While military analysts are belaboring the launch's geopolitical consequences, it's easy to lose sight of what North Korea is paying to "monitor weather" patterns. Sometime between now and Monday, Pyongyang will launch its "Unha-3" rocket but it will have cost hundreds of millions of dollars and tons of food to make that happen....
When a country has used it's national resources for building nuclear capacity and looking to the world for sympathy for its people there is hardly any reason to allow such aspirations to continue.
The leaders of North Korea no more suffer for their militarization than those of major countries that have such capacity, but, the people are an entirely different story.
It is way Nuclear Non-Proliferation is paramount to peace and prosperity globally. If there are no nuclear threats and resources can finally be used for the benefit of the people, the world has a real shot at being a reasonably decent place to live.
When a country has used it's national resources for building nuclear capacity and looking to the world for sympathy for its people there is hardly any reason to allow such aspirations to continue.
The leaders of North Korea no more suffer for their militarization than those of major countries that have such capacity, but, the people are an entirely different story.
It is way Nuclear Non-Proliferation is paramount to peace and prosperity globally. If there are no nuclear threats and resources can finally be used for the benefit of the people, the world has a real shot at being a reasonably decent place to live.
...Money Pyongyang is also spending a significant amount of money on the launch that could be going to its people. Today, we found out what he damage is. The Daily Telegraph has gained access to documents that reveal the country is spending $850 million on the launch, which could feed millions of North Koreans. "The cost of the rocket, revealed in restricted documents seen by The Daily Telegraph, would have been able to buy 2.5 million tons of corn of and 1.4 million tons of rice – helping to alleviate poverty for millions." To put those numbers into context, the U.N. estimate for North Korea's entire harvest of cereals this year is 5.4 million tons....
If that ludicrous reality isn't enough, there is the fact if North Korea actually tried to launch against South Korea or Japan, it would prove to do itself more physical damage with radiation poisoning that it could not recover from.
If that ludicrous reality isn't enough, there is the fact if North Korea actually tried to launch against South Korea or Japan, it would prove to do itself more physical damage with radiation poisoning that it could not recover from.
