
How dangerous is North Korea's military arsenal right now?
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Two ballistic missiles fired by North Korea fell harmlessly into the sea on Thursday, but experts say the launch is further proof Kim Jong Un's growing military arsenal poses a significant threat to South Korea, Japan -- and even the US mainland.
"The United States and its Asian allies regard North Korea as a grave security threat," the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) stated bluntly in the first sentence of a lengthy look at Pyongyang's military capabilities updated in November. Perhaps the most troubling statement in the CFR report is this: "North Korea could have more than sixty nuclear weapons, according to analysts' estimates, and has successfully tested missiles that could strike the United States with a nuclear warhead."
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