Korean Missile Launching: Other Countries Reactions: An Annotated Bibliography

Since the 1950’s North Korea has posed as dangerous threat to The United States and its allies. With North Korea development of Nuclear arms and its consistent hostile rhetoric and actions towards the United States. With the North Korea’s development of a long range ICBM, more now than ever the United States has been put into a position where its and many of its

In the article “Should the United take more aggressive action to prevent North Korea from building a nuclear arsenal?”, it explains how the power of possessing lethal weapons can affect international affairs, and this is a concern that U.S. wants to prevent a war. The article describes how this became an issue after the Korean War; U.S. tried to prevent communism to spread, so in order to do it, the Peninsula of Korea was divided in the 38th parallel, making North Korea communism and South Korea democrat supported by the U.S. Furthermore, the article argued about the nuclear arsenal that North Korea possess since the early 2000’s and U.S. tried to stop them to develop such weapon. In order to make them stop, U.S. and many other countries tries

For one, North Korea first must miniaturize it. They have not done this. Second, the missile would have to fly and be dependable. When the North Korean’s launched the latest missile, and this is true for many others, they did so at an angle and depth to ensure that it would land in the water before it hit Japan. If they had been more confident in their own missiles, they would have launched closer to the surface, and at an angle that would allowed it to travel a distance of over 310 miles. Since it traveled 310 miles with the high-arc, it is probable that the latest test could have flown closer to the 700-800 miles that has been estimated.

North Korea appears on the international stage as a country existing beyond the world we all know. It isolates its citizens from the rest of international community and does not obey any rules determined by international law, but requires respect and recognition. Moreover, North Korea is one of the countries that remains aggressive towards its neighbors and applies various terrorist techniques, i.e. illegal contraband, political terror and mass abductions of other countries’ citizens in its foreign policy. The reasons for which the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) behaves so unpredictably and irrationally are diversified. First of all, the DPRK as a country is managed very irrationally – regimes of Kim Il-sung and

The world has for years tried to find peace with North Korea. However, since the 2010 incident, where "North Korea was held responsible for the sinking of the South Korean warship and for the deaths of forty-eight sailors" (White & Bradshaw, 2014, pg. 127).  Since then, the tension has dramatically increased, more so in the past few years since Kim Jong-Un has taken rule of the country since his father passing. Kim Jong-Un is the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's army and the Chairman of the Central Military Commision. To keep peace the world as given money, placed sanctions, and threaten war (Maloof, 2013). Neither of these have brought Kim Jong-Un to want real peace with the world. The world fears a war is coming and the death of thousands. North Korea is not holding back. They have grown basically an army full of nuclear weapons. However, we are unaware of all the weapons they are in control of. We do know that as of 2006 and 2009 they have conducted two nuclear tests.  Then

One of the significant events were at Yeonpyeong in 1999 and 2002. There were two battles that were fought between South Korea and North Korea. Tens of people died and injured from the battle. Those were little combats compared to Korean War, but these battles were telling that two Korea were still in war. In East Asia peninsula, North Korea and South Korea were confronting due to North Korea’s intimidation on bombing. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un said that the modern war is artillery war. The tension among both Korea and United States was really intense in that it is almost the moment of rising of the war. North Korea is threatening America on nuclear bombing in that United Nation is strongly corresponds on their actions. Actually, both sides are almost got ready on the war and it seems to occur. Kim Jong Un was looking for the place to bomb. There were also threats that occurred recently due to nucleic bombing. North Korea is keep doing the nuclear test by firing a rocket to the space as satellite. This is nominal satellite in which they are actually doing a nuclear test. By using nuclear power, North Korea wants to get the initiative from South Korea and attract China to be their

The mass production of lethal weapons, missiles, and nuclear weapons have become standard in the North Korean society. Jonathan D. Pollack said, “Kim Jong-un has tied the fate of the North Korean system to the possession of the world’s most lethal weapons.”Kim Jong-un wants has implemented nuclear weapons and long-range missiles in the North Korean culture to achieve absolute power over the nation. The development of intercontinental missiles places North Korea on par among the world’s major nuclear powers. “..he has justified highly skewed internal priorities to his belief in a deeply malign external environment, but he has taken these priorities much farther than his father or grandfather” Pollack said.

