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Tab Julius lives in New England, with a professional background in software engineering, particularly multimedia (audio, video, animation), and digital and medical imaging. He has authored or contributed to a number of books, mainly during the 1990's, and formerly edited and published a technical journal.

Current interests are politics, psychology, piano restoration, vintage British cars, music, skiing, snowboarding, parenting (particularly being a single father, and child psychology), and much more. Oh, and dogs. Lots of dogs.

Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Does North Korea's missile test represent a real threat to the United States?

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"Does North Korea's missile test represent a real threat to the United States?" I would argue that it doesn't, at least not directly. Indirectly, yes, because any instability in that area affects our interests, but I doubt they are going to be lobbing missiles at the United States. To be literal about it, an actual test isn't a threat, but the acquired ability to create a nuclear weapon and deliver it on target would be. North Korea doesn't have a terrific track record technically. They will not only need to make a bomb go boom, but then they have to deliver that boom. Neither is a trivial...

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