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North Korea’s Missile to Nowhere

North Korea’s apparently successful launch of its Unha-3 rocket was inevitable after the failed launch nine months ago. But the question has never been whether the North Koreans were going to abandon their efforts to marry a nuclear warhead to an intercontinental missile; the real issue is what the rest of us plan to do about it.

DENVER – North Korea’s apparently successful launch of its Unha-3 rocket was inevitable after the failed launch nine months ago. There were no signs then – or ever – that the North Koreans were planning to give up. Indeed, the missile launch seemed directly related to another launch – that of North Korea’s newest beloved leader, Kim Jong-un – and the domestic politics surrounding it.

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