But it wasn’t the parade that signaled North Korea’s belligerence; numerous other countries hold military parades to mark some significant occasion or another. The likely plan was to demonstrate American resolve in managing the crisis that North Korea’s nuclear weapons program has created. The decision to divert the Carl Vinson to waters near the Korean peninsula may also be driven by new intelligence on North Korea’s nuclear threat. A worrying stand-offWhy would North Korea want to use nuclear weapons against American bases in Northeast Asia in the first place? And as strategists and policymakers scramble to find other approaches for halting North Korea’s growing nuclear threat.

Source: Huffington Post April 27, 2017 12:31 UTC