Is North Korea's Nuclear Arsenal Safe?

Global Fears Of North Korean Nuclear Arsenal Heightened By Leader’s Death -- Washington Post

Up to the day of his death, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s 17-year rule was defined by his obsessive pursuit of nuclear weapons—an objective so dear to him that he drove his countrymen to starvation to achieve it.

While little is known about Kim’s son and heir-apparent, Kim Jong Eun, U.S. officials and weapons experts see little to reason to believe that he will be any less enamored of the Bomb.

North Korea’s first successful test of a nuclear weapon in October 2006 was a watershed moment for the communist state, the result of decades of work dating back to at least the early 1950s. Today the country’s tiny arsenal—estimated to consist of perhaps a half-dozen bombs—is both a matter of immense pride and an insurance policy for a regime that sees itself threatened by much larger countries, including the United States.

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My Comment: These fears are justified .... more so since we are not sure on who is really in charge in North Korea.