Why North Korea's Possible Nuclear Warhead Design Is Concerning

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Adam Taylor, Washington Post: North Korea’s possible nuclear warhead looks silly — but it’s still concerning

North Korea can seem a surreal, even silly place. So perhaps it's fitting that the object it claims is a miniature nuclear warhead looks more than a little comical.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared standing by the purported warhead in images published by North Korean state media on Tuesday. The images coincided with a report from the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) that quoted Kim as saying that new nuclear warheads have "been standardized to be fit for ballistic missiles by miniaturizing them.”

It was an obvious propaganda move, and it's not hard to see how the sight of Kim, dressed in a fur hat and surrounded by sullen note-takers, next to a shiny silver orb is pretty funny-looking. The object does bear more than a passing resemblance to a giant disco ball, for instance, as a number of Twitter users noticed.

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WNU Editor: I always look at trends .... what is silly today may become reality tomorrow. North Korea's nuclear program is a trend that should worry everyone. It may look silly today .... but if pursued to its logical conclusion, a situation that has the potential to become incredibly destabilizing throughout Asia.