of any increased alert in North Korea. Even if everything went right for the Pentagon, a US strike campaign against North Korea would take up to a week to be effective, said Kristensen. “And it would provoke a massive North Korean reaction, even when they spotted preparation for such a strike, or the instant one began.”Yun said the catastrophe would not just be human.

Source: Mint August 11, 2017 06:22 UTC