Rhetoric and Reality of North Korea's military by top asian analysis

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8. I keep saying, the problem isn't the rhetoric. This appears to be a study of

their military capabilities, but it was written two years ago, and they've successfully launched a satellite, long-range missile, and conducted nuclear testing since--catching our intelligence community a little off guard. A 29-year old might, or might not be, in charge, whom we know little about. There is evidence that things are seriously unraveling there, internal struggles for power, more starvation/famine, who knows. And they don't just "test" new leaders with rhetoric--they have used military aggression in the recent past in order to provoke some kind of reaction. If they do that now, all hell may break loose. That's why we can't dismiss them as being incapable of massive destruction, or assume it's business as usual for their behavior.