The North Korean ballistic missile program is one of the most complex systems that pose a threat to global security.
You read that and think North Korea is about to wipe the United States off the face of the earth. In reality North Korea's Missile program is so limited in it's capability that it's only good for some limited deterrence. The fear mongering we see now is so close to that we saw of Iraq's so called weapons of Mass destruction. What Saddam had were a few Scud missiles, worthless in modern wars.
North Korea, officially: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country located in eastern Asia, occupying the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, overlooking the Gulf of Korea and the Sea of Japan, bordered by China From the north and South Korea from the south.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un authorized more than 80 missile tests since assuming leadership nearly six years ago. But all of these missiles fell into the waters in the East China Sea, because they were limited in scope, or were fired at a sharp angle, and were so high in space that they would splash down without going far.
Today, North Korea gave up restraint, starting a medium-range ballistic missile test, and launched it over Hokkaido, Japan, to nearly 1,700 kilometers of the Western Pacific. In doing so, they shown that they can hit a distant goal without Japan or it's allies being able to stop them.
Because of North Korea's geographical location - between China and South Korea, between eastern and southeastern Japan, Russia to the northeast, there is no way, they can test missiles, and not fly over another country. So what's the big deal?
Did North Korea attack Japan? NO
Do they have the capability to attack the US? NO
If they had such capability would they attack the US? NO
Our long term enemies such as Russia and supposedly China, have that capability for years, yet they would not under any normal circumstances launch ballistic missiles at the US. Why would China allow a puppet like Kim to launch an attack on its biggest consumer of goods, the United States? that would be an economical suicide...
Do not worry at all, a president who is berserk, certifiable crazy, demented, deranged, frenzied, hysterical, lunatic, mad, maniac, mental, psychopathic, raving, crazed, absurd, bananas, irrational, psychotic, out of his mind, twitter freak, would not have codes to launch an attack on North korea. I am sure by now the military of the United States recognized our failure and stripped him of that toy.