[Man of the Right]

If they attack, the rationale will be to trade Seoul for aid and to punish the U.S.

They have 800,000 troops forward deployed along the DMZ, they have 10,000 artillery tubes, they have crude medium range ballistic missiles, they have at least one nuclear weapon, and above all, they have a lunatic at the helm.

I'm going to say a prayer tonight for the men and women of the Second Infantry Division and the Korean people.

[maquiladora]

"There is evidence that North Korea is working hard on the Taepo Dong 2 (TD-2) ballistic missile. The status of the system's development cannot be determined precisely. Nevertheless, the ballistic missile test infrastructure in North Korea is well developed. Once the system is assessed to be ready, a test flight could be conducted within six months of a decision to do so. If North Korea judged the test to be a success, the TD-2 could be deployed rapidly. It is unlikely the U.S. would know of such a decision much before the missile was launched. This missile could reach major cities and military bases in Alaska and the smaller, westernmost islands in the Hawaiian chain. Light-weight variations of the TD-2 could fly as far as 10,000 km, placing at risk western U.S. territory in an arc extending northwest from Phoenix, Arizona, to Madison, Wisconsin. These variants of the TD-2 would require additional time to develop and would likely require an additional flight test."

Rumsefeld said that, all of 4 years ago now. Check up some recent info on NK's missile capabilities, they are far from crude.