The North Korean government continues to financially fund the research and testing of nuclear and ballistic missiles. Little information is known about the North Korean nuclear program and has been made available to foreign nations due to the secrecy and isolation of international affairs. The threat of a nuclear strike from North Korea has become an increasingly serious matter for many nations including the U.S. and its Asian allies, Japan and South Korea. Currently, there are only nine nations known by intelligent analysis that possesses the resources to manufacture nuclear weapons which do include the U.S. However, North Korea is the only nation in the 21st century to conduct a nuclear missile test that has been reported by North Korean

Wednesday, January 6, 2016, North Korea made an announcement that their hydrogen bomb testing was successful, resulting in “raised cries of indignation from the international community”. In the past the U.N had implemented sanctions against North Korea for continuing their development in nuclear weapons in 2006, 2009, 2013. Yet despite this, on Monday March 14, 2016, DPRK Today reported that a fifth test would be run and a new test involving ballistic missiles would also be included. Mr. Jongun had explained that the reason his country is now involving ballistic missiles is “. . . [so that] the warheads [are able] to survive heat and turbulence

The nation has been testing nuclear hydrogen bombs, weapons that have the capacity to destroy huge regions. They are constantly improving their design, leading to a potential nuclear arsenal. In addition, the country contains skilled hackers who have the ability to intervene almost anywhere through cyber means. This hacking skill can give the North Koreans access to protected information, putting many people at risk. The nuclear and cyber skills that North Korea contains labels them as a global threat to the entire

The following paragraph states that the North Koreans have “made significant progress with solid-fuel rockets” (Krauthammer, 2017). According to a report in The Telegraph, North Korea has made progress with solid-fueled rockets. Nevertheless, it is not clear if the North Koreans have the ability to store the solid-fuel long term. This paragraph also states that solid-fueled rockets are harder to shoot down. While this is true, in most cases the rocket have reduced launch times and countermeasures.

According to the article “North Korea submarine fires ballistic missile” published by BBC, North Korea has recently launched a missile, which didn’t raise our suspicion entirely, however in the end, North Korea was the one who had gained suspicion about the United States of America, and South Korea. The KN-11, being the type of missile that was shot, was launched from a submarine into the Sea of Japan. The missile traveled approximately 300 miles or 500 kilometers. Additionally, the location was reported back by the Japan PM as an air defence Identification zone. Consequently, the Japan PM, called it “A reckless act.” However, instead of investigating if this missile was an attack or a test, the U.S troops and south Korean troops went to basic protocol. The drill

Secondly all communications between North and South will be cut off, and the South Korean ships and airliners be banned from passing through North Korean territorial waters and airspace. According to Yonhap news official said in a statement “This is a deliberate provocation aimed to spark off another military conflict in the West Sea of Korea and thus push to a war phase the present north-south relations”.

North Korea, formally known as the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a relic of the Cold War and the world’s last remaining totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship. Arguably the most secretive state in the world, North Korea poses a unique set of challenges to the world, especially to its democratic and capitalist neighbor, South Korea, formally known as the Republic of Korea (ROK). As one of the last remnants of the Cold War era, North Korea remains an anomaly of the international system due to its unpredictable nature and disregard for international norms. With the recent bombardment of the South Korean Island of Yeongpyong and the sinking of the warship Cheonan, tensions between the two Koreas are at the lowest point since

The US should unofficially help South Korea build nuclear missiles and place them at the North Korean border. The US should treat them like they treat Israel’s and pretend they don’t exist. We will send American engineers and workers over to South Korea to help build them and tell the public and the world that it is to help build infrastructure. It will be revenue for American companies and workers while simultaneously protecting South Korea. If the secret of South Korea having nuclear weapons is exposed the US should say they have placed out own nuclear weapons at the border for defensive purposes. America shouldn’t admit that they have helped the South Koreans become nuclear instead they should act as if they put American nuclear weapons on American bases in South Korea. If Kim Jung Un mentions them turn the focus on his illegal weapons activity and threaten to at the very least impose U.N. Security Council sanctions for their nuclear and missile tests. If North Korea is no longer honoring the armistice South Korea shouldn’t be required to either.