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Scared About North Korea? You Aren't Scared Enough
A Q&A with Jeffrey Lewis, aka the Arms Control Wonk, on why Kim's ICBM launch shouldn't have been a surprise.
Why is this man smiling?
Source: AFP/Getty ImagesNo matter how hard Americans may have tried to check out of the real world over this long holiday, their idylls were undoubtedly interrupted by the news that North Korea had successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that could conceivably reach the U.S. If paired with a miniaturized nuclear warhead, it poses the greatest new threat to domestic security since the end of the Cold War. And, oh yeah, the guy with his hand on the launcher is a stone-cold nut job who reportedly likes killing close relatives with anti-aircraft guns.