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As North Korea moves closer to achieving a long-range missile capability, the United States will come under mounting pressure to act.
By Rodger Baker
Handling a Nuclear North Korea
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Assessments Jan 6, 2017 | 09:15 GMTJan 6, 2017
North Korea will use everything at its disposal to exact a heavy price for an attack, but will it be enough to dissuade the United States?
Assessments Jan 5, 2017 | 09:16 GMTJan 5, 2017
Pyongyang would counterstrike using its considerable artillery, rocket and missile arsenal, but there are limits to these weapons' effectiveness.
Assessments Jan 4, 2017 | 09:06 GMTJan 4, 2017
The United States could dismantle the North Korean nuclear program with a massive surprise strike. There are two huge unknowns, however, that prevent an accurate evaluation of the likelihood of an attack.
Assessments Jan 3, 2017 | 09:01 GMTJan 3, 2017
Should the United States wish to curtail Pyongyang's nuclear activities through force and avoid a long-term intervention, it would have to take quick and decisive action.
Assessments Jan 2, 2017 | 13:34 GMTJan 2, 2017
North Korea is an island of its own making. It is often painted as a weak, fearsome lunatic with delusions of grandeur and aspirations to become a nuclear power, but the truth is a little more complicated.
