{"id":421711,"date":"2022-03-26T04:13:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T01:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/north-korea-is-testing-missiles-that-could-level-much-of-the-us\/"},"modified":"2022-03-26T04:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T01:13:28","slug":"north-korea-is-testing-missiles-that-could-level-much-of-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/north-korea-is-testing-missiles-that-could-level-much-of-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"#North Korea is testing missiles that could level much of the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cf6bddd61b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cf6bddd61b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/north-korea-is-testing-missiles-that-could-level-much-of-the-us\/#%E2%80%9CNorth_Korea_is_testing_missiles_that_could_level_much_of_the_US%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;North Korea is testing missiles that could level much of the US&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNorth_Korea_is_testing_missiles_that_could_level_much_of_the_US%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;North Korea is testing missiles that could level much of the US&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>North Korea just tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear warhead to any target on earth \u2014 and the Biden administration doesn\u2019t give a damn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Or at least, in any case, it hopes <em>you<\/em> don\u2019t give a damn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You see, Team Biden came into office knowing that its options on North Korea were pretty limited. There was, of course, the option to get tough on North Korea and to look to ensure the portly pariah of Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un, held firm to not testing missiles that can hit the US homeland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the White House seems to have determined that it would be better to craft a strategy to bury the problem instead, and it had the blueprint in hand to do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So down the rabbit hole we went. The administration early on conducted a three-month policy review on North Korea and never rolled out a plan that was even remotely concrete. What it decided on amounts to two words: Let\u2019s talk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That should not be surprising. The Obama foreign-policy geniuses had the same strategy, except they had a name for it: strategic patience. It boiled down to offering North Korea dialogue and talks on ending its nuclear program in exchange for some sort of concessions down the road.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a briefing on humanitarian efforts for Ukraine\" class=\"wp-image-21667120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Biden came into office knowing that its options on North Korea were pretty limited.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Evelyn Hockstein\/REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is where things get really strange. Until the day North Korea pulls up a chair to talk nukes, Presidents Barack Obama and now Joe Biden have had zero to offer on the subject. Talks are the policy.\u00a0No talk, no policy.<\/p>\n<p>Except for one problem: The North Koreans don\u2019t want to talk. Well, they might, but not unless they know what they\u2019re talking about. And just giving up their nuclear weapons right off the bat isn\u2019t exactly a conversation starter for them.<\/p>\n<p>So is it really that surprising that during the Obama-Biden years North Korea created the technological foundations to build nuclear weapons and long-range missiles (though its population was starving amid a GDP one-third the size of Ethiopia\u2019s)? Those efforts were bearing fruit just as Donald Trump was entering the Oval Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The United Nations Security Council meets concerning North Korea's test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile\" class=\"wp-image-21667113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The United Nations Security Council meets concerning North Korea\u2019s test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bebeto Matthews\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The North Korean Central News Agency released photos showing Kim Jong Un and political counterparts celebrating the test-launch of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile. \" class=\"wp-image-21667119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-missiles-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The North Korean Central <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Agency released photos showing Kim Jong Un and political counterparts celebrating the test-launch of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">KCNA \/EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bad news: North Korea is just getting warmed up. Pyongyang has already told the world it wants tactical nuclear weapons \u2014 you know, the small atomic weapons Russia keeps threatening to use against NATO and Ukraine. And that means more nuclear weapons tests are in the offing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s the proliferation issue. North Korea already sells large amounts of missile <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> to Iran. One could easily see a scenario where Pyongyang helps Tehran build its own ICBM technology or perhaps even helps the regime develop its own nuclear device.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-medium-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"322\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/yoon-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322\" alt=\"South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol \" class=\"wp-image-21667245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/yoon-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=644 644w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/yoon-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=483 483w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/yoon-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/yoon-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=161 161w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/yoon-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\"\/><figcaption>Yoon Suk-yeol was elected as South Korea\u2019s new president March 10.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YONHAP\/POOL SOUTH KOREA OUT\/EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>North Korea, in many respects, is geopolitical cancer. You can ignore it, but the disease will spread. And in this case, the disease is weapons of mass destruction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The good news: There\u2019s a cure. North Korea needs to know we mean business and we can easily deter anything they do. Biden must work closely with new conservative South Korean President Yoon, who\u2019ll be taking office soon in Seoul. Both allies must reboot military drills at once and build readiness back up after years of declines. South Korea must increase its missile defenses and also work closely with Japan on this issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Talks with North Korea could be possible, but not until we show Pyongyang our forces are ready for any contingency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Biden continues to hope the world is looking the other way on North Korea, we face a dangerous reality: The rogue regime could soon have a massive arsenal of nuclear weapons and missiles that could kill the vast majority of Americans in less than 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>That is a future we must avoid at all costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Harry J. Kazianis is the senior director at the Center for the National Interest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>: @Grecianformula<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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