Missile envy

IN THE NEWS
The defense experts quoted in this New York Times article believe that a North Korean nuclear arsenal is supposed to compensate for the deficiencies of the DPRK's army. If that analysis is correct, it will be even harder to stop North Korea from taking further steps in its nuclear program, especially given the public confrontation Kim Jong Il has manufactured with the rest of the world. In a way, you have to want this analysis to be wrong--particularly since it could just as easily be applied to Iran.