I think everyone is giving North Korea way too much credit.
Every missile they launch sinks. Every one. If they were so confident, why not fire the missiles already? The answer is simple. They do not have the capability. For ten years, all you hear is how North Korea is itching to launch a missile. Yet nothing has happened. It is all part of a scare tactic. The classic 1984 scenario where there must be a bad guy.
The same with Russia. Russia has not been a foe since the Cold War. They have not showed aggressive action towards the U.S. Yet everyone keeps insisting that Russia is some kind of insidious country, bent on the destruction of the U.S. Where is the evidence for this?
While North Korea is an enemy, they are vastly inferior. Russia is not an enemy.
As I said, this is all Big Brother propaganda. Because Islam is not a politically correct enemy, Russia has become the "new aggressor."
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The missiles that NK fires are "Designed" to fall short of hitting any "landmass," therefore, that doesn't make them faulty. If NK truly wanted to hit SK or Japan, at this time, they could. NKs problem is, they don't have the capability to place a miniaturized Nuclear warhead at the top of their missiles. So far as Russia goes, they are truly our enemy and if not for our stockpile of Nuclear and Hydrogen weaponry, they'ed attack and take over America in a heartbeat. The goal of Communism is to rule the world. In addition, the ONLY thing holding back Communism from ruling the entire world is the U.S.A.