re: #34 freetoken

I also doubt that NK was anywhere near a deliverable nuclear weapon when said site ran into trouble.

All NK has had to do is convince the US that it might have such a weapon in order to bring the US to a table to be willing to trade.

And it appears that gambit by the NK has been successful.

There’s a wide spectrum of deliverability. Since the first successful test it’s been within their capabilities to smuggle a weapon inside a third party flagged container ship and detonate it in a US port.

re: #35 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

They’ve had six tests, all failures, and thrown an empty missile straight up, demonstrating that they could deliver a payload of zero over intercontinental distances, so they have everybody pissing their pants in fear.

The tests were not failures and the last one is estimated to be at least 100 Kt yield. Also, if their designs aren’t all that efficient that just means they’re extra dirty, which isn’t exactly comforting.