38 North, a website that focuses on North Korea, said satellite images signal recent activity in preparation for another nuclear test. That probably wouldn’t save Seoul from devastation if North Korea responded to such a strike with a barrage of artillery or shorter-range missiles. In its defense, South Korea would go after the artillery that North Korea has massed near the demilitarized zone and use its Patriot missiles and anti-missile ships. Yet the overarching challenge in an attack on North Korea continues to be gauging the regime’s response. The U.S.’s ability to know what weaponry is even in North Korea and where it is located “is always a bit of a crapshoot,” he said.

Source: National Post April 19, 2017 15:33 UTC