North Korean Nukes

The North Korean Nuclear test, although bad for the environment, is a great thing for national security of both the US and the Korean peninsula.

The sad news is that North Korea gaining nuclear weapons merely means that we can’t invade, and are forced to use non-military actions such as diplomatic, economic and information to coerce the regime.

No other country has used weapons of mass destruction as effectively as the United States, our use of biological weapons literally wiped a race of peoples off the face of the planet (Native Americans and smallpox blankets).  We only used nuclear weapons as a means to more quickly end World War II.

North Korea acquiring nuclear weapons presents a few options which The Prince would be proud.  One, in order to aid in the defense of other surrounding nations, we can offer greater military assistance to South Korea, Japan, Russia, and the Phillipines.  Second, we give North Korea a simple message: “use nuclear weapons against anyone, and we’ll bomb you into the stone age.”  North Korea will be unable to use their weapons without ensuring their assured destruction.

The doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction ensures that all countries who use Weapons of Mass Destruction will be completely destroyed, committing effective suicide.

The true threat does not come with nuclear weapons that can be attributed to a particular country, where the doctrine of MAD can apply, but with non-national groups where we cannot determine who detonated a nuclear device.  Without determining who produced a nuclear weapon, we cannot use MAD to ensure proper deterrence and retaliation.