It really depends what sort of help they've gotten. Many naively assume that the surface appearance of an isolated rogue state completely precludes outside assistance. Motivation? Simple. There are a handful of states with competent nuclear capabilities who have openly expressed, both before and after 9/11, that they very much would like to reduce /remove so called "American hegemony" from Asia and the Western Pacific.
Link: North Korea Going Underground?
To: PghBaldyJust out of curiosity, is it possible to fake an underground nuke test with conventional explosives? The ronery one knows we will not nuke him but it would be a heck of a lot cheaper to bluff a nuclear capacity than to build one.
4 posted on 08/26/2006 11:48:28 PM EDT by NonValueAdded (Tom Gallagher - the anti-Crist [FL Governor, 2006 primary])
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