Building a nuke doesnt make a nation powerful, loads of nations that dont have nukes have demonstrated the ability to quickly build and deploy accurate nuclear warheads.....Japan for example.
So lets look at N. Koreas attributes.
-shit house economy
-moderate population
-crumbling infrastructure
-massive corruption
-controlled communication
-obsolete military, large in man power doesnt make something strong, especially if people want to eat in north korea they join the military
its certainly not an african "country" but in the top 10 most powerful, please
as for nations "watching their backs" because of north korea, sure, nutters un nerve people. the malnourished starving homeless person un nerves people as well, and hes got a knife. is he dangerous, could be, on a small scale. is he powerful, absolutely not.
but north korea, just like the homeless guy, tends to stfu when someone puts a dollar in their soup can.
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