> The idea that nuclear weapons are what's keeping them from being attacked is simply stupid.
You don't seem to be too familiar with this topic. Look into nuclear game theory and the vast, vast efforts undertaken to stop countries like Iran developing nuclear weapons.
When all other offensive strategies are stripped away, the core function of nuclear weapons is to prevent an invasion of your country. Possession of advanced nuclear weapons puts you in a situation where the costs of invasion are so high, it would take a Highly irrational actor to pursue.
The fact that NK already has nuclear capabilities of a sort is extremely bad and seems to be a failure of the international community. It means that if NK was not being so threatening, the prospect of invasion now would be near nil. You do not invade a country that has nukes. The problem is NK IS threatening Japan/US with nuclear destruction.
>You don't seem to be too familiar with this topic.
No, you're just repeating this stupidity without thinking.
America didn't attack North Korea for 60 years after the Korean War because North Korea's conventional forces were a deterrent. NK doesn't need nuclear weapons to devastate the South. This has been true for decades, and is still true. Yet morons still repeat this fallacy that North Korea must have nukes or it will be attacked.
The idea that having or not having nukes is what's preventing an invasion is idiotic. Please try just thinking before responding.
You don't seem to be too familiar with this topic. Look into nuclear game theory and the vast, vast efforts undertaken to stop countries like Iran developing nuclear weapons.
When all other offensive strategies are stripped away, the core function of nuclear weapons is to prevent an invasion of your country. Possession of advanced nuclear weapons puts you in a situation where the costs of invasion are so high, it would take a Highly irrational actor to pursue.
The fact that NK already has nuclear capabilities of a sort is extremely bad and seems to be a failure of the international community. It means that if NK was not being so threatening, the prospect of invasion now would be near nil. You do not invade a country that has nukes. The problem is NK IS threatening Japan/US with nuclear destruction.