Millicent McAlpin January 29, 2013

1. COULD NORTH KOREA HIT THE U.S WITH A MISSILE!? Millicent McAlpin January 29, 2013

2. U.S and North Korea • The U.S and North Korea don’t have a good relationship and aren’t allies • After the war NK still felt that we the U.S had over stepped our boundaries, and if it weren’t for us they would control the whole peninsula

3. WHY? • First, to make up for the embarrassment of the failed missile; second, the regime's past nuclear tests didn't go very well. • First attempt lasted 90 seconds before landing in Yellow Sea • Want the weapon to be mobile, so they won’t need an airplane. • Kim Jong Un refused to listen to the U.N sanctions, and want to test their nuclear weapon.

4. China’s on the Hot Seat • Everybody has turned to China, who is NK’s Ally • China is NK’s main source of food and fuel • However china also a main foreign trade for the U.S • Can China play a role in dissuading North Korea from investing so heavily in missiles and nuclear devices. • Or will they side with NK

5. What could happen? • Some say North Korea wont go through with it, and its impossible • Other say North Korea will have made the bomb to launch around 2012 to 2016