The recent news of North Korea should be unsettling to anyone. Kim Jong Un now has Sub-Launched Ballistic Missiles that actually seem to work from the submerged position. There has been a lot joking generated by some about the backward state of North Korea's technological base, and not much credence has been put into the idea that the Norks might be anything other that a regional threat. To be fair, I think the Western powers and media have started to wake up in the past year, but like the story of the tortoise and the hare, it now may be too late.
What now exists in North Korea is the rise of a credible submarine force that may soon be, if not already, equipped with a nuclear package. The Norks know that they have our attention now, which gives rise to power plays like this:
Stop War Drills and We'll Stop Nuclear Tests, North Korea Tells US After Missile Launch
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/23/north-korea-launched-offshore-ballistic-missile-says-the-south
The issue here is that we have a world leader in North Korea that is very akin to Saddam in attitude and ruthlessness, combined with an actual nuclear weapons program that may already be operational. And given that our nets have lost Kim's subs in the Pacific more than once, that operational program may get parked off any coast in the Pacific Rim.
We need a revitalized Civil Defense, and we need it NOW.
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