For the first time in decades North Korea may actually fear an American military attack, and its fragile economy is at huge risk from the strictest sanctions it has ever faced. North Korea would be crazy to give up their nuclear deterrent when they have an aggressive nuclear-armed enemy Alex Wellerstein“People like to talk about North Korea as ‘crazy’. “The United States made clear that space-launched vehicles, satellite-launched vehicles, cannot be considered anything but a missile test,” he told US National Public Radio. “North Korea notably made no promises about intermediate or short-range missiles,” said Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate in the East Asia Nonproliferation Program. “North Korea’s promise to end [intercontinental ballistic missile] tests is also very good, but comes with even more caveats,” Hanham said.

Source: The Guardian April 21, 2018 19:55 UTC