[RANGERAIRBORNE]

"nuclear weapons constructed by the best scientific minds in North Korea (*snicker*)"

I don't know exactly what prompted that parenthetical "snicker", but I spent a lot of time in Korea, and the Koreans do have lots of very good scientists and engineers. The average Korean High School graduate probably knows more math and science than 90% of American college graduates.

I'm not a big fan of the North Korean government, but the people are not stupid (although they are kept uninformed about outside events).

[Steel Wolf]

Comparing North Koreans and South Koreans is pretty deep in apples and oranges territory. I work with some people who have had contact with NK defectors, and their education isn't really anything to brag about. Unless you think that Kim Il Sung actually invented the car and the airplane, and once flew to the moon. I wouldn't have guessed his name, even on multiple choice. The NK's have a hard enough time keeping their T-62 tanks running, much less tinkering with nuclear fission.

South Koreans, on the other hand, could probably make a very good nuclear weapon in little to no time. They are very intelligent and educated, and would be very well funded. North Korea, not so much.